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Cette note d'orientation est le résultat d'une recherche, financée par le SNIS et coordonnée par ... more Cette note d'orientation est le résultat d'une recherche, financée par le SNIS et coordonnée par l'Université de Fribourg, sur la réintégration des migrants de retour en Guinée
Politique Africaine, 2023
Table of Contents 1. Background 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Historical, social and political context of ... more Table of Contents 1. Background 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Historical, social and political context of migration in Guinea 1.3 Recent emigration from and immigration to Guinea-a summary 1.4 Key development interventions 6 2. Research sites 2.1 Conakry: The commune of Ratoma 2.2 Urban Kankan 2.3 Rural Kankan 2.4 Siguiri and Kintinian 2.5 Boké 3. Methods 4. Key findings and policy implications 4.1 Development interventions and migration: initial observations 4.1.1 Vocational training projects: the Don Bosco Vocational Training Centre and the National School of Agriculture and Livestock (ENAE) 4.1.2 Agricultural development projects in Kankan 4.1.3 Projects in mining areas 4.2 Mobile lives and urban youth 4.3 Vocational training, apprenticeship and migration projects 4.4 Inequalities based on age, gender and and socio-professional categories in agriculture 5. Conclusion
Mistrust, 2018
After the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of Ebola in Guinea in spring 2014, the ... more After the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of Ebola in Guinea in spring 2014, the subsequent campaign announced to combat the epidemic aroused many cases of resistance and reluctance. This was often expressed, especially at the early stages of the crisis, by acts of violence provoking wounds or death. Later, fearing armed repression, communities opted for more silent forms of resistance, combining an apparent submission to the new measures with passive resistance and sabotage of public health measures. Violent resistance occurred, at first, in the Forest region, before spreading to the Coastal region, following the evolution of the epidemics. Among the four natural regions of Guinea, Ebola especially affected the Forest region, where it started, and the Coastal Region, where it lasted for a very long time, especially in the capital Conakry and in the districts of Dubreka, Forecariah and Coyah. The Region of High Guinea, quickly rid itself of the epidemics, as did the only town of Mid Guinea that was affected by this illness, Telimélé. Such acts of resistance were often directed towards workers of the Coordination of Riposte against Ebola, sponsored by the state with the assistance of NGOs and International Institutions, such as WHO, that played a preeminent role. This Coordination, guided by the Direction of Prevention and Public Health, was headed by Dr. Sakoba Keita, a senior medical doctor who had much experience in directing campaigns against infectious diseases. During the Ebola epidemic, the Coordination enjoyed a high degree of independence from the Ministry of Health and was present, through local branches, in all the regions affected by the epidemics. This Coordination involved many professional groups, such as physicians, specialists in public health, social anthropologists and communicators. Even though their purpose was to protect people from this mortal disease, representatives from Riposte were met either with open hostility, or with suspicion, even in villages where hospitality is a social value and strangers are welcomed more warmly than in towns. According to our observations, villagers were hardly answering greetings and created a cold, tense atmosphere. For example, a seven-year-old child was violently summoned by his parents to come
Les Cahiers de l'Afrique de l'Est, 2020
Un articolo su Conakry come mosaico di differenti identità etniche e culturali, che portano alla ... more Un articolo su Conakry come mosaico di differenti identità etniche e culturali, che portano alla nascita di inedite solidarietà urbane.
Un article sur la condition enseignante en Guinée qui propose un aperçu sur les stratégies que le... more Un article sur la condition enseignante en Guinée qui propose un aperçu sur les stratégies que les enseignants mettent en oeuvre pour essayer de survivre dans des conditions économiques très difficiles. L'article s'interesse aussi à l'identité professionnelle des enseignants, aux représentations sur leur métier et à l'évolution historique du statut de l'enseignant au fil des différents régimes politiques de la Guinée
Qui sont les boys et les cireurs peul que l'on rencontre dans les villes minières de Guinée? Ce c... more Qui sont les boys et les cireurs peul que l'on rencontre dans les villes minières de Guinée? Ce chapitre considère le parcours des éleveurs peul qui s'engagent dans des trajectoires de mobilité sociale à travers une migration interne vers les villes minières de Guinée. En réfusant le parcours existentiel et professionnel choisi par les familles, qui prévoit qu'ils s'occupent du cheptel familial, ces jeunes entament un processus d'individualisation et cherchent d'autres modalités de réussite, en acceptant des travaux très humbles dans le contexte urbain, pour devenir ensuite commerçants.
