Podcasts about Senegal

We have something special for today, an episode swap! Coming straight from the great podcast Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs by Rich Napolitano, I give you the story of the Radeau de la Méduse, The Raft of the Medusa. The French frigate Medusa shipwreck is one of the most infamous maritime disasters in history, occurring in 1816 off the coast of present-day Mauritania. The ship, intended to transport French officials to Senegal, ran aground on the Arguin Bank due to the incompetence of its captain, Viscount Hugues de Chaumareys and an arrogant passenger Antoine Richefort, who convinced Chaumareys he was a skilled, experienced navigator. The evacuation of the vessel was chaotic and poorly managed, resulting in the abandonment of over 147 passengers on a crude, makeshift raft. The survivors endured a harrowing ordeal of starvation, dehydration, and cannibalism during their 13-day drift before rescue, with only 15 out of the 147 surviving. The aftermath of the Medusa shipwreck sparked public outrage in France, leading to a sensational trial and widespread condemnation of the ship's officers and government officials involved. Théodore Géricault, a French artist, famously depicted the tragedy in his painting “The Raft of the Medusa,” capturing the despair and horror experienced by the survivors. The disaster highlighted systemic issues within the French naval administration, including nepotism and incompetence, prompting reforms in naval recruitment and training practices.Links:The Raft of the Medusa page, on Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs: https://shipwrecksandseadogs.com/blog/2024/03/11/the-raft-of-the-medusa/Music: Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs, composed by Jean-Baptiste Lully, arranged and performed by Jérôme Arfouche.Artwork: Le Radeau de la Méduse by Théodore Géricault, 1818-1819Support the showReach out, support the show and give me feedback! Contact me or follow the podcast on social media Leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or on Spotify Become a patron on Patreon to support the show Buy me a Coffee

Hii leo jaridani tunaangazia uzinduzi wa ombi la ufadhili wa mahitaji ya Kibinadamu (GHO), na umuhimu wa lugha mama katika kukuza haki za binadamu. Makala tunasalia hapa makao makuu ya umoja wa mataifa na mashinani tunakupeleka nchini Senegal, kulikoni?Ofisi ya Umoja wa Mataifa ya Kuratibu Masuala ya Kibinadamu (OCHA) ikizindua Ripoti ya Kimataifa ya mahitaji ya Kibinadamu (GHO) kwa mwaka ujao wa 2025 imetangaza ombi la ufadhili kwani takriban watu milioni 305 duniani kote watahitaji msaada wa kibinadamu katika mwaka ujao.Haki si haki iwapo inatolewa kwa lugha ambayo haileweki kwa wahusika, wamejulishwa washiriki wa mkutano wa pili wa wanazuoni unaofanyika hapa makao makuu ya Umoja wa Mataifa New York, Marekani na pia mtandaoni ukimulika Madaraka, Haki na Binadamu: Utawala wa Sheria na mabadiliko Afrika.Makala tunasalia hapa makao makuu ya Umoja wa Mataifa ambapo mkutano wa mwaka 2024 wa Taaluma kuhusu Afrika leo katika leo umeingia siku ya pili hapa Makao Makuu ya Umoja wa Mataifa jijini New York, Marekani. Mkutano huo ulioandaliwa na Ofisi ya mshauri maalum wa Umoja wa Mataifa kuhusu Afrika UNOSAA ni wa siku tatu na umebeba maudhui "Nguvu, Haki, na watu” kwa ajili ya mabadiliko ya Afrika.Na mashinani fursa ni yake Antar sarr, Kijana mkulima wa mbogamboga kutoka Senegal ambaye ni mmoja wa wanufaika wa mradi wa Mfuko wa Umoja wa Mataifa wa Maendeleo ya kilimo, IFAD unaowawezesha vijana nchini humo kwa kilimo na biashara ndogondogo ili kuondokana na fikra za kwenda Ulaya kusaka Maisha bora na ajira, akisema mradi huo imempatia matumaini.Mwenyeji wako ni Assumpta Massoi, karibu!  

Area/TopicWest Africa, Business, Culture, Food, Scooter TripsPhil PaolettaCo-ownerScoot West AfricaFormerly a middle school teacher in Washington, DC, Phil Paoletta is now a semi-nomad based in West Africa. An obsession with highlife music originally drew him to Ghana in 2005. Once he arrived there, he found other things — groundnut stew, the Twi language, mapouka (both the dance and the liqueur), orange-headed lizards — that he also liked. In 2010, he quit his job to travel back to West Africa. He figured he had enough money for a 6-month trip. He didn't know it at the time, but that trip would never actually end. Fourteen years later, Phil finds himself based in Senegal, leading scooter trips around the region with Scoot West Africa, and making frequent stops in Bamako, Mali, where he is part owner of the Sleeping Camel hotel and restaurant. Since 2016, he has been collaborating with former tourist guides in Timbuktu on Postcards from Timbuktu, an e-commerce project that supports the guides and their families following the collapse of Mali's tourism sector. When he is not moving around, he enjoys relaxing on the beaches of Senegal's Petite-Cote with his wife and two kids.https://scootwestafrica.com/summaryIn this episode, Jason Elkins interviews Phil Paoletta, co-owner of Scoot West Africa, who shares his journey from a transformative concert experience to living in West Africa since 2010. Phil discusses the cultural richness of the region, the importance of music and food in social interactions, and the unique travel experiences offered by his company. He emphasizes the need for open-mindedness in travel and encourages listeners to explore West Africa despite common misconceptions. Phil also shares insights on starting a business in a challenging environment and the rewarding connections made through travel.takeawaysPhil has been based in West Africa since 2010.A concert sparked Phil's interest in Afrobeat music.Traveling in West Africa offers immersive experiences.Food is a significant part of social interactions in West Africa.Phil started Scoot West Africa in 2017.Clients should be open to spontaneous experiences.West Africa is an under-visited region for tourism.Cultural connections are vital in travel.Phil emphasizes the importance of community in West African life.Traveling is about discovering places on their own terms. Learn more about the Big World Made Small Podcast and join our private community to get episode updates, special access to our guests, and exclusive adventure travel offers at bigworldmadesmall.com.

Momi Maiga

Este 1 de diciembre, Senegal conmemoró el 80 aniversario de la masacre de Thiaroye. Ese día, en 1944, al menos 35 'tirailleurs', miembros de una unidad de infantería colonial de Senegal que sirvieron en el Ejército francés, fueron abatidos a tiros por gendarmes de Francia por exigir su pago tras regresar de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. ¿Qué pasó ese día?

