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WEST AFRICAN RESEARCH CENTER Rue E x Léon Gontran Damas, Fann Residence, Dakar - Senegal (en face de l'Agence Autonome des Transports Routiers (AATR) et du Centre de Suivi Ecologique (CSE) et à côté de la Direction du DHL. PO Box: 5456 Dakar Fann - Tel: (221) 33 865 22 77 - Fax: (221) 33 824 20 58 – E-mail: [email protected] URL :http://www.warccroa.org THE WARC/LOC BIBLIOGRAHY List of books published in 2009 in the Francophone countries of West Africa, available at the Library of Congress CONTENTS : ECONOMICS AND DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, HISTORY, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION, LINGUISTICS, LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY, NATURE, ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH, POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, SOCIETY AND CULTURE (Religion, Arts, Sports) ECONOMICS AND DEVELOPMENT Anasse, Ernest Assamoi . - L'assurance maritime et transports dans les pays de la CIMA : Les assurances facultés : aspects juridiques et techniques, Abidjan, Fraternité Matin Editions, 2009, 216 p. Brief summary : This book aims to popularize the practice of cargo insurance and make it accessible to all stakeholders (insurers, lawyers, freight forwarders, surveyors, transporters, students, etc.).It deals with the general regulation of insurance in the CIMA zone, risks of transport, subscription terms, compensation, appeals and insurance operating losses. Country : Côte d'Ivoire Guèye, Ndèye Fatou Diop . - Agriculteurs dans les villes ouest-africaines : Enjeux fonciers et accès à l'eau, Dakar, IAGU, 2009, 191 p. Brief summary : The book deals with farmers in west African cities: Land issues and access to water Country : Senegal EDUCATION AND RESEARCH Barro, Aboubacar Abdoulaye . - Ecole et Pouvoir au Sénégal : La gestion du personnel enseignant dans le primaire, Paris, L'Harmattan , 2009, 242 p. Brief summary : This book focuses on public education policies, in particular on those relating to the generalization of primary education and management of teachers in basic education in Senegal. This research is both original and innovative. Country : Senegal Déazon, André . - Indicamétrie et Education - L'échelle des quinze (15) profils et l'alphabet indicamétrique : des outils scientifiques pour une révolution pédagogique : Premier niveau du développement spiralaire de l'indicamétrie, Abidjan, Conseil Mondial de l'Indicamétrie et du Panafricanisme (COMIPA), 2009, 168 p. Brief summary : This book is dedicated to indicametry, a tool for an educational revolution. Country : Côte d’Ivoire Gado, Issaou . - Recherche-action en éducation : Les compétences de base de la recherche-action en éducation, Porto-Novo, Editions C.N.P.M.S, 2009, 222 p. Brief summary : This textbook explains the concept, the foundations, approaches and strategies for implementing action research in education. Country : Benin Back to Contents HISTORY Djea, Jean-Luc . - Histoire récente de la Côte d'Ivoire : Le Sphynx aux portes du Palais, Abidjan, Sésame Editions, 2009, 247 p. Brief summary : An analysis of recent political history of Ivory Coast Country : Côte d'Ivoire Tchitchi, Toussaint Yaovi . - Dàdà Gbè Hèn A' Zin…, un héros des résistances africaines à la pénétration coloniale au 19ème siècle : (Actes du colloque du 13 au 15 décembre 2006, réunis et présentés par Toussaint Yaovi Tchitchi et Bellarmin Coffi Codo), Cotonou, Les Editions Ablodè/UAC, 2009, 261 p. Brief summary : Proceedings of the conference held from 13 to 15 December 2006 as part of the celebration of the centenary of the death of King Gbehanzin Country : Benin INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION Abba, Seidik . - La Presse au Niger : Etat des lieux et perspectives, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2009, 146 p. Brief summary : True state of affairs of the press in Niger, this book highlights all the difficulties facing the press in Niger. Country : Niger Codjo, Placide . - Les documents de communication administrative et commerciale : Nouvelle formule, Cotonou, Benin, Imprimerie A-Z, 2009, 355 p. Brief summary : This book, written by a civil administrator from Benin is a true training manual for