Patrice Toé
Professeur titulaire Université Nazi BONI de Bobo-Dioulasso (UNB)
Ludovic Ouhonyioué Kibora
Directeur de recherche Centre national de la recherche scientifique et technologique (Burkina Faso)
Marcia Tiede
Cataloger of Africana Northwestern University
Rosa De Jorio
Professor Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work University of North Florida
Joseph Hellweg
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF RELIGION FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
William G. Moseley
Professor of Geography Macalester College and MANSA President-elect
Sten Hagberg
Professor in cultural anthropology and MANSA President Uppsala University
Baba Coulibaly
General Director Institut des Sciences Humaines
About Us

Why attend this Conference

Towards a decolonization of knowledges in West Africa: history, actors, and productions More than sixty years after the national independences and political decolonization formally speaking, West African States are still struggling on how to “decolonize” and to “africanize” society and culture. Today, decolonization has experienced a strong renaissance as a political and intellectual project in […]

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June 26, 2024 9:00 am - 10:30 am Grand Hall

Opening / Ouverture

Allocutions/Ouverture (Allocution de bienvenue du Directeur de l’ISH, *Allocution du Président de la MANSA, Allocution de l’Ambassadeur de Suède au Mali ; discours d’ouverture du ministre MESRS) Conférence plénière : Comment décoloniser des savoirs ?, Sten Hagberg, Uppsala University, LACET, MANSA, Président du Comité exécutif du colloque Photo de famille

Baba Coulibaly General Director / Institut des Sciences Humaines
Sten Hagberg Professor in cultural anthropology and MANSA President / Uppsala University
William G. Moseley Professor of Geography / Macalester College and MANSA President-elect
June 26, 2024 10:30 am - 11:00 am Restaurant

Coffee break / Pause-café

Coffee break / Pause-café

June 26, 2024 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Grand Hall

Session plénière 1: Décoloniser l’académie et la pratique // Decolonizing the Academy and Practice)

Session plénière 1 (4 communications) Président de séance : Alain Joseph SISSAO, Institut des Sciences des Sociétés (INSS), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Pratiques religieuses traditionnelles et décolonialité des savoirs au Burkina FasoLudovic Ouhonyioué KIBORA, Institut des Sciences des Sociétés (INSS), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Women and the History of State-Building in Postcolonial African Countries: How Pre-Colonial Politics […]

June 26, 2024 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Restaurant

Pause déjeuner / Lunch break

Pause déjeuner / Lunch break

June 26, 2024 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm FlexTrack

Session parallèle 1 / Parallel session 1

Session parallèle 1 (12 communications) A. Décoloniser l’education et l’histoire africaine / Decolonizing Education and African History Président de séance: Maria GROSZ-NGATE, Indiana University, Wuerzburg, Germany Interculturalité ou Alterculturalité ? Comment décoloniser l’enseignement des cultures en classe de FLE : le cas du manuel Alter ego+ B1 Ndiabou TOURE, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, […]

June 26, 2024 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Restaurant

Coffee break / Pause-café

Coffee break / Pause-café

June 26, 2024 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Grand Hall

Session plénière 2 / Plenary session 2

Table-ronde Rethinking Mande Studies for the 21st Century Président de séance: Maria GROSZ-NGATE, Indiana University, Wuerzburg, Germany Participants : Ludovic KIBORA, Julie KLEINMAN, *Fatoumata OUATTARA, Lamine SAVANE et Mamoudou SY

June 27, 2024 8:30 am - 10:30 am FlexTrack

Session parallèle 2 / Parallel session 2

Session parallèle 2 (12 communications) A. Résultats des recherches archéologiques, patrimoine culturel et développement, Partie 1 // Results of archaeological research, cultural heritage and development, Part 1 Président de séance: Bourahima OUEDRAOGO, Université des Sciences Sociales et de Gestion de Bamako, Bamako, Mali Les archives de la mission Dakar-Djibouti : Une halt sur les artisantes de […]

June 27, 2024 10:30 am - 11:00 am Restaurant

Coffee break / Pause-café

Coffee break / Pause-café

June 27, 2024 11:00 am - 1:00 pm FlexTrack

Session parallèle 3 / Parallel session 3

Session parallèle 3 (12 communications) A. Résultats des recherches archéologiques, patrimoine culturel et développement, Partie 2 // Results of archaeological research, cultural heritage and development, Part 2 Président de séance : Daouda KEITA, Musée national du Mali, Bamako, Mali Recherche archéologique dans la commune rurale de Duguwolonwila (cercle de Banamba). *Fatou ARBY, Faculté d’Histoire et […]

