tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64844178508486342872024-03-19T11:48:17.390+03:00Melissa on the roadJournalist at RFI (ex-DW, BBC...), writer, (first book on Bristol's music/art; e-book on African art), I also work on films, as a journalism lecturer, and a contributor to the New Arab, Art UK, etc.
Born in Paris, I was based in Prague, Miami, London, Nairobi (covering East Africa), Bangui, and Bristol, UK. I also travelled to Italy, Haiti, Tunisia, Liberia, Senegal, India, Mexico, Iraq... My passions: Africa, music, arts...
This blog is to share my work and cultural discoveries.Melissa Chemamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10690144160592091057noreply@blogger.comBlogger3972125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484417850848634287.post-14687586046157559932024-03-15T20:04:00.007+03:002024-03-15T20:04:52.928+03:00'Acts of Creation' Exhibition at Arnolfini, Bristol - March 2024<p> </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="448" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1iMGQI43RYo" width="539" youtube-src-id="1iMGQI43RYo"></iframe></div><br /><p><a class="yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--display-type yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color" force-new-state="true" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/art" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #065fd4; display: inline; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;" tabindex="0" target="">#art</a><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #0f0f0f; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> and </span><a class="yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--display-type yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color" force-new-state="true" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/womanhood" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #065fd4; display: inline; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;" tabindex="0" target="">#womanhood</a><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #0f0f0f; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> / </span><a class="yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--display-type yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color" force-new-state="true" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/motherhood" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #065fd4; display: inline; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;" tabindex="0" target="">#motherhood</a><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #0f0f0f; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> at </span><a class="yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--display-type yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color" force-new-state="true" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-CY1NTFNEtiauBQmcs9MrA" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #065fd4; display: inline; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;" tabindex="0" target="">@arnolfiniarts</a><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #0f0f0f; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
</span><a class="yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--display-type yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color" force-new-state="true" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/arnolfini" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #065fd4; display: inline; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;" tabindex="0" target="">#Arnolfini</a><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #0f0f0f; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><a class="yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--display-type yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color" force-new-state="true" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/exhibition" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #065fd4; display: inline; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;" tabindex="0" target="">#Exhibition</a><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #0f0f0f; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> curated by </span><a class="yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--display-type yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color" force-new-state="true" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/hettiejudah" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #065fd4; display: inline; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;" tabindex="0" target="">#HettieJudah</a><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #0f0f0f; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> / </span><a class="yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--display-type yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color" force-new-state="true" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/bristol" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #065fd4; display: inline; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;" tabindex="0" target="">#bristol</a></p><p><br /></p><h1 class="title" style="background-color: #333333; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-family: "Bebas Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 3.667rem; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 0.067em; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood</h1><p><headfirst class="JS_HEADFIRST_TICKET_SELECTION_HERE" id="js_headfirst_ticket_selection_here" style="background-color: #333333; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; display: block; font-family: atlasgrotesk, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"></headfirst></p><div class="headfirst_embed-wrap" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><p></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #333333; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-family: atlasgrotesk, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">09 March - 26 May 2024, 11:00 - 18:00<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Free entry, donations always welcome and much appreciated.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: atlasgrotesk, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 0px;">Launching in March 2024 at Arnolfini, <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><a href="https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/touring-programme/hayward-gallery-touring" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;" target="_blank">Hayward Gallery Touring</a></span>’s major group exhibition <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood</em></span> will plunge into the joys and heartaches, mess, myths and mishaps of motherhood through over 100 artworks, from the feminist avant-garde to the present day.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: atlasgrotesk, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 0px;">While the Madonna and Child is one of the great subjects of European art, we rarely see art about motherhood as a lived experience, in all its complexity. <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood </em>will address this blind spot in art history, asserting the artist mother as an important – if rarely visible – cultural figure.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: atlasgrotesk, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 0px;">Featuring the work of more than sixty modern and contemporary artists, this exhibition will approach motherhood as a creative enterprise, albeit one at times tempered by ambivalence, exhaustion or grief. <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Acts of Creation</em> will explore lived experience of motherhood, offering a complex account that engages with contemporary concerns about gender, caregiving and reproductive rights.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: atlasgrotesk, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 0px;">The exhibition will address diverse experiences of motherhood across three themes: <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Creation</span>, which looks at conception, pregnancy, birth and nursing; <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Maintenance </span>which explores motherhood and caregiving in the day-to-day; and <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Loss</span>, which touches on miscarriage and involuntary childlessness, as well as reproductive rights. The heart of the exhibition is a series of revelatory self-portraits – a celebration of the artist as mother. </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: atlasgrotesk, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Featuring painting, photography, sculpture, sound and film, artists in the exhibition include</span>: Felicity Allen; Janine Antoni; Cassie Arnold; Bobby Baker; Elina Brotherus; Liesel Burisch; Cathy Cade; Lea Cetera; Jai Chuhan; Eileen Cooper; Renee Cox; Dorothy Cross; Rineke Dijkstra; Natalie Djurberg and Hans Berg; Leni Dothan; Marlene Dumas; Catherine Elwes; Tracey Emin; Jessa Fairbrother; Feministo; Fenix; Maeve Gilmore; Anna Grevenitis; Camille Henrot; Susan Hiller; Ghislaine Howard; Elsa James; Chantal Joffe; Claudette Johnson; Mary Kelly; Liss LaFleur; Tala Madani; Sally Mann; MATERNAL FANTASIES; Mother Art; Wangechi Mutu; Ishbel Myerscough; Everlyn Nicodemus; Catherine Opie; Fani Parali; Celia Paul; Cathie Pilkington; Laure Prouvost; Paula Rego; Su Richardson; Sister Seven; Monica Sjöö; Annegret Soltau; Tabitha Soren; Heather Spears; Nancy Spero; Hannah Starkey; Emma Talbot; Mierle Laderman Ukeles; VALIE EXPORT; Christine Voge; Del LaGrace Volcano; Barbara Walker; Caroline Walker; Carrie Mae Weems; Nancy Willis; Hermione Wiltshire; Hermione Wiltshire and Clare Bottomley; Carmen Winant; Daphne Wright; Billie Zangewa.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: atlasgrotesk, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 0px;">Some of the artworks in <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood</em> address important issues surrounding women’s health and wellbeing including: Nudity, childbirth, (in)fertility, miscarriage, abortion, loss, domestic abuse, adoption, sterilisation and obstetric violence.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: atlasgrotesk, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: atlasgrotesk, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: atlasgrotesk, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></p>Melissa Chemamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10690144160592091057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484417850848634287.post-75317282552835259452024-03-15T19:15:00.003+03:002024-03-15T19:15:17.990+03:00Senegal's economic policy in focus ahead of elections • RFI English<p> </p><p>How can Senegal's economy move away from its colonial past? This is at the heart of the campaign ahead of the 24 March poll. </p><p>The opposition coalition says replacing the colonial-era CFA franc with a national currency would be the best way to tackle inequality and boost employment. </p><p>RFI's Melissa Chemam spoke to development economist and author Ndongo Samba Sylla about this:</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="534" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5Zrv5Yj2jvI" width="602" youtube-src-id="5Zrv5Yj2jvI"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>-</p><p>More soon in my article here:</p><p><a href="https://www.rfi.fr/en/author/melissa-chemam/">https://www.rfi.fr/en/author/melissa-chemam/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Melissa Chemamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10690144160592091057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484417850848634287.post-22539447627122507012024-03-09T17:11:00.003+03:002024-03-09T17:11:52.690+03:00Friche La Belle de Mai, Marseille honours French overseas artists<p> </p><p>'Un champ d'îles'</p><p>La Friche La Belle de Mai</p><p>Marseille</p><p>Spring 2024</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Insight </span></p><p><br /></p><p>Raphaël Barontini </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='629' height='522' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzBYoKyd24xza7a2yQYzVZFVdxpHKwIAGMs5nEc4Gdk-raAPabb-myf575Ir08IQ-bLcELNiQdAeghrf_BJmA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Morgan Fache </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNnNGBi3NoGKqA2bACOgCvqF2TxCOM-3bFnFgvtWe42pnpOHGA839_-VzxR9aLO60V7-F8t6covQvbV9FcaTi27r6JQc4jvM_Wc36PjX8rLtjTm-c-nehaf87sfmf5Zoy_r0ZYWmFFuiPvu85cea1cWF5l6-uC-GP00KtoHcD10748F6yxjwdWDTFbyUY/s4032/IMG_1807.