My book chapter, co-authored with Louis Audet Gosselin, titled “Religion on the Internet and New Information and Communication Technologies in Burkina Faso”, has been published in the edited volume Religious Encounters and Social Dynamics in Burkina Faso. This chapter explores the relationship between religion and the internet in Burkina Faso, focusing on the role of […]
This book examines the resilience of Christian and Muslim student associations at universities in Togo and Benin from 1970 to 2023. It reveals how these groups navigated authoritarianism and laïcité, reshaping campus life and offering a “social curriculum” to members amidst political and social transformations.
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On 18 July 2024, I had the privilege of presenting a talk titled “Islam, Algorithms, and AI” at the ZMO Summer Party. I explored the transformative impact of artificial intelligence and machine learning on digital humanities research, with a particular focus on the Islam West Africa Collection (IWAC). Here’s an overview of what I covered:
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On 28 June 2024, I presented a paper titled “La Collection Islam Afrique de l’Ouest : enjeux éthiques et décolonisation des humanités numériques” at the 12th International Conference on Mande Studies in Bamako, Mali, organised by the Mande Studies Association (MANSA). This presentation, part of the panel “Décoloniser l’organisation et les systèmes de connaissance //
On 25-26 March 2024, I participated in the workshop Enjeux éthiques et juridiques au diapason des données de la recherche en études aréales at the Maison méditerranéenne des sciences de l’Homme, Aix-en-Provence (France), organised by the consortium Huma-Num DISTAM (Digital Studies Africa, Asia, Middle East). I gave a presentation entitled “La Collection Islam Afrique de
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On 23 March 2024, I gave a training workshop on online research to PhD students and researchers from the Laboratoire d’Etudes et de Recherche sur les Dynamiques Sociales et le Développement Local (LASDEL), Niamey.
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Since January 2024, I have taken on the role of Secretary within the Islam in Africa Studies Group (IASG). This organisation, a specialised coordinating body of the African Studies Association (ASA), is committed to promoting research and education on Muslim societies and cultures across Africa and in the Diaspora. As in previous years, the IASG plans
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On 9 November 2023, the Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO) officially launched the Islam West Africa Collection (IWAC) in Berlin. This project, which I’m directing, is a collaborative, open-access digital database that currently contains over 6,000 archival documents, newspaper articles, Islamic publications of various kinds, audio and video recordings, photographs, and references on Islam and Muslims
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Thanks to a generous grant from the Fritz Thyssen Foundation, our Remoboko research group organised its final conference entitled “University Campuses in Africa and Beyond: Training Grounds, Moral Spaces and Political Arenas” at Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO) in Berlin on 6-8 September. This conference sought to examine how university campuses in Africa and beyond: The
