Bernard-Henry Lévy in Nigeria
- Oumar Ba
The French philosopher and TV personality favors spectacle over analysis. The result: we don't make sense of political violence in Nigeria.
Bernard Henri Levy speaks at a conference in Argentina in 2017. Image credit Mauro Rico via Argentinian Ministry of Culture Flickr CC.
Bernard-Henry Lévy’s article in Paris March, declaring a “pre-genocidal” situation in Nigeria, reveals a gap between spectacle dressed as news versus the reality on the ground. By seeking to shock the audience, one runs the risk of misrepresenting the facts, discrediting the media, and making the situation on the ground worse. The following is an interview with Vincent Foucher, CNRS Research Fellow at Les Afriques dans le Monde lab-SciencesPo Bordeaux, by Caroline Roussy, researcher at IRIS.
