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 5-6 June 2023, I participated in the workshop “Religion for Peace? Identifying Conditions and Mechanisms of Interfaith Peace” in Berlin, organised by the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA). I gave a presentation entitled “Interfaith coexistence on the campuses of the University of Lomé (Togo) and the University of Abomey-Calavi (Benin) since
With the Remoboko research group, we organised a workshop entitled “Religions on Campus: Coexisting Traditions, Reformulating the Secular and Life Projects” at the LASDEL in Niamey (Niger) from 31 October to 5 November 2022. The event was attended by 17 participants from Niger, Nigeria, Benin, Mali, France and Germany. I presented a paper entitled “‘Trop
I contributed to the latest issue of the Bulletin FrancoPaix of the Centre Franco-Paix of the Chaire Raoul-Dandurand. I wrote a report based on my research on Muslim minorities in Benin and Togo. Abstract La détérioration de la situation sécuritaire au Burkina Faso, qui a suivi la chute du président Blaise Compaoré en octobre 2014,
On June 15, 2022, I participated in the Workshop “Researching Religion, Morality and Boko in West Africa” at the Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg.
Paper presented at the Islamist Protest, Terrorism and (In)Security in Africa Conference at the Institut des Relations Internationales du Cameroun (Yaoundé) on June 2nd, 2022.
Workshop Femmes africaines dans une société d’hommes: espaces contraints, habilité sociale et formes d’émancipation, Université de Kabala (Mali), March 22, 2022. Abstract Encore aujourd’hui, nombre de féministes, d’organisations de défense des droits de l’homme et de médias occidentaux tendent à présenter les femmes musulmanes comme étant passives, opprimées et « ayant besoin d’être sauvées »
Conference given to the Laboratoire d’Analyse et de Recherche, Religions, Espaces et Développement (LARRED), Université d’Abomey-Calavi (Benin), March 8, 2022.
On 22 February 2022, I gave a talk for the Chaire de recherche sur l’islam contemporain en Afrique de l’Ouest (ICAO) at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Abstract Si l’Université de Lomé, auparavant sous l’emprise du parti unique du Rassemblement du peuple togolais, est souvent perçue comme un haut lieu de la contestation parfois