‘It is a matter to be regretted that in the face of the new onslaught against African independence and sovereignty, there are few Archie Mafejes available to take on the intellectual proponents of the neoimperial agenda in a frontal manner. Nurturing a new generation of African scholars imbued with a critical mind and committed to the agenda of progressive Pan-Africanism will be the greatest tribute we can pay to the memory and legacy of Archie Mafeje. It is a challenge to which the universities in Africa should rise, doing so in partnership and synergy with independent networks like the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), the Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA), and other similar organisations.’