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Featured in this video are first-hand accounts from the following former WARA Fellows:
- Koffi Yao Bernard (Université Nangui-Abrogoua-Abidjan), recipient of the Fall 2015 WARC Travel Grant, for research in Senegal: “Etude de la communauté microbienne (biomasse microbienne, activité des micro-organismes et diversité microbienne) dans les sols amendés avec les déjections animales pour une production rizicole et maraîchère durable en Côte d’Ivoire” His research is on the microbial community in soil modified with animal waste for sustainable rice and market gardening in Côte d’Ivoire.
- Nikiema Muhamadi (UFR/SVT Universite de Ouagadougou,Burkina Faso), recipient of the Spring 2016 WARC Travel Grant, for travel to Benin to work with specialists on methanization. His research project is on the methanization/anaerobic digestion of municipal waste.
- Jau-Yon Chen (African Studies, Howard University), recipient of the 2017 Pre-Doctoral WARA Fellowship, for her research: “Migration as a Strategy of Development: The Case of Senegal”
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WARC, Galle Ceddo, Cacsen and Daaray Sembene launch Sembene Across the Continent celebrating the 10th anniversary of the filmmaker’s death
The West African Research Center (WARC), on Tuesday, June 6, 2017, convened and hosted a press conference to advertise a major event scheduled to kick off on Friday, June 9 to celebrate the achievements of the Father of African Cinema, Sembene Ousmane.
The press conference featured Professor Samba Gadjigo (Mount Holyoke College, Mass. USA) author of several books and articles on Sembene and of the celebrated documentary titled Sembene!, sitting next to well-known Senegalese filmmakers Ben Diogaye Beye and Mansour Sora Wade.
Reporters were informed that for three days running (Friday, Saturday, Sunday, June 9, 10, 11) the documentary Sembene! will be shown in up to 35 African countries. In Senegal, the same documentary will be shown along with well-known films by Sembene such as Gelwaar, Emitai, Mandat-Bi, La Noire de….in various locations including the capital Dakar, Pikine, Guediawaye, Saint Louis, Thies, Tambacounda, Toubacouta, Sokone etc…..
Left to right: Prof Sene, WARC Director; Prof Samba Gadjigo, Mount Holyoke College & Galle Ceddo; Mme Fatou Kande Senghor, activist and filmmaker
Events in Senegal are jointly organized by the West African Research Center (WARC), Galle Ceddo (established in the USA), Cacsen and Dararay Sembene(Senegal)