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Sarah Zimmerman
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Historian, gender, West Africa, French imperialism, militarization, Author of Militarizing Marriage (Ohio UP 2020). Past-présidente of French Colonial Historical Society, BCDSS alum, recovering Oakland As Fan, PNW hiking/backpacking...w/ signature typoes
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Sarah Zimmerman @sjzimmerman.bsky.social · Jul 1
My physical copy of Pathos and Power just arrived! Happy to see my chapter, "Vestiges of Widowhood on Gorée Island and in Senegambia during the Atlantic Era," alongside many fantastic contributions. Thanks to Joanna and Benjamin for ushering it through!
Pathos and Power
The collected essays in Pathos and Power provide a critical exploration of widowhood in Africa through a series of historical and contemporary case studies. ...
www.ohioswallow.com
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Sarah Zimmerman @sjzimmerman.bsky.social · 4d
The longevity of DeBeers in all of this....
The dark side of the sparkling stones
Botswana may soon own the company that kept diamonds out of African hands.
continent.substack.com
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Sarah Zimmerman @sjzimmerman.bsky.social · 4d
A scholarly article on the survival of democracy in Senegal throughout the 2024 presidential election.
muse.jhu.edu
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Sarah Zimmerman @sjzimmerman.bsky.social · 4d
When you're reading about the youth in the streets in Morocco & learn that the 2030 Men's World Cup will be in Morocco, Spain, and Portugal....and now you can't stop calling it the...

!! ALMORAVID WORLD CUP !!

The military legacies of Abdullah ibn Yasin and Abubakar ibn Omar live on!
A map of northwestern Africa and Iberia. The almoravid empire is indicated in green and stretches from Awdaghust (contemporary Mauritania) to Saragossa in contemporary Spain.
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Sarah Zimmerman @sjzimmerman.bsky.social · 4d
Week 39: Madagascar's youth protest forces president to dissolve government, but it's not over yet
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on international news and climate issues
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Sarah Zimmerman @sjzimmerman.bsky.social · 4d
Ongoing youth-led protests against corruption in Morocco and Madagascar....The latter has led to the dissolution of government.
Moroccan PM calls for dialogue as protest death toll rises to three
Moroccan Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch on Thursday called for dialogue as the country braced for a sixth night of anti-government protests. Three people have been killed in the recent unrest when pol...
www.france24.com
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Africa Media @africa.skyfleet.blue · 5d
En Tunisie, un homme condamné à mort pour des publications Facebook critiques du pouvoir
En Tunisie, un homme condamné à mort pour des publications Facebook critiques du pouvoir
www.lemonde.fr
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Sarah Zimmerman @sjzimmerman.bsky.social · 5d
His marabout has also been detained, to prevent flight from the country? Yet, Madiambal Diagne has already left?
Sénégal: l’épouse, deux fils et le marabout de Madiambal Diagne placés en détention provisoire
Au Sénégal, le patron de presse Madiambal Diagne, mais aussi son entourage, se trouvent dans le viseur de la justice, alors que ce proche de l’ex-président Macky Sall et voix critique du pouvoir est…
www.rfi.fr
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Sarah Zimmerman @sjzimmerman.bsky.social · 5d
Niger to build nuclear reactors?

Niger was the eighth largest producer of mined uranium in 2024.
Niger says it wants to build two nuclear reactors in partnership with Russia
Niger wants to build two 2,000-megawatt nuclear reactors in partnership with Russia's state-owned nuclear corporation Rosatom, its mining minister Ousmane Abarchi said on Thursday.
www.reuters.com
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Sarah Zimmerman @sjzimmerman.bsky.social · 5d
Niger is making moves around the mining and export of its natural resources....
Niger: le Tribunal d'arbitrage bloque provisoirement la vente des stocks d'uranium qu'Orano réclame à Niamey
Dans l'affaire Orano-Niger, le Centre international pour le règlement des différends relatifs aux investissements (CIRDI) n'a pas encore donné sa décision finale. Mais ce tribunal d'arbitrage, basé à…
www.rfi.fr
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Sarah Zimmerman @sjzimmerman.bsky.social · 5d
On 6 September, several Mauritanian traders reported that their shops were closed without prior notice. Malian authorities say the closures targeted “non-compliant businesses."
Le porte-parole du gouvernement : les autorités s’efforcent de trouver des solutions aux problèmes des commerçants mauritaniens au Mali - Saharamedias FR
Le ministre de la Culture, des Arts, de la Communication et des Relations avec le Parlement, porte-p
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Sarah Zimmerman @sjzimmerman.bsky.social · 5d
Malian PM Abdoulaye Maïga directly targeted Algeria in a speech, accusing the country of being a “champion in the promotion of terrorism” and “exporter of terrorists.” Bamako alleged that Algiers supports rebel armed groups in northern Mali, highlighting worsening ties between the two countries.
"Soudard", "exportateur de terrorisme" : l'Algérie et le Mali se déchirent à l'ONU
À l’ONU, le Premier ministre malien est revenu sur le conflit opposant son pays à l’Algérie, qu’il a qualifiée de "champion de la promotion du terrorisme". Du "bavardage de caniveau" visant à masquer…
www.france24.com
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Sarah Zimmerman @sjzimmerman.bsky.social · 5d
Chad is seeking to reinstate capital punishment in the country, after having abolished it in 2020, ostensibly to combat a sharp rise in criminality, according to the Chadian Minister of Justice.