On Daybreak Africa: Senegal's Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko on Monday said he would remain head of the government rather than preside over the parliament, after his party's landslide election win sparked questions over his political role. Plus, US President Joe Biden will meet Angolan President Joao Lourenco in Luanda Tuesday. Chad orders French troops' departure and provokes fresh anti-French sentiment. Namibia's ruling SWAPO party rejects opposition calls for a re-run of the November 27 general election. Uganda's military court adjourned Monday to process the practicing certificate of Kenyan lawyer Martha Karua. Guinea's military junta declares three days of national mourning for victims of a soccer stadium stampede. Elections in Africa: health risks, road crashes, and the mental toll. For these and more, tune in to Daybreak Africa!

Il turismo ha un lato oscuro, il Dark Tourism, ovvero il viaggio verso luoghi dove sono avvenute tragedie o disastri naturali; campi di battaglia, prigioni, cimiteri, edifici abbandonati, luoghi contaminati sono solo i primi esempi di una lunga lista. Con Philip Stone (Institute for Dark Tourism Research) ci addentriamo nella riflessione su questa particolare forma di turismo, sempre più praticata e sempre più raccontata dai media. Se gestito con la dovuta attenzione e con sensibilità etica il Dark Tourism perde molto del suo carattere morboso, aprendo invece una riflessione sul tempo, il passato, la morte. Luca Bravi, Università di Firenze, cerca di rispondere a una domanda ineludibile: è possibile essere “turisti” ad Auschwitz? Fabio Carbone, Università di Northampton, ha invece introdotto la categoria di War Porn, qui applicata al Museo dell'assedio di Sarajevo, per sottolineare l'inadeguatezza e le carenze di molte narrazioni. Infine Marco Trovato, direttore della rivista Africa, ci accompagna nell'isola di Gorèe, in Senegal, tra le memorie dolorose della tratta degli schiavi e lo sforzo dei loro discendenti per riallacciare i fili della memoria.

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AP correspondent Karen Chammas reports on the commemoration of a massacre in Senegal by French troops.

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On December 1, Senegal marks the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye massacre. On that day in 1944, at least 35 Tirailleurs – members of a colonial infantry unit from Senegal who served in the French army – were gunned down by French forces for demanding their pay after returning from World War II. For decades, the French army justified the killings, claiming the carnage was in response to a "mutiny". It was only in 2012 that then-president François Hollande referred to a "bloody crackdown." On November 28, President Emmanuel Macron finally acknowledged in a letter to Senegalese authorities that the horrific event that unfolded in Thiaroye in 1944 was indeed a massacre. 

Since the French Revolution of 1789, the absence of laws banning interracial marriages has served to reinforce two myths about modern France--first, that it is a sexual democracy and second, it is a color-blind nation where all French citizens can freely marry whomever they wish regardless of their race. Caroline Séquin challenges the narrative of French exceptionalism by revealing the role of prostitution regulation in policing intimate relationships across racial and colonial boundaries in the century following the abolition of slavery. Desiring Whiteness: A Racial History of Prostitution in France and Colonial Senegal, 1848-1950 (Cornell UP, 2024) traces the rise and fall of the "French model" of prostitution policing in the "contact zones" of port cities and garrison towns across France and in Dakar, Senegal, the main maritime entry point of French West Africa. Séquin describes how the regulation of prostitution covertly policed racial relations and contributed to the making of white French identity in an imperial nation-state that claimed to be race-blind. She also examines how sex industry workers exploited, reinforced, or transgressed the racial boundaries of colonial rule. Brothels served as "gatekeepers of whiteness" in two arenas. In colonial Senegal, white-only brothels helped deter French colonists from entering unions with African women and producing mixed-race children, thus consolidating white minority rule. In the metropole, brothels condoned interracial sex with white sex workers while dissuading colonial men from forming long-term attachments with white French women. Ultimately, brothels followed a similar racial logic that contributed to upholding white supremacy. Dr. Séquin earned a BA and MA in English and American Studies at Université Nancy 2, an MA in Women and Gender Studies at Université Paris 8, and her Ph.D. at the University of Chicago. She has won a number of awards from a range of institutions including Best Paper Prize from the Council for European Studies' Gender and Sexuality Research Network for the article “Marie Piquemal, the ‘Colonial Madam': Brothel Prostitution, Migration, and the Making of Whiteness in Interwar Dakar”. But I want to call attention to her Edward T. Gargan Prize for the best graduate student paper presented on post-1800 history at the annual conference of the Western Society for French History. Since 2019 she has been an Assistant Professor of Modern European History at Lafayette College. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Since the French Revolution of 1789, the absence of laws banning interracial marriages has served to reinforce two myths about modern France--first, that it is a sexual democracy and second, it is a color-blind nation where all French citizens can freely marry whomever they wish regardless of their race. Caroline Séquin challenges the narrative of French exceptionalism by revealing the role of prostitution regulation in policing intimate relationships across racial and colonial boundaries in the century following the abolition of slavery. Desiring Whiteness: A Racial History of Prostitution in France and Colonial Senegal, 1848-1950 (Cornell UP, 2024) traces the rise and fall of the "French model" of prostitution policing in the "contact zones" of port cities and garrison towns across France and in Dakar, Senegal, the main maritime entry point of French West Africa. Séquin describes how the regulation of prostitution covertly policed racial relations and contributed to the making of white French identity in an imperial nation-state that claimed to be race-blind. She also examines how sex industry workers exploited, reinforced, or transgressed the racial boundaries of colonial rule. Brothels served as "gatekeepers of whiteness" in two arenas. In colonial Senegal, white-only brothels helped deter French colonists from entering unions with African women and producing mixed-race children, thus consolidating white minority rule. In the metropole, brothels condoned interracial sex with white sex workers while dissuading colonial men from forming long-term attachments with white French women. Ultimately, brothels followed a similar racial logic that contributed to upholding white supremacy. Dr. Séquin earned a BA and MA in English and American Studies at Université Nancy 2, an MA in Women and Gender Studies at Université Paris 8, and her Ph.D. at the University of Chicago. She has won a number of awards from a range of institutions including Best Paper Prize from the Council for European Studies' Gender and Sexuality Research Network for the article “Marie Piquemal, the ‘Colonial Madam': Brothel Prostitution, Migration, and the Making of Whiteness in Interwar Dakar”. But I want to call attention to her Edward T. Gargan Prize for the best graduate student paper presented on post-1800 history at the annual conference of the Western Society for French History. Since 2019 she has been an Assistant Professor of Modern European History at Lafayette College. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Hii leo jaridani Assumpta Massoi anamulika adha zinazokumba raia kwenye eneo la Palestina linalokaliwa na Israeli; hakari za kukabili UKIMWI Afrika Kusini; IFAD ilivyonusuru vijana na safari za kwenda Ulaya zinazohatarisha maisha yao; Mkimbizi wa ndani Gaza anayezungumzia harakati za kusaka mkate ili kulisha familia yake.Mkuu wa haki za binadamu wa Umoja wa Mataifa katika ofisi ya eneo la Palestina linalokaliwa na Israeli, Ajith Sungay amesema miezi 13 ya vita imeufanya Ukanda wa Gaza kuwa kama jehanamu, kwani kuna uharibifu usio na kifani, njaa isiyoelezeka magonjwa na kuendelea kwa mashambulizi ya mabomu yanayotawanya raia kila uchao. Flora Nducha na taarifa zaidi.Kuelekea ya Siku ya Kimataifa ya UKIMWI itakayoadhimishwa Jumapili hii, ripoti ya Shirika la Umoja wa Mataifa la Kukabiliana na UKIMWI (UNAIDS) iliyotolewa juzi Jumatano imeeleza kuwa dunia inaweza kufikia lengo lililokubaliwa la kukomesha UKIMWI kama tishio la afya ya umma ifikapo mwaka 2030 lakini kwa sharti kwamba viongozi ni lazima walinde haki za binadamu za kila mtu anayeishi na Virusi Vya UKIMWI, VVU au aliyeko hatarini kuambukizwa. Anold Kayanda ameangazia mfano mzuri wa Afrika Kusini unaofahamika kama “Takuwani Riime”.Mkala inayokupeleka nchini Senegal kusikia jinsi mradi wa mfuko wa Umoja wa Mataifa wa Maendeleo ya Kilimo IFAD umewezesha vijana kuondokana na mawazo ya kuweka rehani maisha yao wakisaka maisha bora Ulaya. Mwenyeji wako ni Bosco Cosmas.Mashinani fursa ni yake nampisha Abu Muhammad, mkimbizi wa ndani huko Deir Al Balah, Ukanda wa Gaza akielezea umuhimu wa mgao wa mikate kutoka shirika la Umoja wa Mataifa la Mpango wa Chakula, WFP, kwa wakimbizi hao wakati huu ambapo vita inaendelea eneo hilo.