writing administrative and commercial documents. Country : Côte d’Ivoire LINGUISTICS Institut de linguistique appliquée de l'université d'Abidjan-Cocody . - Syllabaire Kroumen Plaapo, Abidjan, Edilis, 2009, 162 p. Brief summary : This Kroumen language syllabary is based on the document entitled "orthographe pratique des langues ivoiriennes” and published by the Institute of Applied Linguistics, National University of Côte d'Ivoire in 1979. At the end of the book are appended French translations of stories and pictures of syllables. Country : Côte d'Ivoire Les Editions Manding . - J'apprends à parler français : Le livre de l'élève Niveau 1 2ème année, Bamako, Les Editions Manding, 2009, 86 p. Brief summary : Through stories and rhymes, this book helps children to speak French and understand language through images in the form of riddles Country : Mali Tchitchi, Toussaint Yaovi . - Langues et politiques de langues au Bénin, Cotonou, Les Editions Ablodè/UAC, 2009, 193 p. Brief summary : This book provides an update on the actions and reflections regarding the management of language and the implementation of language policy in Benin. Country : Benin Back to Contents LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY Abdrouhamane, Soli . - Eléments pour une veillée : Contes et nouvelles, Niamey, Imprimerie Bon-Béri, 2009, 144 p. Brief summary : Through these short stories the author describes the behaviors that are immoral and that affect the society. He advocates more human values for a better world. Country : Niger Amoussou, Bruno . - L'Afrique est mon combat, Paris, Editions l'Archipel, 2009, 207 p. Brief summary : The book deals with the contemporary history of Africa in general and Benin in particular. Country : Benin Amoussou, Constantin . - Hydraulique de mes paupières : Tessons de paroles névralgiques…, Cotonou, Editions Fous Sans Frontières, 2009, 93 p. Brief summary : Collection of poems Country : Benin Ansomwin, Ignace Hien . - L'enfer au paradis, Ouagadougou, Editions Le LIS, 2009, 136 p. Brief summary : A novel featuring idle youths lured by the mirage of the city Country : Burkina Faso Association des écrivains du Sénégal . - Contre l'oubli et le mépris : Hommage aux tirailleurs, Dakar, Les éditions Maguilen, 2009, 98 p. Brief summary : Anthology of poetry dedicated to the "Tirailleurs sénégalais" the black soldiers of the French army during the two world wars. Country : Senegal Bali, Saley Boubé . - Tébonsé : Le destin d'un enfant de rue, Niamey, Afrique Lecture, 2009, 88 p. Brief summary : Tébonsé is the story of a child born out of wedlock. His painful childhood takes place without any reference because he is left to his own fate. This is for the author to paint the Nigerian society mired in its retrograde views of life. Country : Niger Bemy, Vincent . - Billet de sortie, Abidjan, Cercle Editions, 2009, 233 p. Brief summary : This book is the testimony of two years and seven months in jail by a bus driver for having responsibilities in a serious traffic accident. He compares the prison to hell on earth. Country : Côte d'Ivoire Boureima, Moussa . - La légende du Roi Kabrin Kabran, Niamey, Editions Belle Afrique, 2009, 72 p. Brief summary : This book tells the story of a king whose epic is a legend in the oral tradition of the people of Niger. Country : Niger Combary, A. N. William . - A la croisée des chemins, Ouagadougou, Découvertes du Burkina, 2009, 95 p. Brief summary : Novel addressing the issue of interracial marriage. Country : Burkina Faso Dia, Mamadou.- Coup de foudre, Bamako, Jamana, 2009, 75 p. Brief summary : With a poetic style, the author expresses his love, friendship, relationships, fears and hopes for a better Mali. Country : Mali Diallo, Boubacar . - Réalités et roman guinéen de 1953 à 2003 : 1. Cadre physique et histoire, Paris, L'Harmattan Guinée, 2009, 127 p. Brief summary : This book is a socio-critical thesis on Guinean novelists. It begins by situating the geographical context, then it explores the historical and political. It's a real study of guinean society. The author complements this by exploring the repertoire of themes and styles used by novelists. Country : Guinea Conakry Diallo, Boubacar . - Réalités et roman guinéen de 1953 à 2003 : 2. La peinture de l'univers