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Accepted Paper
Sahelian intellectualism in the process of modernity
Rahmane Idrissa
(African Studies Centre Leiden)
Paper long abstract
Is there a Sahelian intellectual tradition? This presentation looks at the particularities of the Sahel as a meeting ground of West African, Islamic, and Western cultural influences to describe and analyze a specific Sahelian intellectual attitude in the time of modernity. The presentation will rely on a variety of works, from so-called oral literature to Arabophone and Europhone writings and other mediums - film especially - to delve into the trends and tensions that define the Sahel's intellectual engagement with the problems of modernity.
Re-imagining the Sahel: the place of endogenous knowledge [initiated by CODESRIA with the Arab Council for the Social Sciences and ASCL/Lasdel]
Session 1