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNnNGBi3NoGKqA2bACOgCvqF2TxCOM-3bFnFgvtWe42pnpOHGA839_-VzxR9aLO60V7-F8t6covQvbV9FcaTi27r6JQc4jvM_Wc36PjX8rLtjTm-c-nehaf87sfmf5Zoy_r0ZYWmFFuiPvu85cea1cWF5l6-uC-GP00KtoHcD10748F6yxjwdWDTFbyUY/w640-h480/IMG_1807.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Kenny Dunkan</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKALIq5HiXuUeUiJs8y5Fi0EQuaOncpomvihKNqEav7aoF00DU9iNWjk1NHmAjDCIpy4Yqqe-ojZ78ID-hbKeHPGkxjVjapsBJjzSkfKe56GxbqYQ_SK9DJU98CrCy_q0q6GwZQX5YuK6eX7pz-_ciduW-agQZD0AGhS9cW3lghxpxHjqlwS4P4xU8wxA/s4032/IMG_1916.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKALIq5HiXuUeUiJs8y5Fi0EQuaOncpomvihKNqEav7aoF00DU9iNWjk1NHmAjDCIpy4Yqqe-ojZ78ID-hbKeHPGkxjVjapsBJjzSkfKe56GxbqYQ_SK9DJU98CrCy_q0q6GwZQX5YuK6eX7pz-_ciduW-agQZD0AGhS9cW3lghxpxHjqlwS4P4xU8wxA/w640-h480/IMG_1916.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Melissa Chemamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10690144160592091057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484417850848634287.post-81124638376646768962024-03-09T17:00:00.005+03:002024-03-09T17:00:54.085+03:00Young people hit hard by Senegal's economic and political crises • RFI English<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">As youth attempt to flee Senegal because of economic and now political hardship, charities and educators are attempting to support them at home with training that fits their needs.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">My latest report from Dakar:</span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="508" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vI7KizKkPdg" width="611" youtube-src-id="vI7KizKkPdg"></iframe></div><p><br /></p><div class="style-scope ytd-watch-metadata" id="title" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #0f0f0f; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><h1 class="style-scope ytd-watch-metadata" style="-webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-line-clamp: 2; background: transparent; border: 0px; display: -webkit-box; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 2.8rem; margin: 0px; max-height: 5.6rem; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; word-break: break-word;"><yt-formatted-string class="style-scope ytd-watch-metadata" force-default-style="">Young people hit hard by <a href="https://www.rfi.fr/en/tag/senegal/">Senegal</a>'s economic and political crises • RFI English</yt-formatted-string></h1></div><div class="style-scope ytd-watch-metadata" id="top-row" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #0f0f0f; display: flex; flex-direction: row; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; justify-content: flex-start; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="item style-scope ytd-watch-metadata" id="owner" style="align-items: center; background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: row; flex: 1 1 1e-09px; margin: 12px 12px 0px 0px; min-width: calc(50% - 6px); padding: 0px;"><ytd-video-owner-renderer class="style-scope ytd-watch-metadata" style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; min-width: 0px;" watch-metadata-refresh=""><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope ytd-video-owner-renderer" href="https://www.youtube.com/@RFI_En" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; text-decoration-line: none;" tabindex="-1"><yt-img-shadow class="style-scope ytd-video-owner-renderer no-transition" id="avatar" loaded="" style="background-color: transparent; border-radius: 50%; display: inline-block; flex: 0 0 auto; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgI1zd7bI3v5meIAviF2vdUQg11yKwcwuYiPWgYWb_0W53mo9A9MFY_3c3OrxKfKGgB15-gJicpEodg5pmnt6MwMlIhV3cOwu9lzlq2b6yEIrMr7mFGQ9y5dOQqAKgrtZIqC6rjZfolUu39Lpjv63x5VTvycAIO1q-hUMjZs1VXbUqWqIHU_SLlhw-_buw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgI1zd7bI3v5meIAviF2vdUQg11yKwcwuYiPWgYWb_0W53mo9A9MFY_3c3OrxKfKGgB15-gJicpEodg5pmnt6MwMlIhV3cOwu9lzlq2b6yEIrMr7mFGQ9y5dOQqAKgrtZIqC6rjZfolUu39Lpjv63x5VTvycAIO1q-hUMjZs1VXbUqWqIHU_SLlhw-_buw=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>(more soon)</p>Melissa Chemamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10690144160592091057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484417850848634287.post-37538580987263939672024-03-06T13:06:00.002+03:002024-03-06T13:06:13.515+03:00Haiti on the verge of collapse<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><h1 class="t-content__title a-page-title" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #313131; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; hyphens: none; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 22px 10px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-size: large;">Africa-led mission to Haiti 'urgently needed', according to the UN</span></h1><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #313131; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"><b>UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed alarm at the "rapidly deteriorating security situation" in Haiti and called for more funding for the planned international police mission to be led by Kenya.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span class="m-from-author__by-label" style="background-color: white; color: #6f6e71; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">By: </span><a class="m-from-author__name" href="https://www.rfi.fr/en/author/melissa-chemam-with-rfi/" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e2001a; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Melissa Chemam with RFI">Melissa Chemam with RFI</a></p><p><br /></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #353535; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 28px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Haiti's capital was largely shut down Monday with residents only venturing out for essentials as authorities imposed a state of emergency and a curfew after a weekend attack on a prison freed thousands of inmates.<br /><br />As the latest crisis deepened, Prime Minister Ariel Henry was expected to return to the country after a trip to Kenya.<br /><br />The mission – initially approved in October by the <a href="http://www.un.org/securitycouncil/"><span class="s1" style="color: #d80015;">UN Security Council</span></a> for one year – had envisioned Kenyan police on the offensive with their Haitian counterparts, who are outnumbered and outgunned by gang members.<br /><br />The UN says the deployment of this international mission is "urgent".<br /><br />Arnaud Royer is the Representative in Haiti for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (<a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/ohchr_homepage"><span class="s1" style="color: #d80015;">OHCHR</span></a>), led by Volker Turk. </span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">No other option</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #353535; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 28px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Royer told RFI that Turk has been calling for any form of international support for Haiti for the past two years.<br /><br />"Similar calls come from the local population too. Because there is no other option. The gang violence is now concentrated in the capital, Port-au-Prince, a city of 4 to 5 million inhabitants. It has become one of the most acutely violent situations in an urban environment in the world."<br /><br />Last year 5,000 homicides were reported in Haiti, according to a UN report published last month.<br /><br />"People get killed by bullets even inside their homes in Port-au-Prince," Royer says.<br /><br />"Others live in makeshift camps for displaced people. And there is zero boot on the ground, nobody to protect civilians. You can argue that the mission is too small or problematic, but it is absolutely urgent to bring it to Haiti, and to be more serious about the arms embargo." </span></p><h1 style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 15px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Five contributors, two African</span></b></h1><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #353535; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 28px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The upsurge in violence over the weekend came on the heels of a visit by Haitian Prime Minister <a href="http://www.primature.gouv.ht/"><span class="s1" style="color: #d80015;">Ariel Henry</span></a> to Kenya on Friday, to sign a "reciprocal" agreement for the mission with Kenya's leader President William Ruto.<br /><br />Ruto said he and Henry had "discussed the next steps to enable the fast-tracking of the deployment", but it was not immediately clear whether the agreement would counter a Nairobi court ruling in <a href="https://www.rfi.fr/en/international/20240127-kenyan-court-says-police-cannot-deploy-to-haiti-mission"><span class="s1" style="color: #d80015;">January</span></a> that branded the deployment "illegal".</span></p><ul class="ul1"><li class="li3" style="color: #d80015; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b><a href="https://www.rfi.fr/en/international/20231001-can-kenya-help-solve-haiti-s-deep-insecurity-crisis"><span class="s2" style="background-color: white;">Can Kenya help solve Haiti's deep insecurity crisis?</span></a></span></li></ul><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #353535; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 28px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />"I take this opportunity to reiterate Kenya's commitment to contribute to the success of this multinational mission. We believe this is a historic duty because peace in Haiti is good for the world as a whole," Ruto said in a statement.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.president.go.ke/"><span class="s1" style="color: #d80015;">Ruto</span></a> said last year that he was ready to provide up to 1,000 personnel, an offer welcomed by the United States and other nations that had ruled out putting their own forces on the ground.<br /><br />Five countries have told the United Nations of their intent to join the Kenya-led mission: the Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin and Chad.</span></p><p class="p2" style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Unpopular decision</span></b></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #353535; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 28px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Opposition politician Ekuru Aukot, who filed the petition against Kenyan troop deployment, told French news agency AFP on Friday that he would lodge a case "for contempt of court”.<br /><br />"William Ruto does not care about the rule of law or the constitution of this country," he said. "We will question the validity of this secretive agreement," he added.<br /><br />In Haiti, many citizens have described the idea of any new foreign mission as "imperialism".<br /><br />Others point out that "the Kenyan police have a long history of abuse and violations," as Martin Mavenjina of the <a href="https://www.khrc.or.ke/index.php"><span class="s1" style="color: #d80015;">Kenya Human Rights Commission</span></a> <a href="https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20231004-l-envoi-d-une-force-k%C3%A9nyane-en-ha%C3%AFti-inqui%C3%A8te-les-ong-apr%C3%A8s-un-historique-de-violences-polici%C3%A8res"><span class="s1" style="color: #d80015;">told RFI</span></a> recently.