Mradi wa uitwao Agri-Jeunes uliozinduliwa na Mfuko wa Umoja wa Mataifa wa Maendeleo ya kilimo, IFAD ili kusaidia raia wa Senegal kuondokana na umaskini, na janga la njaa, umewapatia vijana wa kiume na wa kike matumaini ya kusalia nchini mwao badala ya kuhamia ughaibuni. Mradi huu umewasaidia vijana hao kwa mafunzo ya kilimo, ufugaji kuku, uvuvi na stadi za kuendesha biashara ndogondogo.Katika miezi mitano ya kwanza ya mwaka 2024, makumi ya maelfu ya watu waligeukia wasafirishaji haramu wa binadamu kwa njia ya bahari ya Atlantiki kuelekea visiwa vya Kanari, lakini zaidi ya watu 5000 wamekufa wakijaribu kufika huko. Haya yote yakisababishwa na ukosefu wa ajira na kipato duni. Kupitia video iliyoandaliwa na IFAD, Bosco Cosmas amefuatilia Maisha ya vijana hao, na kutuandalia makala hii

Since the French Revolution of 1789, the absence of laws banning interracial marriages has served to reinforce two myths about modern France--first, that it is a sexual democracy and second, it is a color-blind nation where all French citizens can freely marry whomever they wish regardless of their race. Caroline Séquin challenges the narrative of French exceptionalism by revealing the role of prostitution regulation in policing intimate relationships across racial and colonial boundaries in the century following the abolition of slavery. Desiring Whiteness: A Racial History of Prostitution in France and Colonial Senegal, 1848-1950 (Cornell UP, 2024) traces the rise and fall of the "French model" of prostitution policing in the "contact zones" of port cities and garrison towns across France and in Dakar, Senegal, the main maritime entry point of French West Africa. Séquin describes how the regulation of prostitution covertly policed racial relations and contributed to the making of white French identity in an imperial nation-state that claimed to be race-blind. She also examines how sex industry workers exploited, reinforced, or transgressed the racial boundaries of colonial rule. Brothels served as "gatekeepers of whiteness" in two arenas. In colonial Senegal, white-only brothels helped deter French colonists from entering unions with African women and producing mixed-race children, thus consolidating white minority rule. In the metropole, brothels condoned interracial sex with white sex workers while dissuading colonial men from forming long-term attachments with white French women. Ultimately, brothels followed a similar racial logic that contributed to upholding white supremacy. Dr. Séquin earned a BA and MA in English and American Studies at Université Nancy 2, an MA in Women and Gender Studies at Université Paris 8, and her Ph.D. at the University of Chicago. She has won a number of awards from a range of institutions including Best Paper Prize from the Council for European Studies' Gender and Sexuality Research Network for the article “Marie Piquemal, the ‘Colonial Madam': Brothel Prostitution, Migration, and the Making of Whiteness in Interwar Dakar”. But I want to call attention to her Edward T. Gargan Prize for the best graduate student paper presented on post-1800 history at the annual conference of the Western Society for French History. Since 2019 she has been an Assistant Professor of Modern European History at Lafayette College. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-studies

