Western media is missing the point
The excessive reporting of the interplay between non-African powers in the Sahel—however crucial it may be to understand regional dynamics—betrays a Western-centric bias in international news coverage.
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Mathijs Cazemier
Mathijs Cazemier is a political communication student at the University of Amsterdam and co-founder of the arts and media blog Between Us.
The art of virtue signaling
For French President, Emmanuel Macron, recruiting various African intellectuals turned out to be a key asset in trying to shift the Françafrique narrative, while simultaneously protecting French interests on the continent.
Memories are to be shared
It will have to be the Algerian diaspora inside France who will eventually have to mainstream the truth of France’s colonial legacy.
The missing pieces
Between melancholy, terror, and disillusion, Petit Pays is a groundbreaking and eye-opening take on one of the darkest pages of African history, one that is often misunderstood in the West.