A chapter, published in a collective book, that proposes a reflexion on mistrust during the Ebola... more A chapter, published in a collective book, that proposes a reflexion on mistrust during the Ebola epidemics and states that the manifestations of resistance and reluctance observed in that period highlight many latent conflicts between different social groups in Guinean society.
n Guinea, many socio-economical factors lead farmers and cattle breeders to leave agriculture and... more n Guinea, many socio-economical factors lead farmers and cattle breeders to leave agriculture and seek social promotion through other activities, often requiring mobility towards towns. This article analyses some causes of deagrarization, such as the cyclic poverty produced by an extensive agriculture using archaic methods, the conflicts between cattle-breeders and farmers, the peasants’ hard living and working conditions, worsened by the Ebola epidemics. The urban relatives of Guinean farmers play an ambivalent role, acting as the support of the family in difficult economic situations, but also taking possession of family lands and nurturing relationships based on dependence. The land sale is seen as an opportunity to exit from agriculture, but often leads farmers to pauperization and social exclusion, in a context of increasing social inequalities even within the joint family or the village.
This article deals with religious identity in a Guinean Fulani minority. It seeks to demonstrate ... more This article deals with religious identity in a Guinean Fulani minority. It seeks to demonstrate how oral tradition concerning the history of Fulani's settlement in the coastal region, presented as a mission of islamization, contributes to shaping ethnic identity, widely grounded on a tradition of Islamic knowledge and koranic teaching. The article also analyses the transmission of religious identity through koranic school, focusing on elders' memories about their experience as koranic disciples.
Cet article concerne l'identité religieuse au sein d'une minorité peule de la Guinée. Il cherche à montrer comment la tradition orale concernant l'histoire de l'implantation des Peul en Guinée Maritime, présentée comme une mission d'islamisation, contribue à la formation d'une identité ethnique largement fondée sur une tradition de savoir et d'enseignement coranique. L'article analyse aussi la transmission de l'identité religieuse à l'école coranique à travers les mémoires des anciens disciples, parents et grands-parents des actuels talibés.
Un articolo sui problemi di comunicazione incontrati durante la lotta contro l'epidemia di Ebola ... more Un articolo sui problemi di comunicazione incontrati durante la lotta contro l'epidemia di Ebola in Guinea, scritto con Abdoulaye Wotem Somparé e pubblicato sulla rivista Psiche
Un livre tiré da ma thèse de doctorat sur l'éducation dans une société pastorale peul de la Guiné... more Un livre tiré da ma thèse de doctorat sur l'éducation dans une société pastorale peul de la Guinée Maritime
Conference Presentations by Ester Botta Somparé
Communication for the conference Urban Africa (Torino, October 2015)
Cette note d'orientation est le résultat d'une recherche, financée par le SNIS et coordonnée par ... more Cette note d'orientation est le résultat d'une recherche, financée par le SNIS et coordonnée par l'Université de Fribourg, sur la réintégration des migrants de retour en Guinée
Politique Africaine, 2023
Table of Contents 1. Background 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Historical, social and political context of ... more Table of Contents 1. Background 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Historical, social and political context of migration in Guinea 1.3 Recent emigration from and immigration to Guinea-a summary 1.4 Key development interventions 6 2. Research sites 2.1 Conakry: The commune of Ratoma 2.2 Urban Kankan 2.3 Rural Kankan 2.4 Siguiri and Kintinian 2.5 Boké 3. Methods 4. Key findings and policy implications 4.1 Development interventions and migration: initial observations 4.1.1 Vocational training projects: the Don Bosco Vocational Training Centre and the National School of Agriculture and Livestock (ENAE) 4.1.2 Agricultural development projects in Kankan 4.1.3 Projects in mining areas 4.2 Mobile lives and urban youth 4.3 Vocational training, apprenticeship and migration projects 4.4 Inequalities based on age, gender and and socio-professional categories in agriculture 5. Conclusion
Mistrust, 2018
After the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of Ebola in Guinea in spring 2014, the ... more After the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of Ebola in Guinea in spring 2014, the subsequent campaign announced to combat the epidemic aroused many cases of resistance and reluctance. This was often expressed, especially at the early stages of the crisis, by acts of violence provoking wounds or death. Later, fearing armed repression, communities opted for more silent forms of resistance, combining an apparent submission to the new measures with passive resistance and sabotage of public health measures. Violent resistance occurred, at first, in the Forest region, before spreading to the Coastal region, following the evolution of the epidemics. Among the four natural regions of Guinea, Ebola especially affected the Forest region, where it started, and the Coastal Region, where it lasted for a very long time, especially in the capital Conakry and in the districts of Dubreka, Forecariah and Coyah. The Region of High Guinea, quickly rid itself of the epidemics, as did the only town of Mid Guinea that was affected by this illness, Telimélé. Such acts of resistance were often directed towards workers of the Coordination of Riposte against Ebola, sponsored by the state with the assistance of NGOs and International Institutions, such as WHO, that played a preeminent role. This Coordination, guided by the Direction of Prevention and Public Health, was headed by Dr. Sakoba Keita, a senior medical doctor who had much experience in directing campaigns against infectious diseases. During the Ebola epidemic, the Coordination enjoyed a high degree of independence from the Ministry of Health and was present, through local branches, in all the regions affected by the epidemics. This Coordination involved many professional groups, such as physicians, specialists in public health, social anthropologists and communicators. Even though their purpose was to protect people from this mortal disease, representatives from Riposte were met either with open hostility, or with suspicion, even in villages where hospitality is a social value and strangers are welcomed more warmly than in towns. According to our observations, villagers were hardly answering greetings and created a cold, tense atmosphere. For example, a seven-year-old child was violently summoned by his parents to come
Les Cahiers de l'Afrique de l'Est, 2020
Un articolo su Conakry come mosaico di differenti identità etniche e culturali, che portano alla ... more Un articolo su Conakry come mosaico di differenti identità etniche e culturali, che portano alla nascita di inedite solidarietà urbane.
