Update #4 on Internship & Research in Nouakchott
It's been almost a month since the last update and there are (good) reasons for that. First of all, there ...
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Update #3 on Internship & Research in Nouakchott
I have been in Nouakchott for almost a month now. What has happened since the last update? All messy on ...
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Update #2 on Internship & Research in Nouakchott
It has been fourteen days since my arrival and a lot has happened. In fact, so much has happened that ...
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Update #1 on Internship & Research in Nouakchott
I've been in Nouakchott (Mauritania) since 1 February, working for Assalamalekoum Cultures, a local organisation that belongs to the hip ...
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Boko Haram and the Sultans of Sokoto – Communication in Africa
Osman dan Fodio was an Islamic Fulani scholar who led a successful jihad against the Hausa kingdoms in what is ...
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Fulani Artists in Europe
with Idil Samatar, Li-Yan Verhagen and Muzzar Kresna We are a diverse group of 4 AS students who have been ...
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Language and Power in Mauritania: History, Politics and Social Media
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVUzZfeKbY4&ab_channel=LeoDietrich I couldn't upload the video to IRM because of its size, so I decided to upload it to Youtube. ...
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Ferhat Abbas – Algeria’s reluctant independence fighter?
Ferhat Abbas (1899-1985) was a fighter for Algerian independence. But that is neither the beginning nor the end of his ...
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Korandje: The (still) living proof of the Trans-Sahara trade
Written by Muzzar Kresna and Leo Dietrich Korandje (also Kwarandzyey) is a linguistic fascination, but a dying one. It is ...
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