Institute for Global Dialogue

Think-Tank

Location: Pretoria, South Africa

Contact Email: info@igd.org.za

igd.org.za

Description:

The Institute for Global Dialogue is an independent foreign policy think tank based in Tshwane (Pretoria), South Africa. It advances policy-oriented analysis, debate and documentation of South Africa and Africa’s global politics and diplomacy.

Institute for Peace and Security Studies

Think-Tank

Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia  

ipss-addis.org

Description:

IPSS provides academic and professional training for conflict analysis and conflict prevention, management, resolution, and peace-building with an all-African outlook.

Institute for Policy Analysis and Research

Think-Tank

Kigali, Rwanda  

Contact email:

‍info@ipar-rwanda.org

ipar-rwanda.org

Description:

The institute conducts research and analysis on public policies with the goal to informing policy formulation and implementation. The organization's core areas of work include social development, governance, economic growth and transformation, rural development and settlements.

Institute for Public Policy Research

Non-Governmental Organization

Location: Windhoek, Namibia

Contact email:  info@ippr.org.na

ippr.org.na

Description

The institute conducts research into social, political, and economic issues that affect development in Namibia.

International Library of African Music

Research Institution

Rhodes University, South Africa

Contact:

ilamsales@ru.ac.za‍Tel: +27-46-603-8557

Description:

Founded in 1954 by Hugh Tracey, ILAM is one of the world’s great repositories of African music. A research institution devoted to the study of music and oral arts in Africa, it preserves thousands of historical recordings going back to 1929 and supports contemporary fieldwork. The majority of its collections are digitised and accessible on its website www.ru.ac.za/ilam. Its journal, African Music, is into its seventh decade.

International Peace Support Training Centre

Peacekeeping Training Centre

Location: Nairobi, Kenya  

Contact email: info@ipstc.org

ipstc.org

Description

The centre provides training, education and research in peace support operations.

International  Republican Institute (IRI)

Quasi-NGO

Location:

Washington DC, USA

Contact:

iri.org

Description:

The International Republican Institute (IRI) was founded as one of the core institutes of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), with a mission to advance democracy worldwide. Since its founding in 1983, in over 100 countries, IRI has been working to strengthen civil society, political parties, marginalized communities, and other key areas essential to democratic governance. It encourages democracy in places where it is absent, helps democracy become more effective where it is in danger and shares best practices where democracy is flourishing.

International Research Council on African Literature and Culture (IRCALC)

Council for Scholars, Writers and Research

africaresearch.org/ircalc.htm

Description:

IRCALC is the web based council of writers, scholars and researchers around the world with common interest in African studies, particularly the literature, arts and cultures of Africa and her Diaspora. IRCALC editors also see to the regular volumes of the journals of Critical Studies (CS), African Literature (JAL) and New Poetry (NP).

For years IRCALC initiatives in research in African literature with member organizations, college departments, libraries and individuals across the Diaspora have provided information, ideas, and research that enrich understanding of Africa's rich and diverse cultural heritage. Membership cuts across race and nationality and embraces scholars committed to a more imaginative approach to Africa's development issues. CS, JAL and NP journal publications are available online or by subscription. Individual and institutional members also receive regular reviews and newsletters of the organisation.