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THE WARC/LOC BIBLIOGRAHY
List of books published in 2011 in the Francophone countries of West
Africa, available at the Library of Congress
CONTENTS : ADMINISTRATION AND JUSTICE, ECONOMICS AND
DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, HISTORY,
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION, LINGUISTICS,
LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY, NATURE, ENVIRONMENT AND
HEALTH, POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, SOCIETY
AND CULTURE (Religion, Arts, Sports)
ADMINISTRATION AND JUSTICE
Diallo, Hassane II. - Le réforme de la justice guinéenne : Défis et stratégie, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2011, 205 p.
Brief summary : This book depicts the uncompromising Guinean justice and shows that it is an institution
truly sick and paradoxically abandoned. It proposes measures as important as varied to make the institution
more transparent while also maintaining the authority and prestige necessary for the proper administration
of justice.
Country : Guinea Conakry
Diop, Papa Momar . - Guide des archives du Sénégal colonial, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2011, 226 p.
Brief summary : A guide to the French colonial archives in Senegal preserved in the main building of the
Archives of Senegal in Dakar. It provides an insight into reflecting both the institution in charge of records
management and the holdings themselves.
Country : Senegal
Gnakpa, Vincent . - La gestion des ressources humaines : Comprendre les principes essentiels, Abidjan, Afrique
Challenge Editions, 2011, 202 p.
Brief summary : This book is intended for human resources managers, teachers, consultants and students. It
includes guides and tables ready for use.
Country : Côte d’Ivoire
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ECONOMICS AND DEVELOPMENT
Amouzou, Essè . - Aide et dépendance de l'Afrique noire, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2011, 265 p.
Brief summary : Black Africa, despite its enormous natural wealth, is the continent that depends on an
eternal support. There are voices questioning this paradoxical phenomenon that may
create negative effects of unlimited length with all its attendant miseries.
Country : Togo
Dioubaté, Badara . - Bonne gouvernance et problématique de la dette en Afrique : Le cas de la Guinée, Paris,
L'Harmattan, 2011, 314 p.
Brief summary : Is good governance a factor of development ? This book reflects the changes and
developments in the content of reforms driven by the IMF and the World Bank and by national economic
policies consistent with the development options of countries like Guinea in the post-structural adjustment
period.
Country : Guinea Conakry
Camara, Mamadi . - Où va la Guinée ? : Mémorandum à un ami pour sauver notre pays, Paris, L'Harmattan,
2011, 194 p.
Brief summary : In this book the author summarizes the result of years of reflection on the political choices of
key governments that have succeeded in Guinea and their negative impact on the lives of the people despite
the immense and diversified wealth of the country. Far from any activism, the author opts for a pragmatic
alternative theory based on current economic thought and draws lessons from best practices observed both
in countries of the subregion of West Africa than in developed countries.
Country : Guinea Conakry
Communauté Urbaine de Nouakchott . - Infrastructures et services urbains, Saint-Etienne, France,
Communauté Urbaine de Nouakchott, 2011, 71 p.
Brief summary : Series of texts and maps with urban services in the city of Nouakchott, the capital of the
Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
Country : Mauritania
Kpolo, Dominique Mapri . - Gestion des filières agricoles en Côte d'Ivoire : de la stabilité des prix à la
régulation, Abidjan, EDUCI, 2011, 199 p.
Brief summary : This book addresses the issue of management of agricultural sectors in Côte d'Ivoire.
Country : Côte d'Ivoire
Lokossou, Bernardin . - Comment obtenir plus de dix rejets sains de bananiers en six mois à partir d'un seul
rejet ?, Cotonou, Institut National des Recherches agricoles du Bénin, 2011, 42 p.
Brief summary : Development of techniques for increasing the production of bananas.Benin
Country : Benin
Lompo, Olivier . - Burkina Faso : Pour une nouvelle planification territoriale et environnementale,
Ouagadougou, L'Harmattan, 2011, 327 p.
Brief summary : This book deals with a new territorial and environmental planning in Burkina Faso.
Country : Burkina Faso
Mensah, Serge E.P. - La conduite de l'élevage des poulets locaux au sud du Bénin, Cotonou, Institut National
des Recherches agricoles du Bénin, 2011, 37 p.
Search result in improved practices of local chicken farm in southern Benin
Country : Benin
Wélé, Abou . - La fiscalité des systèmes financiers décentralisés (SFD) au Sénégal, Paris, L'Harmattan , 2011,
235 p.
Brief summary : In this book the author sets out with teaching the main tax provisions applicable
to decentralized financial systems and reference texts on which they are based.
Country : Senegal
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EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
Diallo, Alfa Oumar . - Apprendre et enseigner autrement en Afrique : Pratiques et recherches éducatives en
chimie en Guinée-Conakry Tome 1, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2011, 226 p.
