Mamadou Bodian

Islam in the academic sphere in senegal: the case of Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar (UCAD)

Contemporary Islam · 2016-06-12 · 7 citations

This paper discusses the changing socio-cultural landscape at Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar (UCAD), Senegal. It shows how the growing influence of the religious phenomenon since the late 1970s has encouraged young students to develop an Islamic activism that tends to replace the revolutionary and secular traditions that had dominated the space since the founding of this Senegalese university in 1957. These transformations, which take the form of a “decomplexification” of religion and of a…

Senegalese Foreign Policy: Leadership Through Soft Power from Senghor to Sall

Palgrave Macmillan US eBooks · 2018-01-01 · 6 citations

The retired diplomat Amadou Diop, who served under Presidents Senghor, Diouf, and Wade, has aptly described SenegalSenegal ’s strengths and weaknesses in international affairs: “When we look at Saudi Arabia, its people have wealth based largely upon petrol, ChinaChina has human capital, the US has financial capital.

Senegal

BRILL eBooks · 2023

The year witnessed legislative elections with a strong opposition presence, almost resulting in parliamentary cohabitation with the presidential camp. Political tensions spilled into parliament, leading to protests and arrests due to President Macky Sall’s attempts to eliminate serious opponents to clear the way for a potential third term. In Casamance, the army continued military operations against the rebel bases of the Mouvement des forces démocratiques de la Casamance (MFDC) in an attempt to…

Senegal

BRILL eBooks · 2022

Senegal

2021-11-05