Inge Butter MA
Inge Butter started her PhD research project in March 2011. The objective of this research is to gain an understanding of the reasons and ways in which Chadians (re)construct their identities while finding a means of belonging to the (insecure) society around them. The focusRead More
Inge Ligtvoet MA
Inge Ligtvoet studied African Studies at Leiden University. She graduated in 2011 with her thesis ‘Fear and Faith: Uncertainty, misfortune and spiritual insecurity in Calabar, Nigeria’. She carried out research in Calabar during a seven month fieldwork period in 2010-2011. The thesis addresses the phenomenonRead More
Dr. Souleymane Abdoulaye Adoum
Dr. Abdoulaye Adoum Souleymane defended his dissertation at the Institute for History of Leiden University on 4 July 2017. Originally from Chad, he joined the research programme ‘Connecting in Times of Duress’ in 2013. His subproject is entitled ‘Communication et violences dans le Guéra etRead More
Catherina Wilson MA
Catherina Wilson studied African Studies at the Leiden University, where she graduated in 2012. She carried out research in Kisangani, DR Congo, and wrote a thesis entitled ‘The Congolese Yankee: Language and Identity among Youth in Kisangani’. In this work she deals with the waysRead More
Mirjam de Bruijn, NOS, 23 July 2016
Mirjam de Bruijn on the conflict in Mali on NOS-Radio 1-Journaal (Dutch radio news, 50.00-56.00 min.).
Mirjam de Bruijn, NOS, 30 may 2016
Interview with prof. Mirjam de Bruin at NOS Met het Oog Op Morgen on the topic of Chad and former dictator Hissène Habré. (DUTCH radio)
Boukary Sangaré, RFI, 9 June 2016
Invité Afrique – Boukary Sangaré on the situation in Mali on French radio station RFI: «des communautés peules frustrées règlent leurs comptes»
CTD Seminar Series: Oliver Bakewell, 28 June 2016
Looking beyond conflict as a determinant of mobility in the African Great Lakes Prof. Dr. Oliver Bakewell (IMI, University of Oxford) While the Congolese are often portrayed as moving as refugees in East Africa, there is limited exploration of the other factors that shape theirRead More
Tchad/Sénégal : Le verdict du procès Habré – l’Afrique châtie ses dictateurs
Fruit d’un long combat de plus 25 ans des victimes de crimes de l’ancien homme fort du Tchad, de la société civile, de HRW et de l’Etat tchadien. Jugé en juillet 2015 dans la capitale sénégalaise, l’ancien président du Tchad a été, sans grande surpriseRead More
Tchad : Après les élections, entre confusion et désespoir…
Le plateau politique tchadien est décrit comme étant composé d’un parti présidentiel puissant, le Mouvement Patriotique du Salut (MPS), parti au pouvoir autour duquel gravite, d’un côté, une nébuleuse de partis de la majorité opportunistes, et, de l’autre côté, une opposition démocratique impuissante, en manqueRead More