Since their inception, the Institute's programmes have been the instrument through which we put into practice our organisational Vision and Mission.

From 1998 to 2000, the Institute ran several programmes, among them: The Reflection Programme, The Cultural Programme, The Institutional Building Programme, The Numeracy and Statistics Programme, and The Community Development Programme.

Each of these programmes had a specific mandate and function built upon reflection, investigation and action. The indispensability and interdependence of these elements informed our programmes, activities and institutional identity.

Despite a degree of overlap between them, our programmes were primarily organised around three clusters of operation:

Reflection, in which we promoted intellectual and artistic production and maintained a visionary and pre-emptive focus on contemporary African problems and challenges

Research, in which we subjected the most promising ideas arising out of the Reflection phase to empirical investigation, and

Intervention, where these innovative ideas were put into action.

As such, the Institute's various programmes and their respective projects moved dynamically between critical and creative reflection, research and practical intervention. For an in-depth look at our past programmes, please click on the link below.

INSTITUTIONAL MEMORY