Dak’art, Biennal de l’art africain contemporain

Cultural event

Dakar, Senegal

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Description:

The Dakar Biennale was conceived in 1989 as a biennale alternating between literature and art. The biennale has been created thanks to the will of both the Senegalese state which assumes the supervision and the local artists who since the seventies, have been organizing regular annual art exhibitions which bring to light the different shapes of the evolution of contemporary art creation. The aim was to make of it a show-window of Art and literature in Africa.

Jean-Pascal Daloz

Senior Research Professor, Political Science/ Comparative studies of elites and leadership, University of  Strasbourg (CNRS/GSPE), France

Contact:

SAGE -

Maison interuniversitaire des sciences de l’Homme – Alsace.

CS 50008, 67083Strasbourg Cedex France.

jean-pascal.daloz@misha.fr

Dana, Leo Paul, Vanessa Ratten, and Ben Q Honyenuga. African Entrepreneurship: Challenges and Opportunities for Doing Business. 1st ed. Cham: Springer International Publishing AG, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73700-3.

Outlining the unique challenges and opportunities of doing business in Africa, this book analyses how varying degrees of development across its countries affects entrepreneurship. Taking into account historical and cultural contexts, the authors approach the topic by evaluating the different possibilities of business opportunity in Africa. Insightful contributions explore an extensive range of African countries, discussing both formal and informal entrepreneurship, as well as the different factors that influence the growing economy of Africa.

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Agban Darego

Model, Trump Model Management

Industry: Fashion

Level of Influence: International

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Davido (David Adedeji Adeleke)

Singer/Songwriter/Record producer

Nigeria

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Davies, Rebecca. "Afrikaner Capital Elites, Neo-Liberalism and Economic Transformation in Post-Apartheid South Africa". African Studies. Volume 71. Issue, 3. Page,      391-407. November 23, 2012

Following the transition, Afrikaner capital elites, particularly in mining and finance, have maintained prominence in South Africa's liberal democratic landscape. However, their contribution to the post-apartheid economy remains incompletely understood. Despite reforming their local presence and reconstructing economic power, these actions are intricately linked to global and African National Congress (ANC)-led neoliberal projects. This does not necessarily signify a persistent or renewed Afrikaner capital bloc. This article delves into the dynamics of state-capital relations among Afrikaans speakers, considering the institutional and material legacy of apartheid and contemporary global restructuring. It underscores the importance of this context in explaining the evolving role and influence of Afrikaner capital elites in the post-apartheid and global economies.

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Dei,George J. Sefa, 2002. “Learning Culture, Spirituality and Local Knowledge: Implications for African Schooling.” International Review of Education. Vol. 48, No. 5 (Sep., 2002), pp. 335-360.

Using a Ghanaian case study, this paper looks at the relevance and implications of local knowledge, culture and spirituality for understanding and implementing educational change in Africa. It examines how teachers, educators, and students use local cultural knowledge about self, personhood and community. Among the critical issues raised are: How do subjects understand the nature, impact and implications of spirituality for schooling and education? What is the role of spirituality, culture, language and social politics in knowledge production? What contribution does the local cultural knowledge base make to the search for genuine educational options in Africa?

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De Kadt, Daniel, and Horacio A. Larreguy. "Agents of the regime? Traditional leaders and electoral politics in South Africa." The Journal of Politics 80, no. 2 (2018):382-399.

Traditional leaders perform cultural, legal, economic and social roles. Some scholars argue that chiefs use their authority to provide votes to the highest bidder. Thus, chiefs indirectly influence electoral behavior of their dependents. Other scholars argue that chiefs have the incentive to support any politician who would guarantee their survival and bring resources to their local communities. DeKadt and Larreguy argue that chiefs are generally strategic actors who would align themselves with political parties that will best serve their interests only when they (chiefs) feel the politicians are electorally credible. Chiefs would rather trade off votes of their dependents with incumbent elites who have better access to resources than opposition parties who do not. They do this to ensure developmental outcomes for their dependents because their legal legitimacy and economic security has been weakened due to modern democracy. DeKadt and Larreguy further argue that as South Africa switched from apartheid to democratic regime, so did chiefs switch from being agents of apartheid to agents of the ANC government. The authors term this relationship between the traditional authority and political elites as ‘political quid pro quo’’.

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