Yvan Guichaoua

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I teach at the Brussels School of International Studies (University of Kent): https://www.kent.ac.uk/brussels/courses. I'm part of the editorial team of Afrique XXI. Read us here: https://afriquexxi.info/. I study and post about Sahel/Sahara politics. Media citations and release of new research are compiled here: https://yvan-guichaoua.medium.com/reflections-on-the-sahel-ef13edc5eecd. Profile picture by Andrew Esiebo
This is a must-see film called Saint Omer by Senegalese filmmaker Alice Diop. An excellent review by Victoria Brittain on AfriqueXXI is below @africanstudies @YGuichaoua https://afriquexxi.info/Alice-Diop-une-femme-puissante
Alice Diop, une femme puissante

Avec Saint Omer, récompensé à la Mostra de Venise et salué par la critique, Alice Diop réalise un premier long-métrage de haut vol. En filmant le procès d’une jeune Sénégalaise ayant noyé sa fille dans (...)

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Here's a podcast about the rise and fall of French military intervention in the Sahel | The Failure of the French Forever War ft. Yvan Guichaoua
https://bungacast.podbean.com/e/303-the-failure-of-the-french-forever-war-ft-yvan-guichaou/
/303/ The Failure of the French Forever War ft. Yvan Guichaoua

On Mali and the Sahel.   French president Emmanuel Macron declared the end of Opération Barkhane on 9 November 2022, bringing to an end to nearly 10 years of French military intervention in Mali. But what is the legacy of the French Forever War in the S...

Hello, making baby steps here as a migrant from Twitter. I'll post stuff on the Sahel mostly. Not sure I'll be very consistent though. It costs me a lot to leave Twitter #Introduction