Made in China, Sold in West Africa

Anne Bouhali & Nora Mareï & Mamadou Dimé & translated by Oliver Waine — 2019-05-31T05:00:00Z

From a small border post between Senegal and Mauritania, Anne Bouahli, Nora Mareï and Mamadou Dimé follow the journey of goods from Europe and China, as well as locally produced merchandise, with a view to examining and analyzing the different forms that globalization is taking in these little-studied areas.
Along the Tangier–Nouakchott–Dakar coastal corridor, the Rosso crossing on the Senegal River is both a border and a discontinuity in terms of transit. As the missing link in the

- From the Field / commerce, borders, mobility, globalization, Africa, West Africa, China, Morocco, Mauritania, Global South, Senegal

Social housing in Africa: a model to be (re)invented?

Alexandra Biehler & Armelle Choplin & Marie Morelle & translated by Oliver Waine — 2015-10-16T04:55:00Z

While the question of housing for working-class populations remains a recurrent issue in sub‑Saharan African cities, the “social-housing” policies implemented by states following independence, and under the influence of lenders, have almost always benefited the most well-off. Are the “participatory” alternatives now promoted by some NGOs enough to create a new model for social housing in Africa?
Strong demographic growth and urban sprawl, planning “failures”, areas of illegal occupation and

- Debates / homeownership, participation, housing, housing policy, urban policy, social housing, African cities, Africa, Global South, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Mauritania, Nouakchott, Yaoundé

Metropolitics

Made in China, Sold in West Africa

Social housing in Africa: a model to be (re)invented?