Rethinking Francophone Africa

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Why don’t archivists digitize everything?

Posted on 20th September 2017 by UoP Francophone

Today on the blog we’re tackling one of our most frequently asked questions: “Why don’t you digitize everything?” and its related runner-up, “When will you be putting all your records on the web?”

As archivists we like these questions because they tell us that people are eager for access to archival records. They also show that people realize that not everything is digitized. Indeed only a tiny fraction of the world’s primary resources are available digitally. This doesn’t mean that undigitized records are Read more

Source: PAMA (https://peelarchivesblog.com/2017/05/31/why-dont-archivists-digitize-everything/)

In Backing Chad, the West Faces Moral Hazards

Posted on 18th September 2017 by UoP Francophone

The West sees Chad as a reliable ally in the fight against extremists in the African Sahel. But it needs to take more care. Chad is breaking prior agreements by spending much of its oil revenue on the military, while social services and good governance have suffered.

By Richard Moncrieff

Chad is facing a severe fiscal and social crisis. On 7-8 September, President Idriss Déby is in Paris for an International Donor Conference to seek much-needed funding for the country’s National Development Program. The government likes to portray the country’s problems as due to Read more