rural, Paris, L'Harmattan Guinée, 2009, 159 p. Brief summary : The rural universe remains a constant in the African fictional creation because of the esthetic of works and their shape. The novel in Guinea has always evoked the realities marking its traditional attachment to this world. This book shows that the novel reveals the behavior of the traditional man. Country : Guinea Conakry Diallo, Boubacar . - Réalités et roman guinéen de 1953 à 2003 : 3.La peinture de l'univers urbain, Paris, L'Harmattan Guinée, 2009, 137 p. Brief summary : City life attracts Guinean rural populations but in many cases the city is the place of lost illusions for that people. This desperation has led to violence in the struggle between a despotic power and an opposition frustrated. This volume reveals that Guinean novels use to exorcise this socio-political disaster and chaos. Country : Guinea Conakry Diallo, Boubacar . - Réalités et roman guinéen de 1953 à 2003 : 4. L'idéologie des romanciers guinéens, Paris, L'Harmattan Guinée, 2009, 88 p. Brief summary : This volume shows the richness of the ideological database of the Guinean novelists. This allows them to better appreciate the socio-political evolution of the country and to study the political role played by the intellectuals in this evolution. The Guinean writer makes himself useful by the society projects emerging from his works and which are likely to rehabilitate the country's history. Country : Guinea Conakry Diarra, Facoh Donki . - La commune sous les manguiers, Bamako, Sahélienne, 2009, 188 p. Brief summary : This book discusses the decentralization project diverted from its original objectives and produce unexpected results in a town situated not far from Bamako. Country : Mali Diarra, Facoh Donki . - Crime en mode majeur, Bamako, Editions Jamana, 2009, 223 p. Brief summary : This book tells the story of a young man of peasant origin unduly recruited in the national police at the time of the Military Committee of National Liberation. At the time of democracy, it's hard for him to adjust to the new situation in the country. Country : Mali Gazibo, Boureima . - Pour l'honneur et la liberté : Théâtre, Montréal, Monière-Wollank Editeurs, 2009, 49 p. Brief summary : Through this fiction, the author wanted to honor the men who have lived or still living in his home village and other neighboring villages. The play focuses on freedom for each member of the community to provide advice in the conduct of public affairs. Country : Niger Gbedo, Marie-Elise . - Le destin du roseau, Cotonou, Editions Ruisseaux d'Afrique, 2009, 459 p. Brief summary : A biography leading to the fate of women in society. Country : Benin Guenou, Julien A. - Le soleil des damnés : L'aube, Les éditions Oasis, 2009, 198 p. Brief summary : It's a trilogy in which the author makes us trace the origin of the bucolic and wild Africa. Thus, he revives the great tradition of storytelling in the evening moonlight. Country : Togo Idé, Adamou . - Tous les bleues ne donnent pas le cafard…, Ciboure, La Cheminante, 2009, 95 p. Brief summary : The author uses a humorous style to warn about the dangers of passion for power Country : Niger Kam, Heidi Sophie . - Sanglots et symphonies : Poésie, Ouagadougou, CEPRODIF, 2009, 30 p. Brief summary : Collection of poems Country : Burkina Faso Kam, Heidi Sophie . - Quêtes : Poésie, Ouagadougou, CEPRODIF, 2009, 38 p. Brief summary : Collection of poems Country : Burkina Faso Lalinon Gbado, Béatrice . - Le chant du conte, Cotonou, Editions Ruisseaux d'Afrique, 2009, 116 p. Brief summary : This book deals with the intrusion of song in the narrative. Country : Benin Maïga, Tahirou . - L'odyssée d'une famille, Bamako, Jamana, 2009, 180 p. Brief summary : This book tells the story of a family united by love through the generations and the natural phenomena such as drought and famine. Country : Mali Meyer, Gérard . - Contes de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, Paris, Karthala, 2009, 222 p. Brief summary : This collection contains stories from eastern Senegal and north-eastern Guinea. They were recorded on the fly during cultural gatherings between 1980 and 1997. Country : Guinea Conakry N'dah, François d'Assise . - Le jour où la vie m'a fait pleurer : Mémoires d'une