A Ugandan scholar from Makerere University, Kampala, Jacob Katumusiime, has been awarded the 2024 Rahamon Bello Best PhD Thesis Award, becoming the first non-Nigerian to achieve this prestigious honour.
The award, which includes a $1,000 cash prize, was presented by the Institute of African and Diaspora Studies (IADS) at the University of Lagos. Katumusiime’s thesis, “Beyond Religio-Cultural Violence: A Historico-Political Recontextualisation of the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God,” explores the dynamics of religious movements in post-colonial Africa.
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