<br /><br />In the face of criticism, Ruto had described the Kenyan undertaking as a "mission for humanity", in step with its long record of contributing to peacekeeping missions abroad.<br /><br />Haiti, one of the world's poorest nations, has been in turmoil for years, and the 2021 <a href="https://www.rfi.fr/en/international/20210712-haitian-police-arrest-political-suspect-in-president-moise-assassination-case"><span class="s1" style="color: #d80015;">assassination</span></a> of President Jovenel Moise plunged the country further into chaos.<br /><br />No elections have taken place since 2016 and the presidency remains vacant.<br /><br />Protesters have demanded Henry's resignation in line with a political deal that required Haiti to hold polls and for him to cede power to newly elected officials by February of this year.</span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #353535; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 28px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: white; color: #353535; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 28px;"><br /></p>Melissa Chemamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10690144160592091057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484417850848634287.post-44250939766649293242024-03-01T18:00:00.000+03:002024-03-01T18:00:08.978+03:00Saint Levant - 'Deira' - ft. MC Abdul <p> </p><p>Thanks Lilia, for posting this. </p><p>Such a fan of MC Abdul already. A great featuring, a powerful song</p><p><br /></p><h1 class="style-scope ytd-watch-metadata" style="-webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-line-clamp: 2; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #0f0f0f; display: -webkit-box; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 2.8rem; margin: 0px; max-height: 5.6rem; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; word-break: break-word;"><yt-formatted-string class="style-scope ytd-watch-metadata" force-default-style="">Saint Levant - 'Deira' - ft. MC Abdul </yt-formatted-string></h1><h1 class="style-scope ytd-watch-metadata" style="-webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-line-clamp: 2; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #0f0f0f; display: -webkit-box; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 2.8rem; margin: 0px; max-height: 5.6rem; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; word-break: break-word;"><yt-formatted-string class="style-scope ytd-watch-metadata" force-default-style="">(Official Video)</yt-formatted-string></h1><div><yt-formatted-string class="style-scope ytd-watch-metadata" force-default-style=""><br /></yt-formatted-string></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="418" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vRTtwtjNLdU" width="503" youtube-src-id="vRTtwtjNLdU"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“Deira” written and performed by Saint Levant & Khalil Cherradi
Guitar by Hakim Rouidi; violin by Moez Bouali; keys by Buddy Caderni; percussion by Mehdi Ryan; backing vocals by Zeyne</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p>Melissa Chemamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10690144160592091057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484417850848634287.post-10078816875598585722024-03-01T16:35:00.003+03:002024-03-01T16:35:14.865+03:00New post on my Substack Newsletter<p> </p><div class="post-header" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; 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font-weight: var(--font_weight_headings_preset, bold); line-height: var(--line-height-36); margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://melissa.substack.com/p/resisting-through-arts-and-writing">Resisting through arts and writing, the women's way</a></span></h1><div style="font-size: 19px;"><br /></div><h3 class="subtitle" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: var(--print_secondary, var(--print_secondary_on_web_bg_color, var(--print_secondary, var(--color-secondary)))); font-family: var(--font_family_headings, var(--font_family_headings_preset, 'SF Compact Display', -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol')); font-size: var(--font-size-18); font-weight: 400; line-height: var(--line-height-24); margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: var(--size-12);">While the world is crumbling, I want to focus for a few minutes on creativity, womanhood and resistance, as we're about the celebrate International Women's Day.</h3><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-flexDirection-column pc-paddingBottom-16 pc-reset" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-size: 19px; list-style: none; padding-bottom: 16px; text-decoration: unset;"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-flexDirection-column pc-paddingTop-16 pc-paddingBottom-16 pc-reset" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; 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--tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; display: inline-block;"><a class="pencraft pc-reset _decoration-hover-underline_13a18_295 _reset_13a18_1" href="https://substack.com/@melissaontheroad" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; list-style: none; margin: 0px; text-decoration-color: unset; text-decoration-line: unset; text-decoration-style: unset; text-decoration-thickness: 0px;">MELISSA CHEMAM</a></div></div><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-4 pc-reset" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); 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--tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; align-items: center; background: 0px 0px; border-radius: calc(var(--size-40)*.5); box-sizing: border-box; column-gap: var(--size-8); cursor: pointer; display: flex; flex: 0 0 auto; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; height: var(--size-40); min-width: var(--size-40); padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: none;"><a class="post-ufi-button style-button has-label with-border" role="button" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; 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line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;"><br /></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: var(--print_on_web_bg_color, var(--color-primary)); line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;">Dear readers,</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: var(--print_on_web_bg_color, var(--color-primary)); line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;"></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: var(--print_on_web_bg_color, var(--color-primary)); line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;"><br /></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: var(--print_on_web_bg_color, var(--color-primary)); line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;">If you follow me on social media, you may have noticed that </span><a href="https://www.rfi.fr/en/author/melissa-chemam-with-rfi/" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;">I have been in Senegal</a><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;"> since 23 February, for the first time in ten years.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: var(--print_on_web_bg_color, var(--color-primary)); line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;"><br /></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: var(--print_on_web_bg_color, var(--color-primary)); line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;">Before I dedicate a post to the deep </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwElFM1AMLc" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;">issues I explored</a><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;">, a follow-up on my last post, between Paris, Bristol and London, pursuing a thread with wonderful creative people offering answers and insight while conflicts take my attention way to much.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: var(--print_on_web_bg_color, var(--color-primary)); line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;"><br /></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: var(--print_on_web_bg_color, var(--color-primary)); line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;">We’re now in March, and for years 8 March has been an important date for me, known as </span><a href="https://www.un.org/en/observances/womens-day" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;">International Women’s Day</a><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; 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--tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: var(--print_on_web_bg_color, var(--color-primary)); line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;">> Read from here: <a href="https://melissa.substack.com/p/resisting-through-arts-and-writing">https://melissa.substack.com/p/resisting-through-arts-and-writing</a></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: var(--print_on_web_bg_color, var(--color-primary)); line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;"><br /></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: var(--print_on_web_bg_color, var(--color-primary)); line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;"><br /></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: var(--print_on_web_bg_color, var(--color-primary)); line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;"><br /></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: var(--print_on_web_bg_color, var(--color-primary)); line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;"><br /></p></div></div></div>Melissa Chemamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10690144160592091057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484417850848634287.post-4313869679244478722024-03-01T14:30:00.001+03:002024-03-01T14:30:41.654+03:00500 Years of Black British Music<p> </p><p><br /></p><h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #171717; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-top: 0px;">Beyond the Bassline: 500 Years of Black British Music</h3><p><time style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #6c6c6c; display: block; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 15px;"></time></p><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #171717; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;">26 April–26 August 2024 </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;">British Library</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;">Journey through an ever-evolving and ever-expanding history of Black music in the UK with our latest major exhibition, the first of its kind anywhere in the world.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgziwqf1D4NwOuFKfSvgOjKMzYvrOjK_e58Y-29Rjck4rqwMJtu2rVPKXPtSU4G3kcFoIHHtn0COsgpqv-r4uBg9x7fDS1SI6WoSkeFoAcg0CAQwJPRbrQLuzxydumvOYT0mFNLrQ1xro_R7cJDAGsMkY3RQMsBSrDU3SZ-C1Q1ahlVvF8sh7CjRa2YEc" style="margin-left: 1em; 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box-sizing: border-box; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: roboto, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Beyond the Bassline </em>at the British Library, the first major exhibition of its kind anywhere in the world, is about more than music. It’s about the places where these sounds were born: the clubs, the carnivals, the stages, the kerbside auditoriums. It is the voice of community, resistance, culture and joy. </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: roboto, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It is a celebration of the trailblazers and innovators that brought new music to the UK, and the layered Black experiences that have birthed a thriving musical culture and history.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: roboto, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">-</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: roboto, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: roboto, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">more soon</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: roboto, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: roboto, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p></div>Melissa Chemamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10690144160592091057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484417850848634287.post-20361727790313281882024-02-28T17:49:00.004+03:002024-03-01T14:19:32.990+03:00Senegal's election crisis • RFI English<p> </p><p>In Senegal, the dates of 2 June emerged again for the presidential election from the second day of the national dialogue, ended on Tuesday night. </p><p>These were held as part of talks initiated by President Macky Sall but largely boycotted by the opposition.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="461" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bwElFM1AMLc" width="554" youtube-src-id="bwElFM1AMLc"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #0f0f0f; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