 In this episode of Visual Intonation, we dive deep into the world of J.M. Harper, a visionary director and documentarian who has spent his career capturing powerful human stories through both the documentary and narrative forms. Known for his work on films like 'Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy' and the upcoming 'As We Speak', Harper's unique storytelling voice has earned him recognition from the likes of Sundance, DOC NYC, and the prestigious Guggenheim Museum. We explore how Harper's early experiences—from his time studying German at Princeton to creating his first films across Berlin and Senegal—shaped the creative force he is today.  Harper's approach to filmmaking is defined by his meticulous attention to detail and deep empathy for his subjects. Whether it's exploring the intersection of rap lyrics and the criminal justice system in 'As We Speak', or documenting the life of NBA star Stephon Marbury in 'A Kid from Coney Island', Harper brings a level of insight that turns the ordinary into something extraordinary. We discuss the evolution of his career, how he balances the roles of director, editor, and cinematographer, and the lessons he's learned along the way.  As a passionate advocate for diversity in the industry, Harper has also been involved in initiatives like Change the Lens, which seeks to increase Black representation both in front of and behind the camera. In this conversation, Harper shares how his personal experiences have shaped his commitment to bringing fresh, authentic perspectives to the screen. He opens up about his mentors, his process, and what drives him to continually push creative boundaries in a rapidly changing industry.  Join us as we hear from one of the most exciting filmmakers of today, J.M. Harper, whose cinematic work not only entertains but challenges the status quo. From the cornfields of Illinois to the bustling streets of Brooklyn, Harper's journey is a testament to the power of storytelling, and the impact a filmmaker can have when they fully commit to the stories they tell.   https://www.jmharper.com/  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3554689/  https://www.instagram.com/jmharper/  https://twitter.com/jmharper?lang=en Support the showVisual Intonation Website: https://www.visualintonations.com/Visual Intonation Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visualintonation/Vante Gregory's Website: vantegregory.comVante Gregory's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/directedbyvante/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): patreon.com/visualintonations Tiktok: www.tiktok.com/@visualintonation Tiktok: www.tiktok.com/@directedbyvante