Brief summary : This book recalls the techniques and tools for teaching and learning in schools and presents
concepts to construct knowledge. It addresses the modeling but more learning and teaching of chemistry
with the objectives and directional axes in high schools and colleges of Guinea.
Country : Guinea Conakry
Diallo, Alfa Oumar . - Apprendre et enseigner autrement en Afrique : Pratiques et recherches éducatives en
chimie en Guinée-Conakry Tome 2, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2011, 160 p.
Brief summary : This book describes the methodology of educational research and practices of chemistry
research in Guinea. It also studies the use of ICT and presents the resolution of an exercise in chemistry by the
didactic approach.
Country : Guinea Conakry
Dembélé, Awa Bakoroba . - Mon premier alphabet, , Bamako, Les Editions Manding, 2011, 100 p.
Brief summary : This book illustrated in color is intended to guide the first steps of the child in learning to
write.
Country : Mali
Dembélé, Awa Bakoroba . - Ma première lecture, Bamako, Les Editions Manding, 2011, 61 p.,
Brief summary : This lavishly illustrated book for preschool gives the child the basics of learning to read.
Country : Mali
Dieng, Amady Aly . - Histoire des organisations d'étudiants en France (1900-1950), Paris, L'Harmattan , 2011,
244 p.
Brief summary : History of the African Student Organizations in France from 1900 to1950.
Country : Senegal
Gbikpi-Benissan, Francois. - Le système scolaire au Togo sous mandat français : Sa mise en place (Volume 1),
Paris, L'Harmattan, 2011, 281 p.
Brief summary : The author denies the scope of the French school in Togo as an engine of sustainable
development as its education systems are in structural mismatch with the cultural values, the needs and the
environment of Togo. He calls for the development of effective and strictly African education policies.
Country : Togo
Gbikpi-Benissan, Francois . - Le système scolaire au Togo sous mandat français : Son adaptation à la société
colonisée (Volume 2), Paris, L'Harmattan, 2011, 274 p.
Brief summary : The author argues that the ideology conveyed by the school system in Togo under French
mandate focuses on the civilizing mission of France, "rich and powerful" and the debt owed to it by
the colonized peoples. This has dug a big gap between school and previous generations
Country : Togo
Hellweg, Joseph . - Anthropologie : Les premiers pas : introduction à la modélisation et aux méthodes de la
recherche qualitative en sciences sociales, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2011, 170 p.
Brief summary : This book offers an approach to modeling, methodology, theory and writing a research
project, from its conception to its completion through the literature, the implementation on the ground and
the analysis of information. This is an introduction to the methodological literature in cultural anthropology.
The book follows the experiences of teaching and research of an American anthropologist in West Africa.
Country : Guinea Conakry
Kpelly, Luc Fernand . - Parler et écrire sans fautes, Cotonou, Editions ONIP, 2011, 244 p.
Brief summary : A tool to speak and write in French.
Country : Benin
Ould Hamdeit, Mohamed Lekbayd . - L'enseignement en Mauritanie, de la Mahadra à l'école : Quel cursus
pour la formation des élites ?, Nouakchott, At the Author, 2011, 115 p.
Brief summary : History of education policies in Mauritania with an enhancement of the traditional schools
called Mahadra.
Country : Mauritania
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HISTORY
Bilé, Serge. - Quand les Noirs avaient des esclaves blancs, Abidjan, Kofiba Editions, 2011, 127 p.
Brief summary : This book is a great moment of history that debunks the myths and clichés about "the
African man who would never really entered history" as claimed by a European president
Country : Côte d'Ivoire
Boiro, Al Hadj Alseny . - Contribution à la connaissance de l'histoire du Badiar : Koundara, Guinée
Paris, L'Harmattan, 2011, 65 p.
Brief summary : The region of Badiar includes the urban district of Koundara and some sub-prefectures. This
book deals with the geography and population of the region. It also presents Badiar before and after the
Independence of Guinea.
Country : Guinea Conakry
Gado, Boureïma Alpha . - Miroir du passé (Tome 2) : Niamey Garin Kaptan Salma - Histoire d'une ville au cœur
du Sahel , Niamey, Nouvelle Imprimerie du Niger, 2011, 74 p.
This book tells the story of Niamey, a small village that became the capital of Niger. It addresses issues of its
current organization and the major problems of city life.
Country : Niger
Ideidbi, Mohamed Salem . - Mauritanie : La richesse d'une nation, Nouakchott, Al Manar, 2011, 238 p.
Brief summary : General historical monograph of Mauritania with a demonstration of the spiritual aspect of
medieval and colonial history.
Country : Mauritania
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INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION
Dosseh, Kocou Alain . - Une éthique de la communication : Réflexions sur la pratique actuelle de la
communication, Cotonou, Editions Francis Aupiais, 2011, 167 p.
