Rethinking The African Narrative – Repenser le Récit Africain
I still remember watching on the evening television news malnourished children crying in the arms of their mothers. The images showed a dry and desolate area with multitudes of people under makeshift tents and long lines of others waiting in line for some type of assistance. Even at a young age, I knew this was... Continue Reading →
La République Démocratique du Congo (RDC) est devenue un « champs de malheurs et de souffrances » Nous parlons tous les jours de la paix sans pouvoir vivre cette paix. De milliers de personnes sont tuées jour et nuit à cause de l’insécurité et la guerre qui gangrènent la RDC et plus particulièrement la province du Nord... Continue Reading →
Africa is home to over 2,000 living languages making it the continent with the most intricate linguistic mosaic. In most African countries, it is common to speak multiple languages in households. A child grows up learning two or more languages at home before going to school. A walk in a crowded neighborhood street, one hears... Continue Reading →
In 1993 in Chad, my mother had the idea of creating a school that focused on basic literacy skills for children. This idea started in the family living room where she gathered children from extended family and friends for reading classes. The home classes grew into the opening of Ecole Comer primary school in Ndjamena... Continue Reading →
La vieille femme et sa jolie fille Une vieille femme avait une jolie fille qu'elle ne voulait pas donner en mariage. Alors à tout prétendant, elle donnait une seule condition : Celui qui épouse ma fille doit accepter d'être enseveli avec moi le jour de ma mort.Les hommes se disaient qu'elle était vieille et qu'elle... Continue Reading →
French foreign policy in the Sahel region is continuously making headlines as Sahelian civil society, opposition groups and some governments voice their disapproval of the former colonizer’s policies and involvement in national politics. The state of France, since the wave of independence in the 1960s, maintained close relations with its former colonies, which have been... Continue Reading →
Chadian political turmoil, social chaos, poverty, and desertification are what one often hears about in conversations and the international media. What else could this Sahelian vast territory could offer beyond its instability one would think. It is a fact that the current state of affairs in Chad leaves much to be desired. In the past... Continue Reading →
It sometimes seems as if we are conditioned to focus on the negative in Africa and on the positive in the Western world. This often leads us to depreciate our own home as we compare it to the “mighty” Western world. Having traveled between Africa and the Western world, I notice that many minds tend... Continue Reading →
We Write Afrika 