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In 1807, Omar ibn Said, a Muslim scholar, was stolen from Senegal & sold into slavery in America. He left behind an autobiography written in Arabic. To mark the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade & its Abolition, a thread on the remarkable story of Omar...

Our newest book on African architecture and urbanism has been launched! ‘Building African Futures’ is available for free in ebook formats.

Honoured to contribute to “The History of African Development” textbook📘with a chapter on taxation in Africa since colonial times. Grateful to the editors for their important feedback during the writing process. DIIS Denmark Economic History

Come to Leuven to do your PhD in #Economics 🎓 4 reasons to apply: 💸 Over 2500€ *net* per month. 😇 Fantastic faculty, students, and professional staff. 🏡Beautiful city, impressively well connected. 🍟 The best beer and chips (fries) money can buy. feb.kuleuven.be/research/econo…

Une tribune signée par 117 universitaires sénégalais seneplus.com/opinions/resta…

Entre 2012 et 2024, la démocratie sénégalaise aura sécurisé, dans la douleur et hélas avec trop de victimes, deux acquis majeurs qui sont : - L'impossibilité politique et constitutionnelle de faire un 3e mandat. - L'impossibilité constitutionnelle de modifier la durée du mandat.

Lukas Freund CamEcon Columbia Business School Boston College Delighted that two former Oxford students---Lukas Freund and Binta Zahra Diop---are going to take over Boston College econ in about 1.5 years :)

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À la cérémonie d’ouverture du 15ème Sommet de l’Organisation de la Coopération Islamique (OCI), le Président de la République Bassirou Diomaye Faye a prononcé un discours historique soulignant l’ancrage du Sénégal dans l’organisation. Extraits ⤵️

Dakar, 1957.

Interesting Data: Did you know that In 2023,Africans spent €56.3mn on visa application fees to the EU that were rejected. The number of visas refused represents 43.1% of the total number of applications rejected. However, EU visas fees will increase from June from €80 to €90.

#Athlétisme: Louis-François Mendy champion d’Afrique du 110m haies avec un chrono de 13’’48

🟢 Emmanuel Eseme termine deuxième de sa série au 100m en 9s98. Le sprinter camerounais est qualifié pour les demi-finales des Jeux Olympiques #Paris2024 ⚡️🇨🇲 📸 Eurosport France

🚨Imane Khelif s’exprime après sa victoire : « Je suis né fille, j'ai grandi fille, j'ai étudié fille et j'ai combattu comme une fille. Ceux qui m'ont attaquée ? Evidemment, il y a eu des ennemis de la gloire. Mais, sans eux, ma victoire n'aurait pas été aussi savoureuse. »

8. This GIF by Jakub Nowosad demonstrates how the Mercator projection distorts the true sizes of continents and countries on a world map.

philip lewis RIP TO THE LEGENDARY MUTOMBO He WAS ONE OF ONE FR

Abdou Cissé is on the market from Berkeley. His job market paper measures the value of energy reliability a key part of growth and development. A great laboratory for his question is a natural experiment in Senegal: the staggered roll-out of a large-scale -national- electricity

dakar, senegal. 1963. 📸 william klein.