June 27, 2024 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Restaurant

Pause déjeuner / Lunch break

Pause déjeuner / Lunch break

June 27, 2024 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm FlexTrack

Session parallèle 4/ Parallel session 4

Session parallèle 4 (12 communications) A. Panel mixte : Migrants, démographie, MANSA et mariage // Mixed Panel : Migrants, Demography, MANSA and Marriage Président de séance : Bernadette GANSONRE, Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Contribution des migrants de retour au développement local de la commune urbaine de Toya/cercle de Yélimané, Region de Kayes (Mali) […]

June 27, 2024 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Restaurant

Coffee break / Pause-café

Coffee break / Pause-café

June 27, 2024 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Grand Hall

Session plénière 3 / Plenary session 3

Session plénière 3 Table-ronde du Laboratoire d’Anthropologie Comparative, Engagée et Transnationale (LACET) : Politikimusow, Gnefemusow, Musokuntigi : Combat des femmes pour percer en politique au Sahel Président de séance: Lydia ROUAMBA (LACET, Burkina Faso) Participants: Lucie BELLO (LACET, Mali), Sten HAGBERG (LACET, Sweden), Ludovic KIBORA (LACET, Burkina Faso), *Bintou KONE (LACET, Mali), Yaouaga Félix KONE […]

Sten Hagberg Professor in cultural anthropology and MANSA President / Uppsala University
June 28, 2024 8:30 am - 10:30 am FlexTrack

Session parallèle 5/ Parallel session 5

Session parallèle 5 (12 communications) A. Décoloniser l’organisation et les systèmes de connaissance // Decolonizing Knowledge Organization and Systems Président de séance: Mahamadou KANTE, Institut des Sciences Humaines, Bamako, Mali La Collection Islam Afrique de l’Ouest : enjeux éthiques et décolonisation des humanités numériques *Frédérick MADORE, Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin, Germany DECOLONIZING KNOWLEDGE IN […]

June 28, 2024 10:30 am - 11:00 am Restaurant

Coffee break / Pause-café

Coffee break / Pause-café

June 28, 2024 11:00 am - 1:00 pm FlexTrack

Session parallèle 6/ Parallel session 6

Session parallèle 6 (12 communications) A. Défis sécuritaires au Sahel // Sahelian Security Challenges Président de séance: Sidi BARRY, Université Joseph KI ZERBO, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Revenge of the margins – Entangled relations between capitalism and jihad in Sikasso, Mali Marte BELDÉ, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium The Contracted Continuum of Security Actors in Africa: From […]

June 28, 2024 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Restaurant

Pause déjeuner / Lunch break

Pause déjeuner / Lunch break

June 28, 2024 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm FlexTrack

Session parallèle 7/ Parallel session 7

Session parallèle 7 (12 communications) A. Economies urbaines, alimentation et agriculture // Urban Economies, Food and Agriculture Président de séance : Marie-Thérèse ARCENS SOME, INSS, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso De l’économie informelle à l’économie territoriale, l’autre nom du développement de l’Afrique. Une réflexion à partir du cas de l’agriculture urbaine à Ouagadougou Taladi Narcisse YONLI, Université […]

June 28, 2024 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Restaurant

Coffee break / Pause-café

Coffee break / Pause-café

June 28, 2024 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Grand Hall

Session plénière 4 / Plenary session 4 Table-ronde : De l’IFAN à l’ISH : Héritage colonial et trajectoire institutionnelle et scientifique (1960-2024)

Table-ronde : De l’IFAN à l’ISH : Héritage colonial et trajectoire institutionnelle et scientifique (1960-2024) Président de séance: Baba COULIBALY, Institut des Sciences Humaines, Mali Participants : Klena SANOGO, Yaouaga Félix KONE et Hamidou MAGASSA

Baba Coulibaly General Director / Institut des Sciences Humaines
Marcia Tiede Cataloger of Africana / Northwestern University
Sten Hagberg Professor in cultural anthropology and MANSA President / Uppsala University
William G. Moseley Professor of Geography / Macalester College and MANSA President-elect
June 29, 2024 8:30 am - 10:30 am FlexTrack

Session parallèle 8/ Parallel session 8

Session parallèle 8 (12 communications) A. Patrimoine et habitat // Patrimony and Habitat Président de séance : Mamoudou SY, L’Université du Sine Saloum, Kaolack, Senegal Tourisme et patrimoine en Côte d’Ivoire : peut-on contester l’ordre établi ? Franck Privat GONNE, Chaire de recherche du Canada en Patrimoine Urbain, Montréal, Canada Les patronymes (tiguè), archives de […]

