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Amalion is a Dakar-based independent multilingual scholarly publisher established in 2009. Amalion provides a platform for authors to express new, alternative, and daring perspectives and views on people, places, and issues shaping our world
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Humanities & Social SciencesReligious Encounters and Social Dynamics in Burkina Faso (Rencontres religieuses et dynamiques sociales au Burkina Faso)
by Alice Degorce / O. Ludovic Kibora / Katrin Langewische
Burkina Faso’s religious landscape, where traditional, Islamic and Christian religions intersect, is part of a social and historical context spread over several centuries marked by a diversity that has been studied by researchers for a long time. As the security situation deteriorates in recent years in the Sahel region, the religious question is increasingly being redefined and placed at the forefront of the Burkinabe socio-political scene. This collective work offers readers a synthesis of the knowledge accumulated by researchers over the past decades on the different religions and the social dynamics associated with them to shed light on the management of the country’s religious diversity and coexistence without masking the new tensions and conflicts being experienced. The first part of the book thoroughly explores the religious movements and currents present in the country to underline the centrality of religion in understanding social change in its polity. In the second part, the interactions between religions are analyzed across current transversal themes and questions, such as education, demography, politics, the role of faith-based NGOs, the historicity of the notion of jihad or the use of new information and communication technologies to show the connections within the construction of knowledge and political contexts. The contributions acutely show that recent socio-political dynamics in Burkina Faso are undoubtedly redefining religious boundaries and exposing the limitations of a historically and socially rooted contexts of diversity, yet the question remains on how to draw on this diversity and religious coexistence to confront new emerging tensions and conflicts.
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Humanities & Social SciencesJune 2021Une histoire du peuple Yoruba (A history of the Yoruba people)
by Stephen Adebanji Akintoye
"A History of the Yoruba People" is a bold and comprehensive exploration of the foundation and development of one of Africa's most influential groups. With a population of over 40 million speakers in West Africa (Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria, and Togo) and in diaspora communities in Europe, the Caribbean, Latin America, and North America, the Yoruba are one of the most extensively studied African-origin groups. However, to date, very few publications have delved into the historical foundations of the development of a group that has contributed to shaping how African communities are analyzed from prehistory to modern times. In "A History of the Yoruba People," Stephen Adebanji Akintoye draws on four decades of historiographical research, along with current interpretations and analyses, to present the most comprehensive reference work since Johnson's early 20th-century publications. Akintoye traces the origins of the Yoruba from their mythical and legendary beginnings, the development of Yoruba society, the revolution and prominence of Ile-Ife from the 10th to the 15th century, the founding of Yoruba kingdoms and the dynamics of power within them, and the rise and fall of the Oyo Empire. The narrative also covers the factors of change in the 19th century, the rise of various kingdoms, the emergence of transcontinental diaspora communities, the colonial and post-colonial periods of the 20th century, and the socio-economic and political transformations of today. This exceptionally clear narrative brings together and makes accessible a wealth of research and investigation on the Yoruba to a wider readership than ever before. A must-read for all.
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Business, Economics & LawInnovation Ecosystems in Africa
Solving the problems that we have
by Olugbenga Adesida / Geci Karuri-Sebina/ João Resende-Santos / Mammo Muchie
Innovation Ecosystems in Africa aims to deepen and broaden the visibility and interrogation of African innovation systems in practice by offering unique analysis of the emergence, growth and future prospects of endogenous innovation practices and lessons across the continent. The stories depict systemic innovations in a range of critical development areas from health and education to leadership and entrepreneurialism, and span from North to South, and East to West, covering no less than a dozen different African cities and countries. In addition to sharing knowledge about exciting but rarely acknowledged cases of innovation in Africa, the book serves also as a policy-oriented work to inform policymakers and practitioners throughout Africa on how to learn from experiences towards developing more enabling innovation ecosystems so that we can nurture creativity and solve the problems that we have. This book provides policymakers, business and opinion leaders both inspiration and useful policy takeaways that can guide strategies and support concrete measures to foster and speed up the pace of developmentally impactful innovation on the continent. This edited collection uses multi-country, cross-sectoral case studies to advance an empirically grounded, appreciative investigation of how innovation is being used to address fundamental development challenges on the continent, and how the African innovation ecosystems could be made more enabling into the future.
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Business, Economics & LawUn coup de patte dans une fourmilière (A paw in an anthill)
Mutations foncières, agricoles et restructuration paysanne en pays Nuna au Burkina Faso (Land and agricultural change and peasant restructuring in the Nuna country of Burkina Faso)
by Laurent Tewendé Ouédraogo
Like a paw striking an anthill, in the "Nuna country," a southern region of Burkina Faso bordering the Republic of Ghana, significant territorial changes are occurring, driven by various factors: population growth, rapid development of commercial agriculture, liberal agricultural and land policies, land acquisitions, and land grabbing by urban dwellers, primarily from Ouagadougou, the capital of the country. The resulting socio-economic and spatial restructuring highlights differentiated and unequal peasant categories. In addition to new political, economic, and cultural issues arising from this ongoing dynamic, the debate on the relationships between African agrarian societies, particularly those in West Africa, and the capitalist development model is being renewed. In a context where diversity and complexity appear to be increasingly important for understanding the dynamics within African peasant societies, the scenarios for the future of agriculture in this part of Burkina Faso are of scientific interest. This book provides a contextualized analysis, based on precepts regarding African peasant developments, of the journey of a peasant society with a turbulent history against the backdrop of profound agricultural and land transformations. Keywords: agricultural and land transformations, peasant categories, scenarios of evolution, Nuna country, Burkina Faso
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Business, Economics & LawLe procès de Hissein Habré (The trial of Hissein Habré)
by Celeste Hicks
The conviction of Hissein Habré for crimes against humanity has been described as "a turning point for human rights justice in Africa and beyond". For the first time, an African war criminal was convicted on African soil. Having followed the trial from the outset and interviewed many of those involved, journalist Celeste Hicks tells the remarkable story of how Habré was brought to justice. His conviction followed a heroic 25-year campaign by activists and survivors of Habré's atrocities that succeeded, despite international indifference, opposition from Habré's allies and several unsuccessful attempts to bring him to justice in Europe and elsewhere. In the face of such difficulties, the conviction of a once untouchable leader represents a major turning point, and has profound implications for African justice and the future of human rights activism worldwide.
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Humanities & Social SciencesMarch 2022Notes d'Afrique (Notes from Africa)
Un voyage musical avec Youssou N'Dour (A musical journey with Youssou N'Dour)
by Jenny Cathcart
Notes from Africa chronicles the rise of popular music on the continent. The book covers the events and musical styles that developed from the 1960s through to the 1980s, when the term 'World Music' was coined as a marketing label and African musicians, notably Youssou N'Dour and his contemporaries, appeared on the international scene, and the dominance of Afrobeats in the contemporary period. Through her personal experience and her work alongside Youssou N'Dour, Jenny Cathcart offers us portraits and stories of everyday life and their influence on music in Africa. The result is new perspectives on contemporary culture, religion and politics, both for development and for future collaborations on the continent and in its diaspora. A magnificent tour of the artists who have left their mark on the history of African popular music.
