HIGHLIGHT: Celebrating Juneteenth with Harriet: The Screening of the Film Harriet
On Thursday, June 17th, 2021, President Biden signed a bill making of June 19th of every year a national holiday to commemorate the emancipation ...
HIGHLIGHT: Book Presentation: Lamine Kamara: Ethnies, Partis Politiques et Cohésion Nationale: sur les Chemins de la Réconciliation Nationale en Guinée (L'Harmattan-Guinée, 2021)
This informative essay on the ethnic and political situation prevailing in Guinea-Conakry was launched ...
HIGHLIGHT: WARC: Closing Ceremony of the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE)
On Saturday, June 12th, 2021 at the West African Research Center (WARC), a ceremony was held to close the training session offered to twenty ...
HIGHLIGHT: Documentary launch: Khadim Ndiaye (Director): Road Accidents in Senegal
Each year, over 600 people die from car accidents all over the country. The causes are varied: irresponsible human behavior, poor state of repair ...
HIGHLIGHT: Book Presentation and Dedication: Seydi Diamil Niane: Mohammed Lamine Diop, le Prince Noir de la Poésie Arabe (Les Editions Afrikana, 2021)
The book was launched at the West African Research Center (WARC) on Thursday, ...
HIGHLIGHT: ASA workshop at WARC: "Youth, Entrepreneurship and Innovation"
The Association of Senegalese State Department Alumni (ASA) on Wednesday, June 3rd, opened a four day workshop at the West African Research Center (WARC) meant to ...
HIGHLIGHT: Book Launch: Femmes Noires Francophones (Kala-Hermann, 2020) and Gouvernance et Luttes d'Influences Politiques au Sénégal: 1960-2000 (Kala-Hermann 2020)
Kala is a new publishing house created in Senegal to promote the publication of essays and ...
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Amadou Mahtar Mbow's Centennial: Mbow's Political and Civic Engagement as testified by the National Assises (Assises Nationales) and the National Commission for Institutional Revision (CNRI)
Saturday May 15th, from 3pm to 6pm, the West African ...
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Professor Amadou Mahtar Mbow's Centennial: A High-Level Panel at WARC: Amadou Mahtar Mbow and the Re-Writing of African History
Professor Amadou Mahtar Mbow's 100 years were celebrated on March 20th at the Museum of Back ...
Book Launch:
Cheikh Anta Babou: The Muridiyya on the Move: Islam, Migration and Place Making
(Ohio University Press, Athens, 2021)
With this event held in one of WARC’s conference rooms on Thursday April 29th, 2021, the Center ...