The Spark is hosting its annual book-as-gifts- guide. We spoke with Catherine Lawrence, co-owner of the Midtown Scholar Bookstore in Harrisburg, Travis Kurowski, (Ph.D) an assistance professor of creative writing at York College of Pennsylvania, and Carolyn Blatchley MLIS, Executive Director of Cumberland County Library System. The Midtown Schloar Bookstore recommendation can be found here. The Cumberland County Library Systems recommendations can be found here. Travis Kurowski Recommendations list below: NONFICTION Heartbreak Is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music By Rob Sheffield I just ordered this book because I am in love with a woman who is the biggest Taylor Swift fan I have ever met. As it happens, I have only recently realized the most obvious thing about Swift's music: It's mostly about heartbreak. Our American Shakespeare of longing and distance, of regret and revenge, Swift's oeuvre is analyzed from first album to last by best-selling Rolling Stone journalist Rob Sheffield in this new book. From the publisher: “Heartbreak Is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music is the first book that goes deep on the musical and cultural impact of Taylor Swift. Nobody can tell the story like Rob Sheffield, the bestselling and award-winning author of Dreaming the Beatles, On Bowie, and Love Is a Mix Tape. The legendary Rolling Stone journalist is the writer who has chronicled Taylor for every step of her long career, from her early days to the Eras Tour. Sheffield gets right to the heart of Swift and her music, her lyrics, her fan connection, her raw power.” The Message By Ta-Nehisi Coates Baltimore native Ta-Nehisi Coates's new book of nonfiction takes a risk in being human. I've been following Coates since his days reporting for The Atlantic where he made national attention making a persuasive case for reparation. Since then, he's published a best-selling works of fiction and nonfiction, even written for Marvel Comics. This latest book from Coates is an analysis of how myths and stories shape cultures and nations, from Senegal to the ongoing war on Gaza. From the publisher: “In the first of the book's three intertwining essays, Coates, on his first trip to Africa, finds himself in two places at once: in Dakar, a modern city in Senegal, and in a mythic kingdom in his mind. Then he takes readers along with him to Columbia, South Carolina, where he reports on his own book's banning, but also explores the larger backlash to the nation's recent reckoning with history and the deeply rooted American mythology so visible in that city—a capital of the Confederacy with statues of segregationists looming over its public squares. Finally, in the book's longest section, Coates travels to Palestine, where he sees with devastating clarity how easily we are misled by nationalist narratives, and the tragedy that lies in the clash between the stories we tell and the reality of life on the ground.” Lovely One: A Memoir By Ketanji Brown Jackson The election was hard for everyone—every national election has been in recent memory. Memoirs from people behind the scenes in spaces shaped by such elections have always been popular, more recently they seem to be a source of sustenance. I cannot see the new memoir by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson—the first black woman and first public defender to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court—as anything else. From the publisher: “With this unflinching account, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson invites readers into her life and world, tracing her family's ascent from segregation to her confirmation on America's highest court within the span of one generation.” FICTION The Vegetarian By Han Kang 2024 Nobel winner for Literature, Han Kang also won the 2016 Booker Prize for her most widely read novel, The Vegetarian, a short novel I read in a gulp years ago when it was first translated from the Korean into English by Deborah Smith. The power of The Vegetarian is ineffable, which is an odd thing to say for a book—that it is beyond words—but that is the power and experience of great art.     A perfect introduction to Kang's work. From the publisher: “Before the nightmares began, Yeong-hye and her husband lived an ordinary, controlled life. But the dreams—invasive images of blood and brutality—torture her, driving Yeong-hye to purge her mind and renounce eating meat altogether. It's a small act of independence, but it interrupts her marriage and sets into motion an increasingly grotesque chain of events at home. As her husband, her brother-in-law and sister each fight to reassert their control, Yeong-hye obsessively defends the choice that's become sacred to her. Soon their attempts turn desperate, subjecting first her mind, and then her body, to ever more intrusive and perverse violations, sending Yeong-hye spiraling into a dangerous, bizarre estrangement, not only from those closest to her, but also from herself. Celebrated by critics around the world, The Vegetarian is a darkly allegorical, Kafka-esque tale of power, obsession, and one woman's struggle to break free from the violence both without and within her.” All Fours By Miranda July There has been no other book I've heard about as much this year as filmmaker and fiction writer Miranda July's latest novel All Fours, about what happens when we ignore our desires—by which I mean, ignore our very selves—and the confusing struggle it might be to ever find ourselves again. The conversations I've had about this book have been as rich and meaningful as the book itself, conversations I hold dear and have changed me forever. From the publisher: “A semi-famous artist announces her plan to drive cross-country, from LA to NY. Thirty minutes after leaving her husband and child at home, she spontaneously exits the freeway, checks into a nondescript motel, and immerses herself in an entirely different journey. Miranda July's second novel confirms the brilliance of her unique approach to fiction. With July's wry voice, perfect comic timing, unabashed curiosity about human intimacy, and palpable delight in pushing boundaries, All Fours tells the story of one woman's quest for a new kind of freedom. Part absurd entertainment, part tender reinvention of the sexual, romantic, and domestic life of a forty-five-year-old female artist, All Fours transcends expectation while excavating our beliefs about life lived as a woman. Once again, July hijacks the familiar and turns it into something new and thrillingly, profoundly alive.” Playground By Richard Powers Richard Powers won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his previous novel The Overstory, arguably the single most important American novel ever published about our relationship to the environment, all told through the lens of our human relationship to trees. Powers's latest novel, Playground, is about artificial intelligence and the ocean. And I expect nothing less. From the publisher: “Four lives are drawn together in a sweeping, panoramic new novel from Richard Powers, showcasing the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Overstory at the height of his skills. Twelve-year-old Evie Beaulieu sinks to the bottom of a swimming pool in Montreal strapped to one of the world's first aqualungs. Ina Aroita grows up on naval bases across the Pacific with art as her only home. Two polar opposites at an elite Chicago high school bond over a three-thousand-year-old board game; Rafi Young will get lost in literature, while Todd Keane's work will lead to a startling AI breakthrough. They meet on the history-scarred island of Makatea in French Polynesia, whose deposits of phosphorus once helped to feed the world. Now the tiny atoll has been chosen for humanity's next adventure: a plan to send floating, autonomous cities out onto the open sea. But first, the island's residents must vote to greenlight the project or turn the seasteaders away. Set in the world's largest ocean, this awe-filled book explores that last wild place we have yet to colonize in a still-unfolding oceanic game, and interweaves beautiful writing, rich characterization, profound themes of technology and the environment, and a deep exploration of our shared humanity in a way only Richard Powers can. COMICS Future By Tommi Musturi I saw this book while browsing with my daughters and close friends at Lost City Books in Washington, DC—a bookstore I cannot recommend enough for its curation, display, and overall artistry in the selling of books—and it actually took my breath away. I saw it from across the room, huge and bold in color and design. Almost the shape and size of a small board game, this absolutely thrilling collection of Mutsuri's is so stunning it feels unbelievable it exists and, more than that, was somehow published. It's an atomic explosion of creativity fracturing the very medium of comics. Few art experiences in the world give such a rush. From the publisher: “A graphic, genre-mashing magnum opus from one of the most restlessly creative voices in comics. Tommi Musturi's Future traps the reader into a web of stories happening in different timespaces, providing perspectives on the possible futures of mankind through imaginary future worlds, current events, historical references, utopias, and ideals. Future is a mash-up of the familiar and the terribly alien: quotidian existence, sci-fi spectacle, utopian fantasy, AI dystopia, and other worst-case scenarios. Richly philosophical and allegorical, Musturi gives us alcoholic magicians, guerrilla art squads, mutant reality television hosts, and incel archaeologist-astronauts, among many others. Weaving between a variety of styles in illustration and narration that transform and reflect our constantly changing reality, Future is an impassioned graphic novel for our times that renews the medium of comics—a vital and multifaceted work of art.” Here By Richard McGuire Now a major motion picture starring Tom Hanks and Robin Writing, Richard McGuire's 2014 graphic novel Here is almost made small by calling it a graphic novel. It is, certainly, a work of fiction, and so technically then a graphic (comic) novel (fiction), but it's also one of the strangest and most beautiful works in the comics medium ever made. Every page of the book is a drawing of the same corner of the same room across 300 million years of history. Yes, the same space, variously drawn, across 300 million years. And seeing that space across time, stories do emerge, but only in the same way they do in the reality within which we all exist—because we construct them. Since the first pages of the book concept were published in 1989, its impact has rippled throughout the comics world, and continues to. From the publisher: “From one of the great comic innovators, the long-awaited fulfillment of a pioneering comic vision: the story of a corner of a room and of the events that have occurred in that space over the course of hundreds of thousands of years.” POETRY By Fady Joudah There are few contemporary issues as important as the well-being and fate of the Palestinian people, and few voices in American literature as important and prominent in this area as Palestinian American poet and physician Fady Joudah. The book's strange title, […], is a pictogram, a symbol evoking meaning: silence, perhaps, or erasure. The brackets for what has been omitted, the internal ellipsis for all that remains unsaid. Joudah wrote the poems in […] between October and December 2023, a time of much suffering, ceaseless since. From the publisher: “Fady Joudah's powerful sixth collection of poems opens with, ‘I am unfinished business,' articulating the ongoing pathos of the Palestinian people. A rendering of Joudah's survivance, […] speaks to Palestine's daily and historic erasure and insists on presence inside and outside the ancestral land. Responding to the unspeakable in real time, Joudah offers multiple ways of seeing the world through a Palestinian lens—a world filled with ordinary desires, no matter how grand or tragic the details may be—and asks their reader to be changed by them. The sequences are meditations on a carousel: the past returns as the future is foretold. But ‘Repetition won't guarantee wisdom,' Joudah writes, demanding that we resuscitate language ‘before [our] wisdom is an echo.' These poems of urgency and care sing powerfully through a combination of intimate clarity and great dilations of scale, sending the reader on heartrending spins through echelons of time. […] is a wonder. Joudah reminds us ‘Wonder belongs to all.'” Wrong Norma By Anne Carson I've been following Canadian poet Anne Carson's career since I picked up a copy of her wildly experimental and stunning 1998 book, Autobiography of Red—" richly layered and deceptively simple, Autobiography of Red is a profoundly moving portrait of an artist coming to terms with the fantastic accident of who he is”—while living for a summer at the home of potter Jim Romberg in southern Oregon, details that may seem insignificant, but that's not how art works on us. Carson is one of the world's—the world's—most experimentally stunning poets who somehow still reaches the depth of human emotion. A classicist who has translated the Greek Tragedies for the stage, along with the most stunning book of Sappho's poetry I've ever read, Wrong Norma is a sampling of the same erudition and emotion we have for decades expected from the poet. Oh, and she's incredibly funny. I haven't read this book yet, but I will, because I agree wholeheartedly with the late Susan Sontag about Carson: “She is one of the few writers writing in English that I would read anything she wrote.” From the publisher: “Published here in a stunning edition with images created by Carson, several of the twenty-five startling poetic prose pieces have appeared in magazines and journals like The New Yorker and The Paris Review. As Carson writes: ‘Wrong Norma is a collection of writings about different things, like Joseph Conrad, Guantánamo, Flaubert, snow, poverty, Roget's Thesaurus, my Dad, Saturday night. The pieces are not linked. That's why I've called them ‘wrong.'”Support WITF: https://www.witf.org/support/give-now/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Since the French Revolution of 1789, the absence of laws banning interracial marriages has served to reinforce two myths about modern France--first, that it is a sexual democracy and second, it is a color-blind nation where all French citizens can freely marry whomever they wish regardless of their race. Caroline Séquin challenges the narrative of French exceptionalism by revealing the role of prostitution regulation in policing intimate relationships across racial and colonial boundaries in the century following the abolition of slavery. Desiring Whiteness: A Racial History of Prostitution in France and Colonial Senegal, 1848-1950 (Cornell UP, 2024) traces the rise and fall of the "French model" of prostitution policing in the "contact zones" of port cities and garrison towns across France and in Dakar, Senegal, the main maritime entry point of French West Africa. Séquin describes how the regulation of prostitution covertly policed racial relations and contributed to the making of white French identity in an imperial nation-state that claimed to be race-blind. She also examines how sex industry workers exploited, reinforced, or transgressed the racial boundaries of colonial rule. Brothels served as "gatekeepers of whiteness" in two arenas. In colonial Senegal, white-only brothels helped deter French colonists from entering unions with African women and producing mixed-race children, thus consolidating white minority rule. In the metropole, brothels condoned interracial sex with white sex workers while dissuading colonial men from forming long-term attachments with white French women. Ultimately, brothels followed a similar racial logic that contributed to upholding white supremacy. Dr. Séquin earned a BA and MA in English and American Studies at Université Nancy 2, an MA in Women and Gender Studies at Université Paris 8, and her Ph.D. at the University of Chicago. She has won a number of awards from a range of institutions including Best Paper Prize from the Council for European Studies' Gender and Sexuality Research Network for the article “Marie Piquemal, the ‘Colonial Madam': Brothel Prostitution, Migration, and the Making of Whiteness in Interwar Dakar”. But I want to call attention to her Edward T. Gargan Prize for the best graduate student paper presented on post-1800 history at the annual conference of the Western Society for French History. Since 2019 she has been an Assistant Professor of Modern European History at Lafayette College. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Since the French Revolution of 1789, the absence of laws banning interracial marriages has served to reinforce two myths about modern France--first, that it is a sexual democracy and second, it is a color-blind nation where all French citizens can freely marry whomever they wish regardless of their race. Caroline Séquin challenges the narrative of French exceptionalism by revealing the role of prostitution regulation in policing intimate relationships across racial and colonial boundaries in the century following the abolition of slavery. Desiring Whiteness: A Racial History of Prostitution in France and Colonial Senegal, 1848-1950 (Cornell UP, 2024) traces the rise and fall of the "French model" of prostitution policing in the "contact zones" of port cities and garrison towns across France and in Dakar, Senegal, the main maritime entry point of French West Africa. Séquin describes how the regulation of prostitution covertly policed racial relations and contributed to the making of white French identity in an imperial nation-state that claimed to be race-blind. She also examines how sex industry workers exploited, reinforced, or transgressed the racial boundaries of colonial rule. Brothels served as "gatekeepers of whiteness" in two arenas. In colonial Senegal, white-only brothels helped deter French colonists from entering unions with African women and producing mixed-race children, thus consolidating white minority rule. In the metropole, brothels condoned interracial sex with white sex workers while dissuading colonial men from forming long-term attachments with white French women. Ultimately, brothels followed a similar racial logic that contributed to upholding white supremacy. Dr. Séquin earned a BA and MA in English and American Studies at Université Nancy 2, an MA in Women and Gender Studies at Université Paris 8, and her Ph.D. at the University of Chicago. She has won a number of awards from a range of institutions including Best Paper Prize from the Council for European Studies' Gender and Sexuality Research Network for the article “Marie Piquemal, the ‘Colonial Madam': Brothel Prostitution, Migration, and the Making of Whiteness in Interwar Dakar”. But I want to call attention to her Edward T. Gargan Prize for the best graduate student paper presented on post-1800 history at the annual conference of the Western Society for French History. Since 2019 she has been an Assistant Professor of Modern European History at Lafayette College. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/french-studies

