Firoze Manji

Firoze Madatally Manji (born 1950) is a Kenyan activist with more than 40 years’ experience in international development, health, human rights, teaching, publishing and political organizing.



Firoze Manji, has more than 40 years’ experience in international development, health and human rights; he is the founder and publisher of Daraja Press, including host of the online interview series Organising in the time of Covid-19. He is Adjunct Professor at the Institute of African Studies and Contract Instructor, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada,; Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy, Berlin; Visiting Fellow at Kellogg College, University of Oxford (2001-2016) and, and Associate Fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies. He is the founder and former editor-in-chief of the prize-winning pan African social justice newsletter and website Pambazuka News and Pambazuka Press and the founder and former executive director (1997-2010) of Fahamu – Networks for Social Justice, a pan African organisation with bases in Kenya, Senegal, South Africa and the UK. He has published widely on health, human rights, development and politics. He is co-editor, with Sokari Ekine, of African Awakenings: The Emerging Revolutions and co-editor with Bill Fletcher Jr, of Claim No Easy Victories: The Legacy of Amilcar Cabral. He is a member of the editorial review board of Global Critical Caribbean Thought and member of the editorial board of Nokoko, Journal of the Institute of African Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario. He served as a member of the Permanent People’ Tribunal on the Role of TNCs in Southern Africa (2018-9). He is Senior research fellow of the Global Centre for Advanced Studies and a founding member of Global University for Sustainability. He is a former board member of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, and of Greenpeace Africa.