vie d'errance, Abidjan, Ivoir' Livres, 2009, 119 p. Brief summary : In this book the author looks at the thorny issue of the world and our relationship with others. This hybrid work is both a collection of poems and short stories, verse and prose being mixed as the true reflections of a life marked by despair. Country : Côte d'Ivoire Niaré, Samba . - Tomon : Le village-cimetière, Bamako, EDIS, 2009, 42 p. Brief summary : Comic book telling the story of Tomon, a lost city. Country : Mali Ouattara, Yvonne . - En souvenir de l'arbre à palabres, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2009, 176 p. Brief summary : Between 1999 and 2003 Emmanuel and Andrée exchanged letters between France and Burkina Faso. They want to remember the days when they met at the palaver tree, a place in Paris that allowed Africans to make Europeans discover their way of life and difficulties. Country : Burkina Faso Ould Khattat, Mohamed . - Séjour aux USA à l'heure d'Obama, Nouakchott, Librairie 15/21, 2009, 53 p. Brief summary : A Mauritanian journalist describes his journey to the United States during the presidential election that will result in the choice of Barack Obama Country : Mauritania Sanoussi, Hadiza . - Et Yallah s'exila, Ouagadougou, Editions Jel, 2009, 161 p. Brief summary : This new depicts the relationship between humans and their creator. Country : Burkina Faso Sarr, Pape Ousmane . - Les déboires de Habib Fall suivi de Blessures de mon pays, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2009, 61 p. Brief summary : These are two novels, the first telling the story of a young orphan who wants to build his life despite the questions that torment his mind while the second is a fiction of ethnic war. Country : Senegal Sidokpohou, Roger . - Nuit de mémoire, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2009, 129 p. Brief summary : Novel based on accounts of the slave trade. Country : Benin Sy, Alpha Amadou . - L'imaginaire Saint-Louisien (domou Ndar) à l'épreuve du temps, Thiès, Senegal, Fama Editions, 2009, 92 p. Brief summary : The city of Saint-Louis, Senegal, has managed to build a civilization in terms of aesthetics in the cladding, of culinary talent, of original manners and, above all, of a remarkable sense of hospitality called Téranga that is one of the values by which most Senegalese people identify themselves. Country : Senegal Taama, Gerry . - Parcours de combatants, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2009, 245 p. Brief summary : The author tells a long adventure at the end of which love seems to be the only winner; love that makes sad. Country : Togo Taddé, Amadou Siddo . - Lettre à Obama : J'ai lu "L'audace d'espérer", Niamey, Imprimerie Issaberi, 2009, 75 p. Brief summary : This book comes in the form of a letter to President Obama of the United States of America. The author indulges in a comparison of democratic practice between the United States and Niger. Country : Niger Tiendrébéogo, Rigobert . - Les fantasmes de "l'esprit" : Récit initiatique, Ouagadougou, L'Harmattan, 2009, 116 p. Brief summary : The story of a young person exploring his own personality Country : Burkina Faso Traoré, Djéna . – Danfing, Bamako, Editions Jamana, 2009, 105 p. Brief summary : This book published posthumously is the story of the events the author witnessed during his teaching career from 1976 to 1992. Country : Mali Wilson, Dave . - La veillée, Cotonou, Editions Ruisseaux d'Afrique, 2009, 86 p. Brief summary : Collection of entertaining and didactic stories. Country : Benin Back to Contents NATURE, ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH Assogba, Komlan Françoise . - Production durable du piment au Bénin, Cotonou, Institut National des Recherches agricoles du Bénin, 2009, 48 p. Brief summary : This book helps to raise substantially the level of production of pepper in Benin. Country : Benin De Souza, Simone Guigues . - Flore du Bénin : Tome 1 : Catalogue des plantes Biotopes Localités, Cotonou, Imprimerie Tunde, 2009, 424 p. Brief summary : Catalogue taking stock of wild plants and those introduced for food, reforestation and ornamentation. Country : Benin Ndoye, Tidiane . - La société sénégalaise face au paludisme : Politiques, savoirs et acteurs, Dakar, Crepos, 2009, 