Un colloque organisé par Cornell University, Northwestern University et Sciences Po, en partenariat avec la revue Politique africaine et la coalition Tournons la page.
Co-organized by Cornell University, Northwestern University and Sciences Po in partnership with Politique africaine and Tournons la page

 

Responsables scientifiques de l'événement : Roland Marchal, Sciences Po-CERI, Richard Banégas, Sciences Po-CERI

In the 2010s, African civil society organizations got increasingly involved in public debates about constitutional changes (especially on the limitation of presidential terms), and the freedom of expression. Civic movements tried to coalesce and bring about new debates about the meaning of democracy and whether it actually had delivered in their country. With some differences, they elaborated new narratives on the legacy of colonial time that further questioned foreign military interventions and the essence of their national sovereignty.

In the 2020s, mobilization against French engagement rose all over the Sahel region. This was the unsurprising outcome of these debates as well as a surge in defiance of France’s policy towards Africa and new activism on social networks. Military take-over in several West African countries was met with ambivalence by these activists. How to account for this growing uncertain relation between citizen movements, praetorian restorations and new international configurations? This conference will tackle these controversial issues by bringing together academics and civic movements activists, mostly members of the pan-African coalition Tournons la page.

Pour accéder à plus de contenu sur l'argument général et les abstracts de chaque panel, merci de cliquer ici. / To access more content on the general argument and the abstracts of each panel, please click here.

 

 

9:30 : Discours d’ouverture / Official Opening Speeches

 

Panel 1
10:00 - 11:15 

Acquis et limites de la démocratisation en Afrique 1990-2023 / Democratic achievements and their limits in Africa 1990-2023 

Président/Chair: Roland Marchal, Sciences Po - CERI

Progrès démocratique en Afrique,1990-2023 : Faits stylisés et hypothèses pour l’avenir / Democratic progress in Africa, 1990-2023: Stylized facts and hypotheses about the Future 
Nic van de Walle, Cornell University 

Discutants : Mohammed Tozy, IREMAM, Aix en Provence - Marc Ona Essangui, Tournons la Page (TLP)  (président/Chair Person)

 

Panel 2
11:30 - 13:15

La démocratie a-t-elle réussie? / Has democracy delivered? 

Présidente/Chair: Sandrine Perrot, Sciences Po - CERI

Recul démocratique et résilience : Ouvrir l'espace démocratique par de nouvelles stratégies d'opposition / Democratic Backsliding and Resilience: Opening Democratic Space Through Opposition Strategies

Rachel Riedl, Cornell University

 

2013-2023 : La dégradation de l'espace civique en Afrique / 2013-2023 : the deterioration of the civic space in Africa

Marc Ona Essangui, Tournons la Page - TLP

 

Richard Banégas, Sciences Po - CERI

Discutant: Elhadji Idi Abdou, TLP-Niger 

 

 

Panel 3
14:45 -17:45

Pas les alternatives prétoriennes du passé / Not the praetorian alternatives, we witnessed before

Président/Chair: William Reno, Northwestern University

 

Les armées africaines de bas en haut : actions et influence des rangs subalternes / African militaries from the bottom up: the actions and influence of the junior ranks

Maggie Dwyer, University of Edinburgh

 

Au-delà du coup d’état dans les relations civils-militaires en Afrique / Beyond the Coup D’état in African Civil Military Relations?

Moses Khisa, University of North Carolina State

 

Prévention de l'inconduite des forces de sécurité : Données d'enquête des forces de sécurité africaines / Preventing Security Force Misconduct: Survey Evidence from African Security Forces

Sabrina Karim, Cornell University

 

Les prétoriens apprennent-ils des leçons ? Les cas de Bissau et Conakry / Praetorians learning lessons? The view from Bissau and Conakry

Vincent Foucher, Sciences Po Bordeaux CNRS & ACPA

 

Réponse communautaire à la radicalisation en Afrique de l’Ouest / Community Response to Radicalization in West Africa

Lamin Keita, Northwestern University

Discutante: Brigitte Ameganvi, TLP – Togo/France