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Conference of February 12, 2020 organized by the Africa World Institute: China–Africa: What Perceptions? What realities? What perspectives?
On February 12, 2020, the Institut Afrique Monde (IAM) organized a conference at the Centre Sèvres on "China-Africa: What Perceptions? What realities? What perspectives?". Under the aegis of Mrs Denise Houphouët-Boigny, President of the IAM, this event, which brought together 250 participants, was led by Professor Kako Nubukpo, economist and politician, and Professor Thierry...
What energy for Africa ? An emergency and a challenge
Africa is a paradoxical continent, it has important energy resources (oil and gas, hydro and solar energy potential) and yet a significant part of its population suffers from energy scarcity. What solutions can Africans find to get out of this situation? It is useful to take stock of this issue which has been on...
Secularism and interreligious dialogue: crossed views in France and West Africa
Click here to download the PDF version of the synthesis Teaching of religion, secularism and interreligious dialogue: crossed views in France and West Africa. Chat on June 21, 2019 organized by the Africa World Institute Speakers : Dr René NOUAILHAT, Professor of Universities, historian of religions, founder of the Institute for the Study and...
Xi Jinping in Europe, a stopover on the New Silk Roads
Click here to download the PDF version of the synthesis Chat on April 4, 2019 organized by the Africa World Institute Summary written by Mr. Nicolas Klingelschmitt Speakers : Mr. Christian VICENTY, China/Russia/Ukraine & New Silk Roads Policy Officer at the French Ministry of Economy and Finance. Mr. Manga KUOH, member of the Africa...
Disturbed “Waiting Horizon”: Intercultural access to African stories
On November 2, 2018, the Africa World Institute organized in partnership with Sophia University in Tokyo (Japan) and the Catholic University of Central Africa (Yaoundé, Cameroon) a symposium on African Tales as a tool for conflict resolution, at the Centre Sèvres (35 bis Rue de Sèvres, 75006 Paris). On this occasion, Ms. Atsuko Nagai,...
Tontine, an economic vector of solidarity and entrepreneurship
African tontines: a phenomenon as widespread in Africa as it is unknown in Europe 9 December 2006: Neighbourhood tontine in Niamakoro, Bamako, Mali Jeanne Semin, L’argent, la famille, les amies: ethnographie contemporaine des tontines africaines en contexte migratoire. To fully understand the importance of tontines, it is necessary to start from one observation: in...
Portrait of Dr Denis Mukwege, 2018 Nobel Peace Prize winner
“THE MAN WHO REPAIRS WOMEN” IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: A LOOK BACK AT THE STRUGGLE OF DR. DENIS MUKWEGE, NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 2018 In Africa, women are the main victims of armed conflicts since they are, in particular, the targets of rape; in recent decades, many cases of rape have been...
African urbanization: the prospects are overflowing, so are the garbage cans
“Africa in the face of waste management” ephemeral work of art, anonymous, 2010. Among the evils that affect the global ecosystem and from which the African environment is no exception, the overexploitation of resources leading to deforestation, pollution of rivers, air and soil, all accompanied by the rapid and large-scale disappearance of wildlife through...
UNESCO: International Peace Conference
International Peace Conference INTERCULTURAL AND INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE & EDUCATION FOR A WORLD OF PEACE, HARMONY AND TOLERANCE Organized by the Permanent Delegation of Côte d’Ivoire to UNESCO In cooperation with the Permanent Delegation of the Sultanate of Oman to UNESCO The Permanent Delegation of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to UNESCO World Buddhist Organization...