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Beyond the post(-)colonial?/ Au-delà du post(-)colonial? : Workshop Report and Podcast (2/4)

Posted on 20th February 2018 by Francophone Africa

Workshop Report and Podcast (2/4)

Beyond the post(-)colonial?/ Au-delà du post(-)colonial?

12 September 2017

School of Languages and Area Studies, University of Portsmouth.

Convenors: Professor Margaret Majumdar and Dr Ed Naylor.

The first of three audio recordings of the workshop proceedings is available below . The podcast lasts around 90 minutes and covers opening remarks by Professor Tony Chafer and the first panel entitled: ‘The remaking of France? New histories of decolonisation’.

Chair: Ed Naylor / Speakers: Fabienne Chamelot (Portsmouth), Sharif Gemie (South Wales), Andrew Smith (Chichester), Natalya Vince (Portsmouth)

The full programme and a presentation of the workshop can be found here.

Morocco’s accession to ECOWAS: Building bridges or rocking the boat?

Posted on 20th February 2018 by Francophone Africa

Two months after its re-admission to the African Union, Morocco announced its bid to join the West African regional organisation ECOWAS. In their 51st Summit, held in Monrovia in June 2017, ECOWAS heads of state and government approved Morocco’s application in principle but requested a detailed report on the political and economic implications of this membership. It was thus expected that the final say on this question would be announced at the next summit held last December in Abuja.

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Article originally published on ecdpm.