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</span><span class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); border: 0px; color: #065fd4; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a class="yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--display-type yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color" force-new-state="true" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/senegal" rel="nofollow" style="display: inline; text-decoration-line: none;" tabindex="0" target="">#senegal</a></span></p><p><br /></p><p>Read more on our website: <a href="https://www.rfi.fr/en/tag/senegal/">RFI English </a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Melissa Chemamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10690144160592091057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484417850848634287.post-8433566358183879352024-02-27T22:50:00.002+03:002024-02-27T22:50:20.793+03:00Dakar: One more productive day <p> </p><p>Great day (for me at least) here in Dakar, visiting art galleries, then interviewing an economist and young people receiving great training, full of hope for their future inside Senegal. </p><p>More on all this soon.</p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjc67Anm9-f4W6fyhWtOts_6x2OF-ywkISe6VGHWh0xB0On0U7MG3BvzQiSv9IXQ3MED_yJ-zre0MPESJLemB1mOh3vOA2FBbrOXGTkdw0M37_l91L2iPobNIKOgG10mGPs5U2mn7F6Y_aS055DpySyPYBHALm2aAuUWNW7pppAIOOXQe4mQnD06ZxLGfg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjc67Anm9-f4W6fyhWtOts_6x2OF-ywkISe6VGHWh0xB0On0U7MG3BvzQiSv9IXQ3MED_yJ-zre0MPESJLemB1mOh3vOA2FBbrOXGTkdw0M37_l91L2iPobNIKOgG10mGPs5U2mn7F6Y_aS055DpySyPYBHALm2aAuUWNW7pppAIOOXQe4mQnD06ZxLGfg=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><br /></p>Melissa Chemamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10690144160592091057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484417850848634287.post-81075725652187443432024-02-26T22:23:00.003+03:002024-02-26T22:23:10.050+03:00Senegal: New date? July elections?<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Senegal's President Macky Sall on Monday announced his intention to set the presidential election around the month of July, during talks to set the new date for the polls he deferred ealier this month, sparking deadly turmoil. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">He also announced a general amnesty for political protests since 2021.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">-</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">More soon.</span></p>Melissa Chemamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10690144160592091057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484417850848634287.post-31448032880769689662024-02-25T19:04:00.001+03:002024-02-25T19:04:04.769+03:00Senegal: Summary of recent events, live<p> </p><p><span style="font-size: large;">SENEGAL: Summary of the recent events, here in Dakar. This Sunday was supposed to be the first round of a key presidential election. Instead, this happen:</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="439" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3tbLvElNKK8" width="528" youtube-src-id="3tbLvElNKK8"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p>Melissa Chemamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10690144160592091057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484417850848634287.post-36949838803589918702024-02-25T16:09:00.000+03:002024-02-25T16:09:01.500+03:00Senegal: More protests, no election date, no vote today<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hundreds of Senegalese demonstrated in Dakar on Saturday following the postponement of the presidential election, originally slated for 25 February. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">RFI's Melissa Chemam reports from a working-class area of the capital, where the F24 opposition grouping organised their rally:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="454" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/o0toyglc10A" width="546" youtube-src-id="o0toyglc10A"></iframe></div><br /> <p></p>Melissa Chemamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10690144160592091057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484417850848634287.post-84122866794555768082024-02-24T17:42:00.005+03:002024-02-24T18:17:47.659+03:00First insight from Senegal<p><br /></p><div><div class="gmail-transcript-app__transcript-column__transcript-part__speaker-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: default; display: inline-block; margin-right: 200px;"><div class="gmail-transcript-app__transcript-column__transcript-part__speaker-name gmail-lc-contenteditable-on-click gmail-lc-event-on-cursor-at-bounds gmail-with-autocomplete gmail-mousetrap-allow-some" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: default; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 15px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-top: 10px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="gmail-transcript-app__transcript-column__transcript-part__words gmail-timecoded-editable-text gmail-text gmail-lc-contenteditable-on-click gmail-lc-event-on-cursor-at-bounds gmail-mousetrap-allow-some" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: default; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 5px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-18" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Welcome </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-35" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-40" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Dakar, </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-51" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Senegal!</span></span></div><div class="gmail-transcript-app__transcript-column__transcript-part__words gmail-timecoded-editable-text gmail-text gmail-lc-contenteditable-on-click gmail-lc-event-on-cursor-at-bounds gmail-mousetrap-allow-some" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: default; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 5px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="gmail-transcript-app__transcript-column__transcript-part__words gmail-timecoded-editable-text gmail-text gmail-lc-contenteditable-on-click gmail-lc-event-on-cursor-at-bounds gmail-mousetrap-allow-some" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: default; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 5px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-77" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">On </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-89" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Thursday </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-98" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">night, </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-109" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-112" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">president </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-125" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Macky </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-131" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Sall </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-140" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">expressed </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-152" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">himself. </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-164" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">He </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-167" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">spoke </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-174" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-177" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">journalists </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-193" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">on </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-198" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">television </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-212" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-219" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">online, </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-242" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">but </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-252" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">he </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-hi" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-255" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">didn't </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-263" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">announce </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-274" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-276" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">new </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-281" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">election </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-293" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">date. </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-311" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Instead, </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-hi" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-334" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">he </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-337" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">invited </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-348" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-350" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">opposition </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-363" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-367" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">join </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-373" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-hi" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-376" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">dialogue </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-393" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">on </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-401" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Monday </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-418" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-428" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Tuesday. </span></span></div><div class="gmail-transcript-app__transcript-column__transcript-part__words gmail-timecoded-editable-text gmail-text gmail-lc-contenteditable-on-click gmail-lc-event-on-cursor-at-bounds gmail-mousetrap-allow-some" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: default; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 5px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-467" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Most </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-483" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">candidates, </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-508" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">opponents </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-529" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-536" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">representatives </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-563" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">from </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-572" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-575" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">civil </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-581" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">society </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-598" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">have </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-606" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">refused </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-622" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-626" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">extend </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-hi" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-635" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-hi" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-638" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">dialogue </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-658" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-hi" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-668" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">ask </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-679" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">for </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-695" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-698" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">new </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-704" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">calendar </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-723" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">for </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-740" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">this </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-745" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">election. </span></span></div><div class="gmail-transcript-app__transcript-column__transcript-part__words gmail-timecoded-editable-text gmail-text gmail-lc-contenteditable-on-click gmail-lc-event-on-cursor-at-bounds gmail-mousetrap-allow-some" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: default; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 5px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-777" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Groups </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-792" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">are now</span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-807" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-811" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">protesting </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-824" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">all </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-829" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">over </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-834" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-836" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">weekend.</span></span></div><div class="gmail-transcript-app__transcript-column__transcript-part__words gmail-timecoded-editable-text gmail-text gmail-lc-contenteditable-on-click gmail-lc-event-on-cursor-at-bounds gmail-mousetrap-allow-some" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: default; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 5px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="gmail-transcript-app__transcript-column__transcript-part__words gmail-timecoded-editable-text gmail-text gmail-lc-contenteditable-on-click gmail-lc-event-on-cursor-at-bounds gmail-mousetrap-allow-some" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="gmail-transcript-app__transcript-column__transcript-part__words gmail-timecoded-editable-text gmail-text gmail-lc-contenteditable-on-click gmail-lc-event-on-cursor-at-bounds gmail-mousetrap-allow-some" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: default; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 5px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="gmail-transcript-app__transcript-column__transcript-part__words gmail-timecoded-editable-text gmail-text gmail-lc-contenteditable-on-click gmail-lc-event-on-cursor-at-bounds gmail-mousetrap-allow-some" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: default; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 5px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-879" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The main</span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-883" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-889" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">deadline</span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-901" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-913" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">is </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-926" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">around </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-947" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-953" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">end </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-961" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-964" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-966" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">mandate </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-977" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-981" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Macky </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-988" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Sall. </span></span></div><div class="gmail-transcript-app__transcript-column__transcript-part__words gmail-timecoded-editable-text gmail-text gmail-lc-contenteditable-on-click gmail-lc-event-on-cursor-at-bounds gmail-mousetrap-allow-some" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: default; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 5px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1091" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1096" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">should know</span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-hi" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1102" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> the</span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-hi" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1108" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1109" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">new </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1114" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">date for the election p</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" face="arial, sans-serif" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1038" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">robably </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" face="arial, sans-serif" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1055" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">next </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" face="arial, sans-serif" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1070" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Tuesday.</span></span></div><div class="gmail-transcript-app__transcript-column__transcript-part__words gmail-timecoded-editable-text gmail-text gmail-lc-contenteditable-on-click gmail-lc-event-on-cursor-at-bounds gmail-mousetrap-allow-some" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: default; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 5px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" face="arial, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="gmail-transcript-app__transcript-column__transcript-part__words gmail-timecoded-editable-text gmail-text gmail-lc-contenteditable-on-click gmail-lc-event-on-cursor-at-bounds gmail-mousetrap-allow-some" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: default; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 5px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1128" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">But </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1137" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1140" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1142" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">meantime, </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1160" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1162" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">lot </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1167" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-hi" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1169" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">organisations </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1189" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">are </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1193" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">calling </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1202" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">for </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1205" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1207" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">government </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1217" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1220" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">not </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1226" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">forget </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1238" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1244" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1247" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">lot </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1250" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1253" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">issues </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1261" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">remain </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1280" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">unanswered. </span></span></div><div class="gmail-transcript-app__transcript-column__transcript-part__words gmail-timecoded-editable-text gmail-text gmail-lc-contenteditable-on-click gmail-lc-event-on-cursor-at-bounds gmail-mousetrap-allow-some" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: default; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 5px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-hi" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1321" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Young </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1328" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">people </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-hi" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1339" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">here </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1351" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">that </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-hi" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1355" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I've </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1359" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">been </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1363" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">able </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1369" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1373" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">meet </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1382" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">in </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1393" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">schools </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1407" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1410" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">universities </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1433" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">are </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1439" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">worried </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1445" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">about </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1454" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">unemployment, </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1486" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-hi" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1489" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">difficulty </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1502" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1504" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">find </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1511" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">jobs, </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1529" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and the </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1533" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">slowness </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1544" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1547" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1550" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">economy. </span></span></div><div class="gmail-transcript-app__transcript-column__transcript-part__words gmail-timecoded-editable-text gmail-text gmail-lc-contenteditable-on-click gmail-lc-event-on-cursor-at-bounds gmail-mousetrap-allow-some" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: default; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 5px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1569" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Tourism, </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1584" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">for </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1589" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">instance, </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-medium" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1601" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">has </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1607" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">been </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1613" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">at </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1618" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">a </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1620" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">standstill. </span></span></div><div class="gmail-transcript-app__transcript-column__transcript-part__words gmail-timecoded-editable-text gmail-text gmail-lc-contenteditable-on-click gmail-lc-event-on-cursor-at-bounds gmail-mousetrap-allow-some" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: default; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 5px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="gmail-transcript-app__transcript-column__transcript-part__words gmail-timecoded-editable-text gmail-text gmail-lc-contenteditable-on-click gmail-lc-event-on-cursor-at-bounds gmail-mousetrap-allow-some" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: default; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 5px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1660" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">What </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1676" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">are </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1679" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">people </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1693" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">thinking </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1709" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">about? </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1718" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">This </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1724" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">slowness, </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-hi" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1741" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">these </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1748" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">delays, </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-hi" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1763" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">these </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1767" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">political </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1778" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">worries? </span></span></div><div class="gmail-transcript-app__transcript-column__transcript-part__words gmail-timecoded-editable-text gmail-text gmail-lc-contenteditable-on-click gmail-lc-event-on-cursor-at-bounds gmail-mousetrap-allow-some" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: default; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 5px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1800" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I've </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1814" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">asked </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1823" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">some </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1828" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1830" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1833" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">experts </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1847" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1852" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">share </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1862" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">their </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-hi" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1868" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">insight </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1877" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">with </span><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" id="gmail-tsa_w_30289929-1880" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">us. </span></span></div><div class="gmail-transcript-app__transcript-column__transcript-part__words gmail-timecoded-editable-text gmail-text gmail-lc-contenteditable-on-click gmail-lc-event-on-cursor-at-bounds gmail-mousetrap-allow-some" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: default; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 5px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span class="gmail-transcript-word gmail-conf-certain" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="gmail-transcript-app__transcript-column__transcript-part__words gmail-timecoded-editable-text gmail-text gmail-lc-contenteditable-on-click gmail-lc-event-on-cursor-at-bounds gmail-mousetrap-allow-some" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: default; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 5px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">More soon, on <a href="https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/">RFI English</a>, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@RFI_En">our YouTube channel</a>.</span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-transcript-app__transcript-column__transcript-part__words gmail-timecoded-editable-text gmail-text gmail-lc-contenteditable-on-click gmail-lc-event-on-cursor-at-bounds gmail-mousetrap-allow-some" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: default; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 5px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /></p></div><p> </p><p><br /></p>Melissa Chemamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10690144160592091057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484417850848634287.post-84744339847960428062024-02-22T00:18:00.003+03:002024-02-22T12:05:46.124+03:00Senegal - update <p> </p><p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Senegalese continue to demand presidential polls amid uncertainty</span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Senegalese voters should have been the first Africans to head to the polls on Sunday 25 February, for a key presidential election for West Africa. But the President plunged the country into uncertainty by deciding to postpone the vote only 22 days before the date. Now, voters eagerly await for a new date and are determined to defend their democracy.</b></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A third of Africa will head to the polls in 2024, with at major issues on the line in at least 18 countries, from South Africa in May to Rwanda in July, but also coup-hit Mali, Chad and Burkina Faso – if the junta leaders in those countries stay true to their word, and Ghana then Algeria in December.</p><p>The first of these elections was supposed to take place in Senegal on 25 February but President Macky Sall decided otherwise.</p><p>Since 3 February, and his unilateral decision to postpone the polls, the country has been living through uncertainty.</p><p>First, the majority in Parliament voted on December as a new date, which was highly contested by the opposition and civil society.</p><p>Then the Constitutional Council invalidated the president's decision altogether.</p><p><br /></p><h2>Nineteen candidates, no date</h2><p>In the latest events, the Constitutional Council on Tuesday published an amended list of candidates for the election, removing just one candidate from the initial list, Rose Wardini, after she herself withdrew her application.</p><p>No clear frontrunner has emerged yet, with an unprecedented number of candidates bidding to become Senegal's next president.</p><p>But Pastef's vice-president, Birame Souleye Diop, said that pre-election polls gave the party some 71 percent of the vote.</p><p>Yet, the new date remains undecided, and thousands of Senegalese vowed to demonstrate again and again until a new electoral process is in place.</p><p>Macky Sall's mandate ends on 2 April, and the Senegalese constitution states that the presidential election should take place before he leaves power, and that he should not stay in place after this date.</p><p>This week, opposition candidates have accused the authorities of "dragging their feet on setting a new date".</p><p>In a joint statement late on Tuesday, 16 of the 19 presidential contenders complained about an "inexplicable slowness" enacting the council's ruling.