Durante esta semana, em África, continuou em destaque Moçambique, onde continuaram os protestos convocados pelo candidato da oposição Venâncio Mondlane que reclama a vitória nas eleições de 9 de Outubro. As manifestações foram frequentemente marcadas pela violência, sobretudo em Maputo, onde foram erguidas barricadas, pessoas foram baleadas ou atropeladas pela polícia, a sociedade civil dando inclusivamente conta de mortos.  De realçar que na passada terça-feira, o Presidente moçambicano promoveu um diálogo com os candidatos às presidenciais de 9 de Outubro. Os candidatos da Frelimo no poder, da Renamo e do MDM, na oposição, compareceram. Já Venâncio Mondlane, candidato do Podemos, que tem promovido os protestos destas últimas semanas e que se encontra em parte incerteza, não esteve presencialmente nesta reunião, designadamente por questões de segurança. Esta que foi a primeira sessão de diálogo em torno do processo eleitoral, não chegou a suscitar grandes expectativas, tanto mais que o Conselho Constitucional -cujos juízes conselheiros estariam a ser alvo de ameaças- ainda não se pronunciou sobre o escrutínio. Numa comunicação inédita na segunda-feira, este órgão indicou que prevê divulgar a sua decisão por volta do 23 de Dezembro.Na Namíbia, as eleições gerais de quarta-feira, eleições com o selo da incerteza para o partido no poder, foram marcadas por incidentes que impediram eleitores de exercerem o seu direito de voto, levando ao prolongamento do escrutínio em 36 mesas de voto nesta sexta-feira.Em Angola, esta semana esteve colocada sob o signo dos atropelos aos Direitos Humanos. Num relatório divulgado na quarta-feira, a Amnistia Internacional denunciou abusos da polícia angolana em pelo menos 11 manifestações entre Novembro de 2020 e Junho de 2023. Neste documento, a ONG de defesa dos Direitos do Homem, acusou as forças da ordem angolanas de ter morto a tiro pelo menos 17 pessoas nestes últimos 30 meses e espancado "brutalmente pessoas sob a sua custódia".No mesmo sentido, a organização cívica angolana 'Mudei' deu conta de obstáculos colocados pelas autoridades ao direito de expressão e de manifestação. Esta organização também denunciou a aprovação de instrumentos de controlo e repressão que, a seu ver, visam proteger o poder político e restringir as liberdades dos cidadãos.Também em Angola, noutro quadrante, quatro organizações cívicas expressaram o seu descontentamento com a resposta da justiça portuguesa em relação a uma carta, enviada em Agosto deste ano, a exigir esclarecimentos sobre o repatriamento dos bens de Isabel dos Santos. Não obstante Lisboa ter alegado o segredo de justiça, o grupo insta Portugal a “devolver” o património aos angolanos. Desta vez na zona do Sahel e África do Oeste, o Chade anunciou na quinta-feira que decidiu romper com os acordos de cooperação de defesa com a França, prevendo-se a retirada dos militares franceses ainda presentes neste país. Também o Senegal anunciou, entretanto, o encerramento das bases francesas no seu território, onde Paris previa ainda recentemente uma redução da sua presença, passando dos actuais 350 militares, para uma centena.Em Cabo Verde, mais de 40 trabalhadores da TICV/ Best Fly disseram ter sido “abandonados pelo governo e pela empresa” e acusaram a companhia aérea angolana de não cumprir o acordo assinado. Em causa estão dois meses de salários em atraso e ainda indemnizações que constam do acordo colectivo assinado em Agosto deste ano. Em São Tomé e Príncipe, a actualidade desta semana foi marcada pela controvérsia em torno da decisão anunciada há dias pelo primeiro-ministro de aumentar as taxas aeroportuárias para um valor acima dos 200 euros para os passageiros vindo do exterior. Um valor que a oposição estima ser prejudicial para o sector do turismo e que o próprio Presidente Carlos Vila Nova vetou. Algo que Patrice Trovoada diz não entender, alegando não ter sido informado directamente pelo chefe de Estado. Por fim, na Guiné-Bissau, as autoridades judiciais anunciaram para a próxima semana o início do julgamento dos suspeitos do tráfico de mais de duas toneladas de droga presumivelmente provenientes da Venezuela apreendidas num jacto que aterrou a 7 de Setembro no aeroporto de Bissau.