312 p. Brief summary : Senegalese society facing malaria : policy, knowledge and actors Country : Senegal Back to Contents POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Adjanohoun, Marcellin . - L'histoire d'une détention politique au Bénin sous la révolution 1972-1984 : Motif : la ténébreuse affaire Kovacs, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2009, 163 p. Brief summary : History of the political evolution of the Republic of Benin. Country : Benin Agba, Kondi Charles Madjome . - Ministre avec Eyadéma, Lomé, Les éditions de la Rose bleue, 2009, 428 p. Brief summary : This book is an immediate test of history. Four years after the disappearance of the father of the nation of Togo, the author proposes a comeback over General Eyadema period. Country : Togo Ag Doho, Sidi Alamine . - Touareg 1973-1997 : 25 ans d'errance et de déchirement, Bamako, Sahélienne, 2009, 126 p. Brief summary : This is the story of the long march of Tuareg nomads depleted by drought Country : Mali Amouzou, Essè . - Pouvoir et sociétés : les masses populaires et leurs aspirations politiques pour le développement en Afrique noire, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2009, 215 p. Brief summary : After having reviewed the past governance systems in black Africa , the author presents the recent case of Togo, where there was a mobilization of the majority of opposition activists around Gilchrist Olympio, leader of the UFC to whom they trusted to create favorable conditions for economic and political changes that can foster them out of the woods. Country : Togo Dabiré, Der Laurent . - Emigration internationale des Burkinabè, Ouagadougou, L'Harmattan, 2009, 104 p. Brief summary : This book provides an analytical overview of the characteristics, determinants, impactsand management mechanisms of the international dimension of migration in Burkina Faso since the country's independence. Country : Burkina Faso Diallo, Alpha Mamadou . - Les Etats-nations face à l'intégration régionale en Afrique de l'Ouest, Paris, Karthala, 2009, 176 p. Brief summary : This book is the result of the national seminar on regional integration in West Africa held in Guinea in 2007. It includes communications that focused on history and geography of Guinea, the languages and culture as development factors, the contribution of Guinea in the process of liberation and unification of Africa, the monetary integration, the Guinean agricultural policy, the OHADA and the Guinean business environment. Country : Guinea Conakry Diallo, Papa Ibrahima . - Les Guinéens de Dakar : Migration et intégration en Afrique de l'Ouest, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2009, 185 p. Brief summary : The study of migration of Guineans to Dakar, Senegal, is an example of socio-geographical movements that have taken courses in West Africa since the precolonial period.Undoubtedly, Dakar, West African francophone metropolis, provides a forum for a sociological study of the integration of migrants in the Senegalese capital. Country : Guinea Conakry Essè, Amouzou . - L'Afrique 50 ans après les indépendances, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2009, 274 p. Brief summary : In this book, the author was concerned to revive the experiences of the African continent fifty years after independence. Country : Togo Fall, François Lonsény . - Mon pari pour la Guinée : Le changement est possible, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2009, 198 p. Brief summary : The author took a look back and forward himself, on his journey and his country. He shows his roots in his native Guinea, recounts his childhood, his youth, his training, the moments that were important in his life and introduces us to the people around him. At the end of December 2008, a new page in the history of Guinea opens and he decides to lay the groundwork for an ambitious rebuilding for a better future of his country. Country : Guinea Conakry Fassassi, Yacouba . - En route vers le futur du régime, du "changement" au développement intégral du Bénin, Cotonou, Star Editions, 2009, 332 p. Brief summary : Here is an essay that takes us into the future after we have plunged in the past. Country : Benin Gomez, Alsény René . - La Guinée peut-elle être changée ?, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2009, 203 p. Brief summary : In this book the author presents some ideas to explain the reasons for missed appointments with his country's development 50 years after independence and calls on his countrymen to work for change. Country : Guinea Conakry Haïdara, Chirfi Moulaye . - Tombouctou : une célèbre cité du Mali promue parmi les finalistes des Nouvelles Sept Merveilles du Monde, Bamako, At the author, 2009, 250 p. Brief summary : The author is in love with his hometown which he reveals the charms and secrets. A city full of mysteries with beautiful illustrations Country : Mali Kacou, Théodore . - Fraude électorale, Abidjan, 2009, 191 p. Brief summary : In this book the author seeks to identify and expose corrupt practices and fraudulent to influence voters to distort or misrepresent the manifestation of their will. Country : Côte d'Ivoire Kiffo, Gemzo . - Demain le Togo : Une nouvelle vision pour l'avenir, Lomé, CACIOPEE, 2009, 182 p. Brief summary : This book is a retrospective of the past, a finding of the present and a forecast of the future of Togo. Country : Togo Lewin, André . - Ahmed Sékou Touré (1922-1984) Président de la Guinée : Tome 6 (1970-1976), Paris, L'Harmattan, 2009, 308 p. Brief summary : Volume 6 of this biography covers the period from the attempted landing in Conakry, November 22nd, 1970, by Portuguese mercenaries and exiled Guinean opponents to the normalization of diplomatic relations between Conakry, Bonn and Paris, via the intense campaign of arrests, interrogations and executions, the murder of Amilcar Cabral, the arrest and subsequent death in detention of Diallo Telli with the denunciation of the Fulani conspiracy . Country : Guinea Conakry Sako, Nicodème . - Comment rendre une nation puissante : Stratégies pour le pouvoir des nations, Paris, Books on demand GmbH, 2009, 96 p. Brief summary : The book addresses the question of exercising power in an original way: the author bases his thinking on a new reading and analysis of Bible stories that he derives principles for modern times. The book also examines the elements of nature as models to find the true sources of wisdom and intelligence that surrounds us. Country : Côte d'Ivoire Samb, Serigne Saliou . - Papa Samba Mboup Chef de cabinet du Président Abdoulaye Wade : Ange ou démon ? Confidences, récits et témoignages, Dakar, Les éditions Maguilen, 2009, 233 p. Brief summary : Biography of President Abdoulaye Wade’s influential chief of staff through secrets, stories and testimonies Country : Senegal Souza, Alexandre de . - Togo, la dynastie de la terreur, Nice, Editions Bénévent, 2009, 150 p. Brief summary : The author was inspired by real events marked by violence and violations of human rights to condemn poor governance in Togo. Country : Togo Touré, El Hadj Mohamed Lamine . - Mémoires d'un compagnon de l'indépendance guinéenne, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2009, 152 p. Brief summary : Through his autobiography, the author of this book tells the story of a generation of black African born in the 1920s, a generation heir to the traditions and cultural, moral and warlike values of the empire of Mali and that of Ouassoulou, a generation deeply aspiring to freedom of choice when decision time had come in the 1950s. Country : Guinea Conakry Back to Contents SOCIETY AND CULTURE (Religion, Arts, Sports) Amouzou, Essè . - Pauvreté, chomage et émigration des jeunes Africains, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2009, 271 p. Brief summary : In the absence of viable policies of African states in terms of job creation and fighting against poverty, the misery of African youth has reached a dismal from which emigration to Europe and America maintains itself. Country : Togo Bilé, Serge . - Et si Dieu n'aimait pas les Noirs ? : Enquête sur le racisme aujourd'hui au Vatican, Saint-Malo, France, Pascal Galodé Editeurs, 2009, 119 p. Brief summary : This book reveals the contradictions and shadows of the Vatican, an institution that still can not get rid of its own prejudices about black people once likened to the devil Country : Côte d’Ivoire Centre Al-Tourath pour la recherche et la publication . - La ville sainte de Touba et sa mosquée : l'histoire et