[1]Ten years ago, at Gaston Berger University, the Laboratory for the Analysis of Societies and Powers / Africa–Diasporas (LASPAD) was established. LASPAD emerged from the UFR CRAC…
“Born in Dakar in 1956, Boubacar Touré Mandémory belongs to the generation of photographers who emerged in the 80s, at a time when studio portrait photography had given way to docu…
How can we conceive of the decolonization of humanitarianism? If such a decolonization project were ever to be undertaken, what means would be necessary to bring it to a successful…
The only reparation that must be made is to the nations of sub-Saharan Africa, for the total state of underdevelopment into which the slave trade first plunged them: the nations of…
In this interview, Wangui wa Goro, is a feminist, translator, and academic who has both researched and worked in the world of “development”. She provides an innovative perspective …
This study examines the intersections between humanitarian aid and coloniality in Niger, revealing how the 2023 coup both intensified existing operational challenges and exposed de…
This article examines iba-iba, an indigenous humanitarian practice among the Balondo people of Southwest Cameroon, tracing its development from the precolonial period (c.1700) to t…
Pottery is a women’s craft practiced by women of the blacksmith caste in Burkina Faso. The objects produced serve multiple functions in people’s daily lives. Based on the way inter…
This article analyzes the dynamics of decolonizing food aid in Burkina Faso, focusing on endogenous school feeding practices between 2011 and 2024, within the framework of cooperat…
This contribution focuses on the endogenization of humanitarian aid, emphasizing the Local Association for Participatory and Self-Managed Development (ALDEPA), a non-go…
This article explores visual self-production (photography) by Africans south of the Sahara, presented here as a tool for emancipation in the face of the phenomenon of humanitarian …
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