Since the French Revolution of 1789, the absence of laws banning interracial marriages has served to reinforce two myths about modern France--first, that it is a sexual democracy and second, it is a color-blind nation where all French citizens can freely marry whomever they wish regardless of their race. Caroline Séquin challenges the narrative of French exceptionalism by revealing the role of prostitution regulation in policing intimate relationships across racial and colonial boundaries in the century following the abolition of slavery. Desiring Whiteness: A Racial History of Prostitution in France and Colonial Senegal, 1848-1950 (Cornell UP, 2024) traces the rise and fall of the "French model" of prostitution policing in the "contact zones" of port cities and garrison towns across France and in Dakar, Senegal, the main maritime entry point of French West Africa. Séquin describes how the regulation of prostitution covertly policed racial relations and contributed to the making of white French identity in an imperial nation-state that claimed to be race-blind. She also examines how sex industry workers exploited, reinforced, or transgressed the racial boundaries of colonial rule. Brothels served as "gatekeepers of whiteness" in two arenas. In colonial Senegal, white-only brothels helped deter French colonists from entering unions with African women and producing mixed-race children, thus consolidating white minority rule. In the metropole, brothels condoned interracial sex with white sex workers while dissuading colonial men from forming long-term attachments with white French women. Ultimately, brothels followed a similar racial logic that contributed to upholding white supremacy. Dr. Séquin earned a BA and MA in English and American Studies at Université Nancy 2, an MA in Women and Gender Studies at Université Paris 8, and her Ph.D. at the University of Chicago. She has won a number of awards from a range of institutions including Best Paper Prize from the Council for European Studies' Gender and Sexuality Research Network for the article “Marie Piquemal, the ‘Colonial Madam': Brothel Prostitution, Migration, and the Making of Whiteness in Interwar Dakar”. But I want to call attention to her Edward T. Gargan Prize for the best graduate student paper presented on post-1800 history at the annual conference of the Western Society for French History. Since 2019 she has been an Assistant Professor of Modern European History at Lafayette College. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Os novos dias do motor da Costa Ocidental Africana

In this episode, co-hosts Frank Abdul Shaheed & Faridah Abdul-Tawwab Brown delve into the complexities of modern society, discussing the importance of maintaining moral integrity and disciplined behavior amidst confusion and progress. They highlight the impact of environments, such as Senegal, on personal peace and societal contributions. The episode examines the concept of freedom as obedience to divine guidance, the role of family, and the challenges of prevailing cultural influences like hookup culture. Tune in for a thought-provoking conversation on achieving destination excellence.00:00 Welcome to The Family Ties00:37 Efforts and Aspirations01:59 Life in Medina Baye03:18 The Quest for Peace05:51 Historical Reflections08:07 Universal Challenges10:45 Responsibilities of Freedom12:52 The Role of Family16:18 Leadership and Society19:07 The Nature of Man23:16 Freedom and Obedience34:05 Conclusion and Next StepsThis podcast is about family life as a means to address current problems in American society. A scripture based African American perspective. Welcome to The Family Ties, a Prescription for Society. Through this experience we invite you to join us in an exploration of the concept of family ties as a prescription for society.  YOUR HOSTS:  Frank Abdul Shaheed &  Faridah Abdul-Tawwab Brown  This episode was edited by Darryl D Anderson of AMG - Ambassador Media Group visit https://www.ambassador-mediagroup.com/ __________________________________ Music Credit Back Home by Ghostrifter Official | https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/Send us a textCopyright 2024