What !?!
Le Tchad veut rétablir la peine de mort – DW – 26/09/2025
Au Tchad, la peine de mort avait été abrogée en 2020. Désormais, une commission est chargée de la rétablir pour lutter contre la criminalité, selon le gouvernement.
www.dw.com
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Sarah Zimmerman @sjzimmerman.bsky.social · 5d
"The FU-AES is expected to include approximately 5,000 soldiers from Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger. With the Sahel region accounting for nearly 40% of all terrorist attacks on the continent, AES leaders aim to unify their military efforts in response to the escalating threat."
La «Force unifiée» de l’Alliance des États du Sahel entre en phase opérationnelle au Niger
« FU-AES » pour Force unifiée de l’Alliance des États du Sahel. C’était le cœur de la visite du général Abdourahamane Tiani à Bamako, mardi 30 septembre. Le chef de l’État nigérien a été reçu par son…
www.rfi.fr
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Sarah Zimmerman @sjzimmerman.bsky.social · 6d
Scroll down for the trailer...

www.thewastecommons.com
The Waste Commons
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Sarah Zimmerman @sjzimmerman.bsky.social · 6d
The Fairhaven College World Issues Forum at WWU screened Rozy Frederick's documentary "The Waste Commons" to a packed house today...
Flyer for the event described in the post with a photo of Rozy Fredericks.
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Sarah Zimmerman @sjzimmerman.bsky.social · 7d
The campus community received alerts yesterday via text and email..."At about 8 a.m. this morning, an email was received by the university that contained racist language and a broad, nonspecific threat to the safety of the area near the library." My apologies, it seems like the bomb aspect was rumor
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Sarah Zimmerman @sjzimmerman.bsky.social · 7d
Morocco's protests continue...
Au Maroc, une soixantaine d’interpellations à Rabat lors de nouvelles manifestations
Pour le troisième jour d’affilée, des jeunes se réclamant d’un collectif baptisé Gen Z 212 protestent pour demander de meilleurs services de santé et d’éducation.
www.lemonde.fr
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Sarah Zimmerman @sjzimmerman.bsky.social · 7d
Madagascar : l’ONU choquée par la réponse violente à des manifestations
Le Haut-Commissaire des Nations Unies aux droits de l’homme, Volker Türk, s’est dit choqué lundi par la réponse violente des forces de sécurité aux manifestations en cours à Madagascar. Au moins 22 pe...
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Sarah Zimmerman @sjzimmerman.bsky.social · 7d
If you weren't aware of protests in Madagascar....security forces are using live bullets on protesters demanding governmental change.
À Madagascar, la Gen Z en appelle à la génération X
Alors qu'à Antananarivo, la mobilisation a gagné en intensité au quatrième jour de manifestation mardi 30 septembre, les jeunes du collectif Gen Z à l'origine des rassemblements multiplient les appels...
www.rfi.fr
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Sarah Zimmerman @sjzimmerman.bsky.social · 7d
Western Washington University (WA) yesterday.
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Sarah Zimmerman @sjzimmerman.bsky.social · 8d
There have been a few news article over the past months concerning the press in Senegal of late.
Au Sénégal, un mandat d’arrêt international émis contre un patron de presse
Journaliste critique du pouvoir et patron d’un groupe de presse, Madiambal Diagne avait été convoqué dans le cadre d’une enquête portant sur de présumées transactions financières suspectes. Il a dit ê...
www.lemonde.fr
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Sarah Zimmerman @sjzimmerman.bsky.social · 8d
My students in "West Africa and the Atlantic World" are reading Segu this quarter. It's going to be a blast!
From Segou to Salem.
Four joyously heartbreaking novels by Maryse Condé.
samuelbattistoli.substack.com
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Sarah Zimmerman @sjzimmerman.bsky.social · 8d
The Women Turning a Private Ritual Into a Public Business
The guardians of ukungwi—a practice that educates girls and women on sex, homemaking and marriage—are reimagining their approach to this East African tradition. Today, they face a dilemma: the risk of...
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Sarah Zimmerman @sjzimmerman.bsky.social · 8d
Why are imagined technocratic futures the backstop against environmental crisis and global warming?

"The solution lies in not simply trying to mitigate a crisis we did not create, but in pioneering a new model of development altogether – that model is the African bioeconomy.”
Africa is warming more rapidly than the global average, says CSE’s State of Africa’s Environment report, released in Addis Ababa today
www.cseindia.org
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Sarah Zimmerman @sjzimmerman.bsky.social · 9d
everybody wants better state-funded things, some just want it for the majority.
Au Maroc, nouvelles interpellations lors de manifestations pour le deuxième jour d’affilée
Des rassemblements, à l’appel d’un collectif appelé Gen Z 212, réclament « une réforme du système éducatif et des services de santé publique ».
www.lemonde.fr
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