Guillaume Nicaise, Translated by Judy Albrecht, “The evolution of petty corruption on Kigali’s streeets” in Politique africaine Volume 160, Issue 4, October 2020, pages 87 to 112
This research demonstrates that Rwanda’s fight against corruption in the road transport sector conversely serves to increase the informal privatisation of the management of the...
Martina Ambu dans le projet « Sustainable Lalibela »
Du 23 au 31 mai 2022, Martina Ambu participe en tant que formatrice au projet « Sustainable Lalibela ». Ce projet est mis en œuvre par les équipes du CNRS et du Centre Français des Études Éthiopiennes (CFEE) depuis mars 2021, en faveur de la préservation du patrimoine de la ville de Lalibela en Éthiopie, avec le…
Hugh Lamarque, “Policing small communities : Rwandan law enforcement and the co-production of security” in Politique africaine, Volume 160, Issue 4, October 2020, pages 113 to 138
This article investigates the community policing mechanisms that work to keep Rwandan neighborhoods safe. While they rely to a significant degree on local, ostensibly voluntary...
Amélie Grysole, Doris Bonnet, Translated and edited by Cadenza Academic Translations,”Introduction to the topic. Observing social mobilities : Families’ investment in migration”, in Politique africaine Volume 159, Issue 3, July 2020, pages 7 to 32
This special report on families’ spatial and social mobilities has been prompted by the renewal of the social class approach in sociology in general and by the...
Introduction to the topic – Jean-Nicolas Bach, Raphaël Chevrillon-Guibert, Alice Franck, Translated and edited by Cadenza Academic Translations, “An end to authoritarian rule in Sudan ?”, in Politique africaine Volume 158, Issue 2, April 2020, pages 5 to 31
This special issue on Sudan was initiated in 2018 with the aim of studying the authoritarian practices of the Omar al-Bashir regime (1989–2019). Our intention was...
Lucie Revilla, Translated by Hancock Hutton, “Kayzan in the neighbourhood : party milieu and trajectories of distinction in marginalized neighbourhoods in Greater Karthoum” in Politique africaine Volume 158, Issue 2, April 2010, pages 33 to 55
Analysis of the social anchoring of the National Congress Party (NCP) in the working-class neighbourhoods of Greater Khartoum reveals the multiple registers of party affiliation...
Anne-Laure Mahé, Translated by Hancock Hutton, “Manufacturing Sudanese Authoritarianism at the Local Level : Singularities and Banalities of Domination in North Kordofan” in Politique africaine Volume 158, Issue 2, April 2010, pages 57 to 79
Based on field research conducted in 2015, this article analyzes the implementation of a participatory development policy in the Sudanese state of North Kordofan. I...
Khadidja Medani, Translated by Hancock Hutton, “Is the Subsaharan Al-Azhar on the path to resilience ? The International University of Africa and the fall of Omar al-Bashir” in Politique africaine Volume 158, Issue 2, April 2010, pages 81 to 100
The International University of Africa is an Islamic university founded in Khartoum for the purpose of educating foreign students. Although officially a transnational, independent institution,...
Philippe Gout, Translated by Hancock Hutton “The tribulations of international criminal law : A chronicle of the legal proceedings targeting the former Sudanese president” in Politique africaine Voulume 158, Issue 2, April 2020, pages 101 to 122
The ousting of former Sudanese president al-Bashir in April 2019 met with enthusiastic reactions from the academic community and international commentators, not least because it...
Raphaëlle Chevrillon-Guibert, Enrico Ille, Mohamed Salah, Translated by Hancock Hutton, “Power practices, mining conflicts and the gold economy in the Sudan under the Al-Inqaz regime” in Politique africaine Volume 158, Issue 2, April 2020, pages 123 to 148
This article reviews power and negotiation practices under the Al-Inqaz regime during the 2010s, based on a study of the Sudanese mining sector, which has...
Alice Franck, Translated by Hancock Hutton, “Three decades of social housing policies in Khartoum : Between violence, clientelism and social consensus” in Politique africaine Volume 158, Issue 2, April 2020, pages 149 to 174
This article aims to contribute to the general debate on social housing policies in cities in the Global South by expanding on the case of...
Barbara Casciarri, Abdalbasit Saeed, Translated by Hancock Hutton “”It all started with Bread-and-Butter Issues”. Interview with Abdalbasit Saeed about 2019 Sudanese Revolution”, in Politique africaine Volume 158, Issue 2, April 2020, pages 175 to 186
This interview, conducted by Barbara Casciarri, a researcher in Sudan for thirty years, with Abdalbasit Saeed, a Sudanese anthropologist, focuses on key moments of the...
Raphaëlle Chevrillon-Guibert, Roland Marchal, Translated by Hancock Hutton, “History is never written in stone, (…) Discussing the Sudanese Revolution of 2019” in Politique Volume 158, Issue 2, April 2020, pages 187 to 203
In this interview about the Sudanese Revolution conducted by Raphaëlle Chevrillon- Guibert, Roland Marchal, a sociologist specialist of politics in Sudan, looks back on the...
Introduction to the topic – Gina Aït Mehdi, Romain Tiquet, Translated and edited by Cadenza Academic Translations “Considering the everyday of madness” in Politique africaine Volume 157, Issue 1, January 2020, pages 17 to 38
The above illustration comes from a 2001 competition entitled Regards d’enfants (Children’s Views) organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) to promote mental health. Drawn by...
Introduction to the topic – Carine Baxerres, Fred Eboko , Translated and edited by Cadenza Academic Translations, “The era of global health : The policies, the actors and the dynamics” in Politique africaine Volume 156, Issue 4, October 2019, pages 5 to 20
The last time that Politique africaine published an issue dedicated to health was in December 1987. This special report aims to fill that thirty-plus-year gap, acknowledging the...
Jean-Benoît Falisse, “Beyond the traveling model ? Strategic usage and hybridisation of performance-based financing (PBF) in Politique africaine Volume 156, Issue 4, October 2019, pages 83 to 100
Performance-based Financing (PBF) has travelled extensively in Africa. The analysis of interviews with key actors and grey literature shows that its implementation in Burundi corresponds...