Jul 31, 2019
My African cliche of the day is a word, the word controversy, which comes up very often, too often, when it comes to African history, on the pretext that it has been transmitted by oral tradition. This often disqualifies whole sections of the history of the continent.
Controversy? Listen, When Francisco Pizarro in 1532...
Jul 30, 2019
The Manden Charter (also called the Charter of Kouroukan Foura) is a declaration of human rights with universal value that was proclaimed in 1222. It is attributed to a group of malinke hunters, that used to be a traditional and initiatory African society. It was passed on by oral tradition and transcribed by the...
Jul 29, 2019
It is common to hear that Africa emerged from darkness thanks to colonization. So, the question for us, is “What exactly was there in Africa before the Berlin Conference covered in episode 1?
To answer this question, The Sankofa, announces today a long, yet exceptional journey, over several centuries with...
Jul 28, 2019
"There was no miracle, just good economic policies".
This sentence from a former minister of finance, sums up this success, which sweeps the pessimism displayed by English economist James Meade before independence, who then thought that the absence of natural resources apart from sugar, combined with a...
Jul 27, 2019
In the fight for Freedom, many countries had to compromise with the colonization powers on parts of their territories; For Morocco, independence was never total; since 2 islands remain with Spain until today. And those " Exiled" islands are now facing the tragic destiny of watching their own kids die trying to reach the...