Welcome to Grit & Growth's masterclass on the do's and don'ts of pitching VCs, featuring Zach George, general partner at Launch Africa Ventures, one of the leading early-stage venture capital funds on the continent. Sitting in the investor seat gives George valuable insights on what entrepreneurs should and shouldn't do to attract the right kind of investment for their company.After earning a master's degree at Stanford University and spending over a decade on Wall Street, Zach George turned a vacation to South Africa into a lifelong career … and, ultimately his home. He instantly saw Africa's potential as a hub for innovation, but felt that funding for start-ups was very old school. What's more, he recognized that African entrepreneurs required more than just capital, they needed mentorship, connections, and intellectual capital. So he created a unique venture capital firm to provide it all. To date, Launch Africa Ventures has raised $36.2 million, making it the largest early-stage fund in Africa. After meeting with so many founders seeking funding, George has plenty of advice to share.Top Six Masterclass Takeaways Due diligence is your responsibility, too.“It is almost impossible to find founders that can put themselves in your shoes as the investor. They've done thorough diligence on us as a fund and our portfolio companies and they can convince us how our portfolio companies can be better off because of what they do. That, for me, is a no-brainer.”Be open to advice.“I always say founders should get VCs as coaches, not captains. We don't run the ship, but we coach you, right? Now, if as a founder, you're not coachable, then that is an immediate red flag.” Understand your customers.“Retaining customers is a lot easier than getting new customers. So if that simple equation makes sense, why aren't you incentivizing your existing customers to refer you to other customers, right? Understanding unit economics is super, super, super important. You know, the tech is almost irrelevant, if you don't understand your customers.”Don't overstate interest in your company.“In Africa, there are about 35 to 40 credible VCs on the continent and we know most of them. So if someone walks into a room and says, ‘Oh, I've got a term sheet from this VC or this investor is very interested in me, and our rounds are almost closed,' the reality is I'm going to WhatsApp the GPs of those funds almost immediately.”Don't underestimate how difficult it is to scale.“If you're in South Africa or Nigeria, you can get away with just being in those markets up to your series A. But if you're in Uganda or Rwanda or Senegal, you really have to be thinking about cross-border expansion prior to series A. And not having a roadmap for that is a yellow flag. The wrong answer is always ‘it's not relevant, I'm not there yet.' If you're the CEO you better have a plan for how you're gonna expand to multiple markets.”Make sure your IP is in an investor-friendly jurisdiction. “You've got to be clean from a legal and tech perspective. So the most common structure is you have a holding company in Delaware and you have multiple local operating subsidiaries. And the Delaware holdco owns 100 percent of all the African subsidiaries. And the investors only invest at the holdco. You've got to have that set up before you talk to a VC.”Listen to George's advice to founders, plus his insights on the changing demographic and economic landscape in Africa, his thoughts on AI, and his desire to create a value chain of funding with blended capital that goes beyond just equity.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jurista moçambicano processa comandante da PRM e ministro do Interior pelas mortes nas manifestações. Terá este processo pés para andar? Como é que os protestos em Moçambique podem ter efeito de contágio em Angola? Senegal: Vitória do PASTF nas legislativas é um balão de oxigênio para o presidente Bassirou Faye.

De Stichting Vrienden van Effatha, opgericht in 1991, zet zich in voor het onderwijs en de ontwikkeling van dove en slechthorenden, zowel in Nederland als internationaal. Walter Groenewegen en Janneke Schapink bespreken de geschiedenis van de stichting, die voortkomt uit de vereniging Effatha, opgericht in 1888, en hoe de focus is verschoven naar het ondersteunen van dove kinderen in ontwikkelingslanden, waar onderwijs vaak niet beschikbaar is. Ze delen inspirerende verhalen over projecten in landen zoals Senegal, waar dove kinderen leren gebarentaal en vaardigheden ontwikkelen voor een betere toekomst. Daarnaast wordt het belang van werkgelegenheid voor dove mensen in Nederland en de uitdagingen die ze tegenkomen besproken. De aflevering benadrukt ook de noodzaak van betrokkenheid van dove mensen in het bestuur en de projecten, om hun stem en noden beter te vertegenwoordigen.Het gesprek met Janneke Schapink en Walter Groenewegen biedt een diepgaande kijk op de Stichting Vrienden van EFFATHA, een organisatie die zich inzet voor de belangen van dove kinderen wereldwijd. Met een geschiedenis die teruggaat tot de oprichting van de vereniging EFFATHA in 1888, heeft de stichting zich ontwikkeld tot een belangrijke speler in het bevorderen van onderwijs voor doven. Janneke en Walter bespreken de oorsprong van de stichting en hoe de missie om dove kinderen onderwijs te bieden niet alleen in Nederland, maar ook in andere, minder bevoorrechte landen, steeds urgenter wordt. Ze benadrukken de schokkende realiteit dat dove kinderen in veel ontwikkelingslanden vaak geen toegang hebben tot onderwijs en hoe dit hun kansen op een goede toekomst ernstig belemmert.De stichting heeft verschillende initiatieven en projecten in het buitenland gefinancierd, vaak aangestuurd door de passie van betrokken Nederlanders die de situatie ter plekke hebben gezien. Walter deelt een inspirerend verhaal over een oud-medewerkster die in Senegal een stichting heeft opgericht om dove kinderen gebarentaal te leren. Dit voorbeeld illustreert niet alleen de impact van de stichting, maar ook hoe onderwijs kan leiden tot een betere sociale integratie van dove kinderen in hun gemeenschappen. De nadruk op werkgelegenheid en zelfstandigheid voor dove mensen, zowel in Nederland als daarbuiten, toont aan dat de stichting verder kijkt dan alleen onderwijs en zich richt op een holistische aanpak van de uitdagingen waarmee doven worden geconfronteerd.Het gesprek raakt ook aan de uitdagingen van het runnen van een stichting in een tijd waarin het aantal donateurs afneemt. Janneke en Walter bespreken hun strategieën om de financiering op peil te houden, waaronder het investeren van kapitaal om rendementen te genereren die de projecten kunnen ondersteunen. De noodzaak om een duurzame toekomst voor de stichting te waarborgen, terwijl ze blijven voldoen aan de behoeften van dove kinderen, is een terugkerend thema. Hun toewijding en passie voor het verbeteren van de levens van dove mensen zijn duidelijk, en het gesprek getuigt van hun vastberadenheid om deze belangrijke missie voort te zetten, ongeacht de obstakels die zij tegenkomen.Takeaways: The foundation Vrienden van Effatha started in 1991 with the mission to educate the deaf. Education for the deaf in the Netherlands is well-established, but globally, it remains a challenge. The foundation supports projects that aim to provide education and vocational training for deaf individuals. They emphasize the importance of involving the deaf community in project development and execution. Janneke expressed the need for more deaf representation in leadership positions within their organization. Collaboration with local organizations and individuals is crucial for the success of their initiatives.

Elwood and Stephen look at the genre hopping Thriller Saloum as a trio of mercenaries attempting to escape a coup to Dakar, Senegal find themselves stranded at a remote holiday camp whose secrets are slowly revealed.

On Daybreak Africa: Senegal's ruling party, PASTEF, secured a resounding victory in the country's legislative elections, winning 130 of 165 seats, according to provisional results announced Thursday by the national vote counting commission. Plus, Malawi refugees receive first-ever insurance payout. Zimbabwe captures a renegade Zambian member of parliament. Liberia's House Speaker Says His Removal is Unconstitutional. Heavy gunfire broke out Thursday night in South Sudan's capital, Juba. Matt Gaetz withdraws from consideration for the top law enforcement job. For these and more tune in to Daybreak Africa!

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