</p><p>They said the slow resumption of electoral operations showed Sall's unwillingness to launch a process that would lead to a change of power.</p><p>Members of civil society want to hold a great march on Sunday 25 February to pressure the government.</p><p>Some candidates and analysts suggested 3 March as a new date.</p><p>But time is running out.</p><p><br /></p><h2>Democracy at stake</h2><p>In his New Year address, president Sall had called for peaceful elections after a year marked by violence.</p><p>He blamed the opposition for this, but NGOs like <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/02/12/senegal-delayed-elections-spark-violence-repression-0" href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/02/12/senegal-delayed-elections-spark-violence-repression-0">Human Rights Watch</a> (HRW), <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20240203-senegal-heads-into-a-presidential-election-unlike-any-other" href="https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20240203-senegal-heads-into-a-presidential-election-unlike-any-other">Reporters Without Borders</a>, and <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/africa/west-and-central-africa/senegal/" href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/africa/west-and-central-africa/senegal/">Amnesty International</a> repeatedly showed that the Senegalese authorities had been increasingly repressing opposition leaders, media and civil society, since 2021.</p><p>Last year saw a complicated legal battle for Ziguinchor mayor Ousmane Sonko, who ended up in jail in July, and lost his right to run.</p><p>His newly chosen candidate for his former party (Pastef, dissolved by the authorities), Bassirou Diomaye Faye, is however still in prison.</p><p>Since 15 February, in a move to appease the opposition, the government has released 344 people considered as political prisoners by their parties.</p><p>The Minister of Justice Aïssata Tall Sall told RFI that "others should follow".</p><p>But she added that, even though civil society is "calling for the release of Ousmane Sonko", liberations are treated "case by case", and "without any bias, without being arbitrary".</p><p>Elected for the first time in 2012, Macky Sall had campaigned against his predecessor Abdoulaye Wade, as an outsider ready to defend democracy at any point and to always respect the constitution.</p><p>Now, he's regularly accused of trying to hang on to the presidency.</p><p>He announced on Wednesday evening he would speak to the media on Thursday at 7pm GMT. He'll be live on the national broadcaster RTS, on iTV and on Seneweb for an hour, answering questions from journalists.</p><p><br /></p>Melissa Chemamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10690144160592091057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484417850848634287.post-76691047627963470112024-02-21T19:35:00.003+03:002024-02-21T19:35:46.420+03:00Black History Month in France<p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">My short video story on Black History Month in France • </span><span class="xv78j7m" spellcheck="false" style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">RFI English</span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">:</span></span></p><p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />Black History month took root in the US in the 1920s before becoming a national event by the mid-1970s. Some members of the African diaspora in France have been trying to import it.</span></span></p><p><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="449" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qYCnAbc7b_8" width="540" youtube-src-id="qYCnAbc7b_8"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><br /><p>Article to come this weekend on <a href="https://www.rfi.fr/en/author/melissa-chemam-with-rfi/">RFI English's website</a>. </p><p><br /></p>Melissa Chemamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10690144160592091057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484417850848634287.post-3927596366376876192024-02-21T15:11:00.002+03:002024-02-21T15:11:10.618+03:00Senegalese elections: On our way to Dakar<p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></b></p><p class="selectable-text copyable-text iq0m558w g0rxnol2" dir="ltr"><span class="selectable-text copyable-text"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Senegal's presidential elections • What's at stake? </b></span></span></p><p class="selectable-text copyable-text iq0m558w g0rxnol2" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"><span class="selectable-text copyable-text"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> - RFI English </b></span></span></p><p class="selectable-text copyable-text iq0m558w g0rxnol2" dir="ltr"><span class="selectable-text copyable-text"><br /></span></p><p class="selectable-text copyable-text iq0m558w g0rxnol2" dir="ltr"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='578' height='480' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzV7JbF7AA1-8AhYtYxgaxxvDnqQm9s_GVgAKmm-oZTklChJBbkGdMnpLSm0ZIpB03qqr7Lem43w1hKALRjfA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJO57sts61SPwyUHqrjoGq-YyaPwP7sjDapLkLQdkRXcqm1BqS0qdV5KCnm6tLE4myJ3FJDO3AAh1Q_-O_hcezWxIlE0HMDaGKbIJCFyW1VHeAb9LlBx_NfnS7a-AJoJty0f7wcNf9WMBzDJ0Ud0O8zYzMJvR_pRBYPHB6ghHbKeknYbVXwETknkJKLqE/s4032/IMG_0852.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJO57sts61SPwyUHqrjoGq-YyaPwP7sjDapLkLQdkRXcqm1BqS0qdV5KCnm6tLE4myJ3FJDO3AAh1Q_-O_hcezWxIlE0HMDaGKbIJCFyW1VHeAb9LlBx_NfnS7a-AJoJty0f7wcNf9WMBzDJ0Ud0O8zYzMJvR_pRBYPHB6ghHbKeknYbVXwETknkJKLqE/w640-h480/IMG_0852.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='619' height='514' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxFFvCwyHdIK2JQKIW7lrXbTpqVq2LtVczqBaS0ws42hWTWmcae3jZovpF2muWSMN5MLc5SI54mSWSPnhoFUw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p>-</p><p><br /></p><p>A bit more here:</p><p><br /></p><div class="style-scope ytd-watch-metadata" id="title" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #0f0f0f; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><h1 class="style-scope ytd-watch-metadata" style="-webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-line-clamp: 2; background: transparent; border: 0px; display: -webkit-box; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 2.8rem; margin: 0px; max-height: 5.6rem; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; word-break: break-word;"><yt-formatted-string class="style-scope ytd-watch-metadata" force-default-style="">'Le Salon Des Songes' </yt-formatted-string></h1><h1 class="style-scope ytd-watch-metadata" style="-webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-line-clamp: 2; background: transparent; border: 0px; display: -webkit-box; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 2.8rem; margin: 0px; max-height: 5.6rem; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; word-break: break-word;"><yt-formatted-string class="style-scope ytd-watch-metadata" force-default-style="">- Magasins Généraux, Pantin</yt-formatted-string></h1></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="493" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x2Qan0r9vDk" width="593" youtube-src-id="x2Qan0r9vDk"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p>Melissa Chemamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10690144160592091057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484417850848634287.post-19321764507519878052024-02-16T18:18:00.000+03:002024-02-16T18:18:04.866+03:00Senegal update: More protests and a new election date?<p> </p><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8fk0m" data-offset-key="2tdbb-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="2tdbb-0-0" style="direction: ltr; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 2px; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="2tdbb-0-0">Senegalese people have been protesting even in France, since last Saturday, over the election postponement. </span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8fk0m" data-offset-key="bpkot-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="bpkot-0-0" style="direction: ltr; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 2px; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="bpkot-0-0">More protests are tacking place today and tomorrow to get a new poll date ahead of 2 April, when Macky Sall's mandate is over... </span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="bpkot-0-0" style="direction: ltr; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 2px; position: relative;">Hear what Parisian Senegalese had to say:</div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="bpkot-0-0" style="direction: ltr; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 2px; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="bpkot-0-0"><br /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8fk0m" data-offset-key="jvf4-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="jvf4-0-0" style="direction: ltr; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 2px; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="jvf4-0-0"> • RFI English </span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="jvf4-0-0" style="direction: ltr; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 2px; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="jvf4-0-0"><br /></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="jvf4-0-0" style="direction: ltr; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 2px; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="jvf4-0-0"><br /></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="jvf4-0-0" style="direction: ltr; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 2px; position: relative;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="458" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KyPvnVq-Ij4" width="551" youtube-src-id="KyPvnVq-Ij4"></iframe></div><br /><span data-offset-key="jvf4-0-0"><br /></span></div></div>Melissa Chemamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10690144160592091057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484417850848634287.post-68498631913812524092024-02-16T01:00:00.003+03:002024-02-16T01:00:36.941+03:00Senegal election delay ruled unlawful<p> </p><h1 class="article__headline" itemprop="headline" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #001e20; font-family: var(--font-serif),var(--font-serif-fallback); font-size: 32px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 11px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 700px;">Senegal Constitutional Body Overturns Presidential Vote Delay</h1><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="byline article__byline" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: var(--gray); display: inline-block; flex: 0 0 auto; font-family: Aileron, Arial, sans-serif, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 11px 15px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">By AFP - Agence France Presse -</span></div><time class="timestamp article__timestamp flexbox__flex--1" style="-webkit-box-flex: 1; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: var(--gray); flex: 1 1 0%; font-family: Aileron, Arial, sans-serif, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; min-width: 200px; outline: 0px; padding: 11px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">February 15, 2024</time></div><div><time class="timestamp article__timestamp flexbox__flex--1" style="-webkit-box-flex: 1; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: var(--gray); flex: 1 1 0%; font-family: Aileron, Arial, sans-serif, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; min-width: 200px; outline: 0px; padding: 11px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></time></div><div><time class="timestamp article__timestamp flexbox__flex--1" style="-webkit-box-flex: 1; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: var(--gray); flex: 1 1 0%; font-family: Aileron, Arial, sans-serif, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; min-width: 200px; outline: 0px; padding: 11px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></time></div><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #001e20; font-family: Aileron, Arial, sans-serif, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.62; margin: 0px 0px 25px; max-width: 620px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Senegal's Constitutional Council on Thursday overturned the postponement of this month's presidential election, a move that plunged the country into its worst crisis in decades.