scholarly journals La rhétorique de la congolité dans la publicité en RD Congo. Enjeux d’un discours de populisme nationaliste en Afrique francophone

Dialogos ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 38/2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Claude MAPENDANO BYAMUNGU
Keyword(s):  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Dr Congo ◽  
Melting Pot ◽  
Political Identities ◽  
Social Discourses ◽  
French Speaking ◽  
Advertising Discourse ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Economic Imperialism ◽  
Contemporary Context

The field of advertising is a melting pot of ideologies, that is, of both cultural and political identities. Today, these are built in and through social discourses specific to the contemporary context. In DR Congo, the instrumentation of the Congolese paradigm with a hint of sovereignty has increasingly become a constant in the advertising discourse. It is a media dynamic of expression of a certain autarky against Western and Sino-American economic imperialism, through the promotion of the local industry. It is deployed through the rhetoric of « Congolity » which is understood in terms of a catalyst for the issues of a discourse of nationalist populism in a country of French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa.

An Historical Assessment and Analysis of Economic Imperialism in West Africa

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Ayokunle Olumuyiwa Omobowale ◽  
Natewinde Sawadogo
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Civil Wars ◽  
National Development ◽  
West African ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
The West ◽  
West African Coast ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Economic Imperialism

Abstract The West African political economy has been shaped by the policies, decisions and actions of dominant European imperialist countries since about over 500 years. Starting with imperial merchant capitalism along the West African coast in the 16th Century and French gradual acquisition of Senegal as a colony as from 1677, West Africa has remained under the imperialist hold. West Africa remains economically dependent on its former colonial masters despite more than 60 years since the countries started gaining independence. The consequences of economic imperialism on West Africa have included exploitative resource extraction, proxy and resource influenced civil wars, illegal trade in natural resources, mass poverty, and external migration of skilled workers necessary for national development. The world sees and broadcasts poverty, starvation, conflict and Saharan migration in the West African sub-continent, but hardly reports the exploitative imperialistic processes that have produced poverty and misery in West Africa in particular and across sub-Saharan Africa in general.

French-speaking universities in sub-Saharan Africa

Prospects ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 341-350
Author(s):  
François Orivel
Keyword(s):  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
French Speaking ◽  
Sub Saharan

scholarly journals The appropriation of policy changes in higher education by students in sub-Saharan Africa: the case of the Bachelor-Master-Doctorate reform in Burkina Faso

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pascal Ramd ◽  
Pierre Lapointe ◽  
Martial Demb
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Policy ◽  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Internationalization Of Higher Education ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
African Countries ◽  
French Speaking ◽  
Sub Saharan

Faced with the imperative to adapt to an environment marked by the internationalization of higher education and education policy transfers, universities in French-speaking sub-Saharan African countries adopted in 2006 a new policy called

scholarly journals A case study of the first pregnant women with COVID-19 in Bukavu, Eastern DR Congo.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Etienne KAJIBWAMI BIRINDWA ◽  
Guy MULINGANYA MULUMEODERHWA ◽  
Olivier NYAKIO ◽  
Guy-Quesney MATESO MBALE ◽  
Serge ZIGABE MUSHAMUKA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Microscopic Examination ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Dr Congo ◽  
Case Presentation ◽  
History Of ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
In Pregnancy

Abstract Introduction: Vertical transmission of covid-19 is possible; its risk factors are worth researching. The placental changes found in pregnant women have a definite impact on the foetus.Case presentation: We report a case of a 25-year-old woman, gravida 3, para 2 (2 alive children), with a history of two caesarean deliveries, who was infected by the SARS-Cov-2 during the last term of her pregnancy. She gave birth by caesarean after 34 weeks of gestation to a new-born baby also infected with SARS-Cov-2. The per-operative observations noted several eruptive lesions in the pelvis, bleeding on contact. Microscopic examination of the foetal appendages revealed thrombotic vasculopathy in the placenta and in the umbilical cord vessels.Conclusion: This case is one of the first documented cases of COVID-19 in pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa. We strongly suggest obstetricians to carefully examine the aspect of the peritoneum, viscera and foetal appendages in affected pregnant women.

scholarly journals ‘More vital to our future than we realize?’ Learning from Netting’s thesis on smallholder farming, 25 years on

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 258-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Whitfield
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Commodity Prices ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Smallholder Agriculture ◽  
Smallholder Farming ◽  
Household Organization ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Contemporary Context ◽  
Smallholder Systems

Twenty-five years on from Netting’s paradigm challenging thesis about the dynamic efficiencies of household organization and the sophisticated nature of smallholder farming systems, the work continues to have relevance to contemporary debates about the future of smallholder agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This review is organized around four contemporary challenges for smallholder agriculture in SSA: (i) market centralization, liberalization and falling commodity prices; (ii) shifting agricultural research agendas and innovation funding; (iii) environmental degradation and climate change; and (iv) population pressures, large land acquisition and limited land availability. In each case, an argument inferred from Netting’s thesis is presented alongside recent evidence, predominantly from research in SSA that supports and challenges it. Based on the lessons of Netting, in this contemporary context, it is argued that smallholder systems continue to have value and relevance and that rather than implementing protectionist strategies based on generic assumptions about smallholder vulnerability, that effort should be made to learn from the diversity of smallholder systems, knowledges and experiences of adapting to change.

scholarly journals Maternal immigrant status and signs of neurodevelopmental problems in early childhood

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
H Schmengler ◽  
F El-Khoury Lesueur ◽  
A Yermachenko ◽  
M Taine ◽  
D Cohen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parent Report ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Immigrant Status ◽  
Region Of Origin ◽  
Immigrant Mothers ◽  
Generation Immigrant ◽  
French Speaking ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Neurodevelopmental Problems

Abstract Background A growing body of evidence suggests that children of immigrants may have increased risks of neurodevelopmental disorders. However, evidence based on parent report and on very young children is lacking. We therefore investigated the association between maternal immigrant status and early signs of neurodevelopmental problems in a population-based sample of two-year-old children using standardized parent-report instruments. Methods We used data from the French representative ELFE birth cohort, initiated in 2011. The study sample included 9,900 children of non-immigrant French, 1,403 children of 2nd, and 1,171 children of 1st generation immigrant women followed-up to age two years. Neurodevelopment was assessed using the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT) and an adaptation of the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories (MB-CDI). Results In fully adjusted linear regression models, maternal immigrant status was positively associated with M-CHAT scores, with stronger associations in children of 1st (β-coefficient: 0.19; 95% CI 0.08-0.29) than 2nd generation immigrants (0.09; 0.01-0.17). This association was especially strong among children of 1st generation immigrant mothers native of North Africa (vs. non-immigrant French: 0.33; 0.16-0.49) or French-speaking Sub-Saharan Africa (0.26; 0.07-0.45). MB-CDI scores were lowest among children of 1st generation immigrant mothers, particularly from mostly non-francophone regions. Children of 1st generation immigrant mothers were most likely to have simultaneously low MB-CDI and high M-CHAT scores. Conclusions Our findings suggest that maternal immigrant status is associated with higher risks of early signs of neurodevelopmental difficulties, with strong variations according to maternal region of origin. Standardized screening instruments may aid the early detection and treatment of these difficulties, helping to address inequalities in neurodevelopmental health in children of immigrants. Key messages Children of immigrant mothers in a population-based sample appear to have elevated neurodevelopmental risks, as assessed by maternal report. This is in line with evidence from clinical samples. We found strong variations according to maternal region of origin, with the highest risks in children of 1st generation immigrant mothers from North Africa and French-speaking Sub-Saharan Africa.

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