June 29, 2024 10:30 am - 11:00 am Restaurant

Coffee break / Pause-café

Coffee break / Pause-café

June 29, 2024 11:00 am - 1:00 pm FlexTrack

Session parallèle 9/ Parallel session 9

Session parallèle 9 (12 communications) A. Pouvoir, politique et discours // Power, Politics and Discourse Président de séance : Missa MILLOGO, Université Nazi Boni, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso Rhétorique sankaraïenne et décolonisation/décolonialité en Afrique: mots, expressions, pensées *Adama OUÉDRAOGO, Université Norbert ZONGO, Koudougou, Burkina Faso Political communication and leadership in Africa Amadou SOW, Indiana University, Bloomington, […]

June 29, 2024 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Restaurant

Pause déjeuner / Lunch break

Pause déjeuner / Lunch break

June 29, 2024 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm FlexTrack

Session parallèle 10/ Parallel session 10

Session parallèle 10 (12 communications) A. Gestion des forêts, des terres et des eaux // Management of Forests, Land and Water Président de séance : Fatoumata BAMBA, Université Julius NYERERE de Kankan, Kankan, Guinea Land and water rights in the inner Niger delta: an open and debated arena Luca PES, University of Trento, Trento, Italy; […]

June 29, 2024 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Restaurant

Coffee break / Pause-café

Coffee break / Pause-café

June 29, 2024 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Grand Hall

Session plénière 5 / Plenary session 5

Session plénière 5 (table-ronde sur l’IFAN à l’ISH – Coulibaly)

Baba Coulibaly General Director / Institut des Sciences Humaines
June 29, 2024 6:30 pm - 7:00 pm Grand Hall

Closing ceremony / ceremonie de clôture

Closing ceremony / ceremonie de clôture

Baba Coulibaly General Director / Institut des Sciences Humaines
Sten Hagberg Professor in cultural anthropology and MANSA President / Uppsala University
William G. Moseley Professor of Geography / Macalester College and MANSA President-elect
June 29, 2024 9:00 pm - 11:30 pm Restaurant

Fête d'au revoir / Goodbye party

Highlight of International Research activities at ISH

How to respond to the challenges of our society? How to organize citizen debates and strengthen partnership capacities between Malian researchers and Swedish researchers? Here are, among other things, the questions to be answered by the Citizen Perspectives project on societal challenges in Mali, which was launched on Tuesday, January 17, 2023 at the premises of the Institut des Sciences Humaines.

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Bamako is the capital and largest city of Mali. It is located on the Niger River, near the rapids that divide the upper and middle Niger valleys in the southwestern part of the country. Bamako is the nation's administrative center.

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Institut des Sciences Humaines

Bamako

Chaussee De Sotuba (Sotuba Causeway), Pres de l'IER-CRRA BP: E916, Bamako. Tel: (+223) 20 70 53 50 / (+223) 20 70 53 51

Forum for Africa Studies
Forum for Africa Studies

Uppsala University’s Forum for Africa Studies  is an inter-disciplinary centre that covers all three disciplinary domains of the University: Humanities and Social Sciences; Medicice and Pharmacy; and Science and Technology. The purpose is to support research on Africa in Uppsala University and to facilitate contacts and exchange of research information between departments as well as outside the university, particularly on the African continent.

Institut des Sciences Humaines
Institut des Sciences Humaines

L’Institut des Sciences Humaines aims to develop research in the field of human and social sciences, particularly in terms of knowledge of Malian and African societies and cultures.

To this end, it is responsible for:

  • the deepening of knowledge in the fields of archaeology, history, sociology, anthropology, human geography, oral literature and linguistics;
  • support for the training of students and the development of researchers in the fields of its competence;
  • collecting, storing and disseminating research results;
  • the contribution to the protection of the national cultural heritage in collaboration with the competent national and international institutions
Mande Studies Association
Mande Studies Association

The Mande Studies Association (MANSA) is an international organisation with an academic or professional interest in the Mande region of West Africa. The organization was founded at the University of Wisconsin in 1986; it operates in both English and French.

MANSA is international and multidisciplinary, with members across the globe and across the academic-intellectual spectrum. It brings together teachers, researchers and students from all disciplines and from all continents, people who are interested in the Mandingos and their neighbors, through work on societies, history, geography, anthropology , archaeology, sociology, linguistics, literature, education, environment, etc…

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