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #001e20; font-family: Aileron, Arial, sans-serif, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.62; margin: 0px 0px 25px; max-width: 620px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Council said the law adopted by parliament on February 5 -- which delayed the election for 10 months and would thus keep President Macky Sall in office beyond the end of his term -- was unconstitutional, according to a document published on social media and authenticated by a source within the institution.</p><div class="paywall" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #001e20; font-family: Aileron, Arial, sans-serif, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; line-height: 1.62; margin: 0px 0px 25px; max-width: 620px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The constitutional body also annulled Sall's February 3 decree that modified the electoral calendar just three weeks before the vote, postponing the election from February 25 to December 15.</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; line-height: 1.62; margin: 0px 0px 25px; max-width: 620px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sall's move provoked widespread outcry from Senegal's opposition and civil society, who decried it as a "constitutional coup".</p><div class="barrons-body-ad-placement" id="native" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; max-width: 620px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; line-height: 1.62; margin: 0px 0px 25px; max-width: 620px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It prompted violent protests during which three people were killed and dozens arrested.</p><div id="brl-top-stories" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; line-height: 1.62; margin: 0px 0px 25px; max-width: 620px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Senegal's major international partners also condemned the move and called on the government to hold the election as soon as possible, fearing violent unrest.</p></div>Melissa Chemamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10690144160592091057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484417850848634287.post-80393393900497653162024-02-13T20:46:00.001+03:002024-02-13T20:46:11.581+03:00Three snapshots from 'Entangled Pasts'<p> </p><p>The exhibition opened a few days ago at the Royal Academy of Arts, London:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhc8h6xVwO9iF3YeVEr0mbmuWfCpnxo9Qn9Bwv_q898O5Yl4o9Lz-fDbps8_8_DdCkFc5d6_ADXHJaLLplECdBl2pptidpFSKJocOljdallvBa7kYAPuf_uICHMQygbGbhrs-L07nXRiMwmjLQuZ9XoVODE8v011Nbm06no7JglwjgpL05gcchvD8cT8EU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhc8h6xVwO9iF3YeVEr0mbmuWfCpnxo9Qn9Bwv_q898O5Yl4o9Lz-fDbps8_8_DdCkFc5d6_ADXHJaLLplECdBl2pptidpFSKJocOljdallvBa7kYAPuf_uICHMQygbGbhrs-L07nXRiMwmjLQuZ9XoVODE8v011Nbm06no7JglwjgpL05gcchvD8cT8EU=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJG82OoZRI6hPOPV3yJdvZ2grG5_aXayFOIZrIzLG1LmJ4AMy1HTsxw3D8FKK99VEY1XxUAGqyo7t1MNvFyZLSXkN_1x7oHkB3dIcfwOEPuRyYhIasOEtVG0Xi2ZHvAF77VubeWL5mMP1FV02FTrmLg_TSVeTLvbRJtJT-VNwp3a3AI0V2eYmHr02yFMs" style="margin-left: 1em; 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color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">ENG - Senegalese voters living in Paris, France, met on 10 February 2024 to protest the election delay. They believe their president, Macky Sall, is trying to stay in power beyond the end of his term on 2 April. Last weekend, he postponed the presidential polls from 25 February to later in the year. The Parliament then voted for a new date: 25 December. Voters believe the official calendar can still be respected. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">FR - D</span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">es électeurs sénégalais vivant à Paris, en France, se sont réunis le 10 février 2024 pour protester contre le retard des élections. Ils estiment que leur président Macky Sall tente de se maintenir au pouvoir au-delà de la fin son mandat du 2 avril. Le week-end dernier, Sall a reporté les élections présidentielles du 25 février à plus tard dans l'année. Le Parlement a alors voté une nouvelle date : le 25 décembre. Les électeurs estiment que le calendrier officiel peut encore être respecté.</span></span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="490" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QVD1yc6cknw" width="589" youtube-src-id="QVD1yc6cknw"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>-</p><p><br /></p><p>More soon</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Melissa Chemamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10690144160592091057noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484417850848634287.post-67124515823220968402024-02-09T17:21:00.002+03:002024-02-09T17:21:43.539+03:00Protest: art and power at the Royal Academy<p> </p><p>Just a few days before the start of this <a href="https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/events/tag/talks">series of talks</a> at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, as part of their groundbreaking exhibition <a href="https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/entangled-pasts">'Entangled Pasts'</a>:</p><p><br /></p><h1 class="exhibition-hero__promo__title" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: akzidenz-grotesk, sans-serif; font-size: 2.8rem; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 2.8rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Protest: art and power</h1><div><br /></div><h5 class="exhibition-hero__promo__date" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: akzidenz-grotesk, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3rem; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.7rem; margin: 1rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">13 February 2024 6.30 - 7.45pm</span><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">20 February 2024 6.30 - 7.45pm</span><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">27 February 2024 6.30 - 7.45pm</span><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">5 March 2024 6.30 - 7.45pm</span><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">12 March 2024 6.30 - 7.45pm</span><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">19 March 2024 6.30 - 7.45pm</span></h5><p class="exhibition-hero__promo__location" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: akzidenz-grotesk, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="exhibition-hero__promo__location" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: akzidenz-grotesk, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Wolfson British Academy Room | Burlington Gardens</p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_Rv4I9qf6LbPCmPiBEmxbNjIK8sEakVpPAyeA3nhY7zD8qWYPn0JUwpuBqSTGs2iaT8eJS6LWMZWAKwvNPtpYvcXCpPl5OP_EF3cWNW5T09nMpE1UKnafka1IJ0RCfBz19SnkWIaUR-Dt1hdMXgrfQ_f8GGQPgxXc4xhMfXZmlpLP13xfMyH6ndJYzak" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_Rv4I9qf6LbPCmPiBEmxbNjIK8sEakVpPAyeA3nhY7zD8qWYPn0JUwpuBqSTGs2iaT8eJS6LWMZWAKwvNPtpYvcXCpPl5OP_EF3cWNW5T09nMpE1UKnafka1IJ0RCfBz19SnkWIaUR-Dt1hdMXgrfQ_f8GGQPgxXc4xhMfXZmlpLP13xfMyH6ndJYzak=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><span style="background-color: #2a2a2a; color: white; font-family: akzidenz-grotesk, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: -0.18px;">Short course</span></p><p><span style="background-color: #2a2a2a; color: white; font-family: akzidenz-grotesk, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: -0.18px;"><br /></span></p><p class="exhibition-hero__promo__description" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: adobe-caslon-pro, serif; font-size: 1.4rem; grid-area: 1 / 1 / 2 / 8; letter-spacing: -0.18px; line-height: 2rem; margin: 1rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; visibility: visible;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Join us for this 6-week lecture series as we explore the role of art in some of the world’s major protest movements.</span></p><section class="exhibition-hero__promo__children" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: akzidenz-grotesk, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; grid-area: 2 / 1 / 3 / 8; letter-spacing: -0.18px;"><div class="rich-text rich-text--grid " style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1rem 0px 0px;"><div class="rich-text__container" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: grid; gap: 2rem; grid-template-columns: repeat(12, 1fr); margin: 0px auto; max-width: calc(1272px + 4rem); padding: 0px;"><div class="rich-text__wrapper" style="box-sizing: inherit; grid-column: 1 / span 12;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">In 2020, as the Black Lives Matter movement took hold, a statue was removed from its plinth and toppled into the waters of Bristol Harbour. This act gave birth to a creative movement, generating new ways of thinking about memorialisation and Britain’s colonial past and playing into a long tradition of art taking a central role in grassroots activism.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">In this course, we will examine the myriad ways art can harness the power for social change. From the French Revolution and the role of art in revolutionary society to the Guerrilla Girls’ campaign for gender equality, to the work of contemporary artists such as Ana Mendieta on the climate crisis, we will discuss the beginnings of activist movements that have shaped our society, and consider the place of art within these.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">Exploring prescient issues such as the fight for racial equity, feminism and climate change, this lecture series examines art as both a constructive and destructive medium. Talks are given by academics, curators and art-world professionals, with the opportunity for questions and discussion.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"> </strong></p><h4 style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.7rem; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 2.2rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Week 1: Art and revolution with Melissa Chemam</h4><p style="box-sizing: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 2rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">An introduction to the history of the long relationship between art and conflict, from revolutions such as the French Revolution and the Haitian Revolution, to the present day.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 1rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Melissa Chemam</strong> is a journalist, broadcaster and writer on art, music, social change, multiculturalism, African affairs, North/South relations, and activism. She is the author of the book <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Massive Attack - Out of the Comfort Zone</em> (2019), and has been published by BBC Culture, Al Jazeera, RFI English, Art UK, CIRCA Art Magazine, the Public Art Review, the New Arab, The Independent, Reader’s Digest, UP Mag and Skin Deep. She also worked as a journalism lecturer and as the writer in residence at the Arnolfini art centre, in Bristol, from 2019 to 2022.</p><div><br /></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br /></strong></p></span></div></div></div></section><p>-</p><p><br /></p><p>For more, read the latest post on my newsletter from here: </p><p><a href="https://melissa.substack.com/p/on-our-entangled-pasts-and-how-to">https://melissa.substack.com/p/on-our-entangled-pasts-and-how-to </a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Melissa Chemamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10690144160592091057noreply@blogger.com0