l'évolution, Guédé Bousso, Senegal, Le Centre Al-Tourath pour la recherche et la publication, 2009, 276 p. Brief summary : French/Arabic bilingual book on the history and evolution of the holy city of Touba and its mosque. Country : Senegal Congrégation de l'Immaculée Conception . - Le Bon Berger : Mgr. Isidore De Souza, Cotonou, Editions Immaculée Médiatrice, 2009, 548 p. Brief summary : Collection of interviews with Msgr. Isidore de Souza. Country : Benin Diarra, Ismaïla . - Déclin des traditions de la société bamanan, Bamako, Imprim Color, 2009, 119 p. Brief summary : This book addresses the decline of the traditions in Bamanan society Country : Mali Durou, Jean-Marc . - Les Touaregs racontés aux enfants, Paris, Editions de La Martinière, 2009, 77 p. Brief summary : This work is a true story about the Tuareg people, its history, its customs and questions about its future. Country : Niger Fall, Ndèye Anna Gaye . - L'Afrique à Cuba : La regla de osha : Culte ou religion ?, Paris, L'Harmattan , 2009, 200 p. Brief summary : La regla de Osha in Cuba has often been seen as a set of discontinuous and fragmented elements mixed with Catholicism. This was to deny the identity of the slaves to better justify their enslavement. In this book, the author invites us to reflect without prejudice on the definition of the term religion. Country : Senegal Fortaillier, Viviane Froger . - Arts au féminin en Côte d'Ivoire, Paris, Le Cherche Midi, 2009 Brief summary : This book is an illustrated and commented album on works of art performed by women in Côte d'Ivoire. Country : Côte d'Ivoire Gbagbo, Michel . - Réintégration sociale des personnes ayant souffert de maladie mentale à Abidjan : Tome 1 : Considérations théoriques, Abidjan, Nouvelles Editions Ivoiriennes, 2009, 200 p. Brief summary : This book addresses the question of the social reintegration of persons who suffered from mental illness in Abidjan. Country : Côte d’Ivoire Krekre, Firmin . - Lezy : Art martial africain, Abidjan, EDUCI, 2009, 81 p. Brief summary : This work on the Lezy, an African martial art, is the result of twenty years of research. It teaches the techniques and strategies of combat and the training methods that allow access to martial power and social serenity. Country : Côte d'Ivoire Monsia, Marc . - De l'origine égyptienne des peuples des quatre orients Aja, Chabè, Kétou et Houn : Langues, Dieux et Coutumes, Cotonou, Les Editions du Flamboyant, 2009, 221 p. Brief summary : The work here shows the existence of relevant linguistic similarities in terms of cosmogony, cosmology and customary between the ancient peoples of Egypt and those of the Gulf of Guinea. Country : Benin Ouédraogo, Jean-Bernard . - Travail et société au Burkina Faso : Technique, innivation, mobilisation, Ouagadougou, L'Harmattan, 2009, 247 p. Brief summary : Critical survey of labor techniques, innovations and mobilization in Burkina Faso Country : Burkina Faso Sall, Pape Amadou . - Ëtu Maodo : La cour religieuse du Cheikh, Dakar, Jangaal Presse Edition, 2009, 251 p. Brief summary : This book tells the story of Elhadji Malick Sy, one of the greatest guides of the tijania muslim order in Senegal. It also mentions the great "shaykhs" who are watered from the source of his immense Islamic science. Country : Senegal Sène, Fama Diagne . - Barça ou Barsakh : Les coulisses de la misère, Dakar, Editions Damelles du Sénégal, 2009, 61 p. Brief summary : The book evokes the nagging issue of illegal immigration for Europe of African youth who are willing to risk their lives in makeshift boats Country : Senegal Sow, Ibrahima . - Divination Marabout Destin : Aux sources de l'imaginaire, Dakar, IFAN Cheikh Anta Diop, 2009, 564 p. Brief summary : The book is about divination, marabouts and destiny. It intends to go back to the sources of the african imaginary Country : Senegal Zeba, Milis I. - Meiway "Une voix d'Afrique" : Biographie, Abidjan, Editions Eburnie, 2009, 126 p. Brief summary : Biography of the artist-composer Patrice Désiré Ivorian Frederick Ehui better known by the nickname Meiway. This richly illustrated book traces the exciting journey of the artist with a wide opening on his discography and his honors at the end of his two decades of experience. Country : Côte d'Ivoire Back to Contents