“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
It’s time for Western countries to redefine their relations with Africa and its diaspora
This blog was first published as an Op-Ed in Amsterdam News – The New Black View on April…
September 1, 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
Climate disruption anger
On Saturday March 11, I walked from the Hague Central Station along the evacuated government buildings, to the…
March 16, 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
Female slam poets of francophone Africa: spirited words for social change
Djemi, Malika, Lydol, Mariusca, Amee. Nous avons laissé un jour, des hommes dire que la femme est le…
December 16, 2021
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
Young researchers kick off the next phase of Voice4Thought Academy in Bamako
@ Voice4Thought Academy After a successful pilot year, the Voice4Thought Academy (V4TA) Mali is off to the next…
June 11, 2021