“My life is a misery”. Living conditions of internally displaced persons on the Faladiè site
At the Faladiè Garbal site, we encounter a poignant reality: internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Mali cohabit in…
March 11, 2024
Thriving on TikTok in Mali: The Generation of Influencers
This blog is based on a research collaboration between DDMAC (Decoding Digital Media in African regions of Conflict)…
September 15, 2023
Stories from a war zone in the Sahel: A nomad’s unalike travel
10/7/2023. Soon after midnight I received a WhatsApp voice message from ‘Mamadou Fette Sambo’ – the name under…
August 7, 2023
Gold mining in the Wassoulou-Ballé region: Profit and destruction
Mining sites in southern Mali are exploited in a variety of ways, including dredging. The latter is used…
February 27, 2023
The attack of N’Dola in Mali: A turning point in the Malian conflict?
Mobilisation of people in central Mali to ask for peace and security (retrieved from a WhatsApp group) It’s…
December 3, 2021
Our Man/Woman in Mali
Mirjam de Bruijn and Marchel Gerrmann at De Balie Amsterdam. @ Voice4Thought It’s a Tuesday evening at the…
November 3, 2021
Peace pacts in Mali: Fragile pockets of peace or ‘peaceful’ colonization by Jihadi groups
Camp for displaced people in Sénou, Bamako. @ Sjoerd Sijsma, 2021 Since 2016 violent conflict in Central Mali…
March 29, 2021
‘Are we going to continue to watch and do nothing?’
Talking about the crisis at the refugee site of Drimb. © Voice4Thought Academy Dear friends, dear brothers, dear…
March 20, 2021
The Jeuness’Art School of Slam
Family photo during the first class © Jeuness’Art Author: Saccharose (Association Jeuness’Art) The Association Jeuness’Art, is a Malian…
December 4, 2020
Gender-based violence in Mali: Breaking the silence, appealing to the authorities
© L’Alliance contre les GBV In Mali, the Alliance Against Gender-Based Violence a coalition was formed which organised…
October 13, 2020