"Development" and generational conflicts in West Africa

• Grant number: 23/00561-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: April 01, 2024
• End date: March 31, 2026
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Anthropology
• Principal Investigator: Melvina Afra Mendes de Araújo
• Grantee: Pingréwaoga Béma Abdoul Hadi Savadogo
• Host Institution: Escola de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (EFLCH). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus Guarulhos. Guarulhos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

With the traditional conception of development for the Mossés and the Bambaras, respectively in Burkina Faso and Mali, this study explores the notion of responsibility of people living in a same society regarding the lives of each other. It analyzes the problem of memory, inequality, and difference production that permeates relational processes, discussing the ethos of relationality and conviviality proposed by Burkinabé and Malian youth in their claims and strategies of struggle for civil rights, and the contemporary conditions/implications of implementing traditional notions of development and social justice. Keywords: Africa, tradition e development; Memory, difference and relations; Burkina Faso, Mali.