Firoze Manji

Firoze Manji is the founder and former editor-in-chief of Pambazuka News, and Pambazuka Press, and the founder and former executive director (1997-2010) of Fahamu - Networks for Social Justice. He has published widely on health, social policy, human rights and political sciences, and authored and edited a wide range of books on social justice in Africa, including on women's rights, trade justice, on China's role in Africa and on the recent uprisings in Africa. In March, he moved to Dakar to be head of CODESRIA's documentation and information centre (CODESRIA is the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa).