Mapinduzi Journal 7

Thinking and acting from Africa: what can we learn from each other?

Mapinduzi Unit Editors:
Flaubert Djateng and Christiane Kayser

Articles by:
Loïc Barbedette, Kris Berwouts,
Nestor Bidadanure, Flaubert Djateng,
Dominic Johnson, Roger Kaffo Fokou,
Christiane Kayser, Dupleix Kuenzob,
Evariste Mfaume, Jeanot Minla Mfou’ou,
Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan
and Desiree Zwanck

Table of contents

Flaubert Djateng, Christiane Kayser
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Nestor Bidadanure
African opportunity in the face
of radical identity populism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan
“Why are they meddling in our affairs?” The failure
of moral imperialism in Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Loïc Barbedette
· “Shaker”: an attempt and an invitation
behind these “mixtures”
· The rise of extremism
· Short-sighted policies that do not benefit farmers . . . . . . . . 25
Kris Berwouts
Why African countries prefer not to get
embroiled in Russia’s war . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Dupleix Kuenzob
A-Fricking crisis: The pernicious path from
disempowerment to irresponsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Jeanot Minla Mfou’ou
Multiple crises in the Sahel and in Africa: what if the
the solution was to break off or radically review relations
with France and the West?
Some reflections based on a view from below . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Flaubert Djateng
Russian involvement in cooperation with African
countries: What do young people think? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Dominic Johnson
“Not so important …”, Africa and the war in Ukraine . . . . . . . 63
Kris Berwouts
Will Senegal stand up to extremist violence
from the Sahel? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Desiree Zwanck
Women’s empowerment and climate change in Sahel:
what are the issues at stake and the solutions? . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Evariste Mfaume
Never give up in the struggle for peace,
security and development in the DCR and
the Great Lakes region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Roger Kaffo Fokou
The state, the people, ethnicity and
leadeship: Africa in globalisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

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