Un article sur la condition enseignante en Guinée qui propose un aperçu sur les stratégies que le... more Un article sur la condition enseignante en Guinée qui propose un aperçu sur les stratégies que les enseignants mettent en oeuvre pour essayer de survivre dans des conditions économiques très difficiles. L'article s'interesse aussi à l'identité professionnelle des enseignants, aux représentations sur leur métier et à l'évolution historique du statut de l'enseignant au fil des différents régimes politiques de la Guinée
Qui sont les boys et les cireurs peul que l'on rencontre dans les villes minières de Guinée? Ce c... more Qui sont les boys et les cireurs peul que l'on rencontre dans les villes minières de Guinée? Ce chapitre considère le parcours des éleveurs peul qui s'engagent dans des trajectoires de mobilité sociale à travers une migration interne vers les villes minières de Guinée. En réfusant le parcours existentiel et professionnel choisi par les familles, qui prévoit qu'ils s'occupent du cheptel familial, ces jeunes entament un processus d'individualisation et cherchent d'autres modalités de réussite, en acceptant des travaux très humbles dans le contexte urbain, pour devenir ensuite commerçants.
A chapter, published in a collective book, that proposes a reflexion on mistrust during the Ebola... more A chapter, published in a collective book, that proposes a reflexion on mistrust during the Ebola epidemics and states that the manifestations of resistance and reluctance observed in that period highlight many latent conflicts between different social groups in Guinean society.
n Guinea, many socio-economical factors lead farmers and cattle breeders to leave agriculture and... more n Guinea, many socio-economical factors lead farmers and cattle breeders to leave agriculture and seek social promotion through other activities, often requiring mobility towards towns. This article analyses some causes of deagrarization, such as the cyclic poverty produced by an extensive agriculture using archaic methods, the conflicts between cattle-breeders and farmers, the peasants’ hard living and working conditions, worsened by the Ebola epidemics. The urban relatives of Guinean farmers play an ambivalent role, acting as the support of the family in difficult economic situations, but also taking possession of family lands and nurturing relationships based on dependence. The land sale is seen as an opportunity to exit from agriculture, but often leads farmers to pauperization and social exclusion, in a context of increasing social inequalities even within the joint family or the village.
This article deals with religious identity in a Guinean Fulani minority. It seeks to demonstrate ... more This article deals with religious identity in a Guinean Fulani minority. It seeks to demonstrate how oral tradition concerning the history of Fulani's settlement in the coastal region, presented as a mission of islamization, contributes to shaping ethnic identity, widely grounded on a tradition of Islamic knowledge and koranic teaching. The article also analyses the transmission of religious identity through koranic school, focusing on elders' memories about their experience as koranic disciples.
Cet article concerne l'identité religieuse au sein d'une minorité peule de la Guinée. Il cherche à montrer comment la tradition orale concernant l'histoire de l'implantation des Peul en Guinée Maritime, présentée comme une mission d'islamisation, contribue à la formation d'une identité ethnique largement fondée sur une tradition de savoir et d'enseignement coranique. L'article analyse aussi la transmission de l'identité religieuse à l'école coranique à travers les mémoires des anciens disciples, parents et grands-parents des actuels talibés.
Un articolo sui problemi di comunicazione incontrati durante la lotta contro l'epidemia di Ebola ... more Un articolo sui problemi di comunicazione incontrati durante la lotta contro l'epidemia di Ebola in Guinea, scritto con Abdoulaye Wotem Somparé e pubblicato sulla rivista Psiche
Un livre tiré da ma thèse de doctorat sur l'éducation dans une société pastorale peul de la Guiné... more Un livre tiré da ma thèse de doctorat sur l'éducation dans une société pastorale peul de la Guinée Maritime
Communication for the conference Urban Africa (Torino, October 2015)