Cet article analyse la construction historique des tensions politiques dans la région de Mopti
en insistant sur les dynamiques conflictuelles qui s' articulent autour de la hiérarchie entre …

Although slavery was legally abolished in 1981 in Mauritania, its legacy lives on in the
political, economic, and social discrimination against ex-slaves and their descendants …

The impetus for the legal abolition of the slave trade and slavery within Africa came largely
from outside the continent. This article will review briefly this literature, but focuses more …

In the context of liberalization of West African political regimes, the upsurge of audacious
political entrepreneurs who want to end chattel slavery in their nation-state, resulted in the …

Groups, movements and political parties that directly invoke Islam as their raison d'être
constitute key players in the Sahel. Analysts rightfully take this Islamic dimension quite …

Le livre présent part du constat que l'avènement de la téléphonie mobile au Mali a coïncidé
avec la libéralisation économique, l'internationalisation des échanges et de nouveaux …

In this groundbreaking book, Sandra E. Greene explores the lives of three prominent West
African slave owners during the age of abolition. These first-published biographies reveal …

The only solution proposed by President Wade when faced with the Senegalese boat crisis
in the summer of 2006 was the REVA (Retour vers l'Agriculture) Plan for agricultural …

Résumé Cet article confronte les documents d'archives coloniales de la fin de l'esclavage
dans la région de Kayes (Mali) aux mémoires locales des villages fondés entre 1895 et …

This article asks why vestiges of slavery continue to exist in the Western Soudan (Senegal,
Gambia, Burkina Faso and most of Mali and Guinea). It reviews French policy toward slavery …