Brief summary : This book deals with ethics in the field of communication and invites to reflection on the
current practice of communication
Contry : Benin
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung . - Baromètre des médias africains : Première analyse locale du paysage médiatique en
Afrique Guinée 2011, Abidjan, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 2011, 120 p.
This document describes the media environment in Guinea. This is the result of the work of a commission of
experts.
Country : Guinea Conakry
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LINGUISTICS
Camara, Mamadou . Parlons Malinké, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2011, 270 p.
Brief summary : This book is for anyone who wants to get in touch with the Mandingo people encountered in
Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone, Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso. This book is also
for those who want to know the culture of the Malinke, Bambara, Dioula and understand certain aspects of
an African language widely used in West Africa.
Country : Guinea Conakry
Gbaguidi, Julien K.- Livret de programmation neuro-linguistique (PNL) pour réussir sa vie : Eléments de
communication efficace, Cotonou, Les Editions Weziza, 2011, 87 p.
Brief summary : In this book the author offers a practical language of communication that he has obviously
experienced.
Country : Benin
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LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY
Adamou, Ali Mazou dit Bachir . - Darga, le revenant, Niamey, Afrique Lecture, 2011, 100 p.
Brief summary : Darga is the story of a teacher whose normal course of life is fading following a stay in
prison. Given up for dead, he returns to the village to everyone's surprise. Unfortunately this return
announces a life of anguish because he is suffering from AIDS and is rejected by his family.
Country : Niger
Ag Doho, Sidi Alamine . - Chagrin nomade, Bamako, La Sahélienne/L'Harmattan, 2011, 120 p.
Brief summary : The author's journey through childhood memories that remind him of the sand dunes and
nomad camps.
Country : Mali
Agne, Abdoulaye . - La poule bénie de la mariée, Paris, L'Harmattan , 2011, 149 p.
Brief summary : This novel recounts the marriage of Coumba, a girl born in Dakar, a city where traditional
cultural values are violated by modernity. By the way the author makes a colorful painting of the unusual
places that we go through every day without really seeing them, and where tradition is still alive despite the
attacks of new techniques of modern life.
Country : Senegal
Akigbé, Jaurès . - La rançon de l'amour, Cotonou, Les Editions Soleil levant, 2011, 110 p.
Brief summary : According to the publisher, this book is a literary challenge to the African tradition
Country : Benin
Assiba-Akakpo, Claudine . - Cris de Hoingni : Poèmes de paix, Lomé, Grapp, 2011, 62 p.
Brief summary : Collection of poems dedicated to peace, this book also reflects the commitment of the author
along with the women. These are cries of outrage for a woman undergoing female circumcision or the daily
plight of the widow. The deeds of heroes and martyrs are not far behind.
Country : Togo
Atcha, Philip Amangoua . - La création romanesque chez William Sassine, Paris, L'Harmattan,
2011, 252 p.
This book presents the fundamentals of writing by the Guinean William Sassine who appears to be an
iconoclastic writer. His quest of a free and innovative writing made him one of the representatives of the
generation known as the "new African novelists."
Country : Guinea Conakry
Auteurs de Mauritanie . - Quand la sève devient lait, Lecce, Italy, I sognatori, 2011, 121 p.
Brief summary : Stories and poems by Mauritanian writers.
Country : Mauritania
Bâ, Abdoul . - Traits de conscience négro-africaine, Bamako, Editions Jamana, 2011, 42 p.
Brief summary : By poetic expression the author demonstrates the role and place of the nation in the
development of Africa and its contribution to the world. It is in this work to reconsider the nation and the
African consciousness.
Country : Mali
Compaoré, François . - Le vent emportait nos rires et les oiseaux nous répondaient en écho, Ouagadougou,
L'Harmattan, 2011, 118 p.
Brief summary : This is a love story that ends badly for the young lovers who will die of AIDS
Country : Burkina Faso
Coulibaly, Abdoul Salam . – Nassoun, Bamako, Editions Jamana, 2011, 144 p.
Brief summary : This is the story of a family very attached to the customs. The heroine is a widow with three
children which her parents would give in marriage to the younger brother of her deceased husband. The
author discusses here the issue of wife inheritance with all its consequences.
Country : Mali
Diallo, Ibrahim . - Contre vents et marées (envers et contre tout), Ouagadougou, Imprimerie AIMT, 2011, 127
p.
Brief summary : Collection of five novels on the ceaseless struggle for survival.
Country : Burkina Faso
Doucouré, Boubou . - Soundjata, fils du Mandé, Bamako, Les Editions Baudelaire, 2011, 141 p.
Brief summary : Another version of the fabulous story of Sundiata Keita, founder of the Mali Empire. This
book written in a fictional form gives insight into the character of Soudjata, son of the "Mande".
Country : Mali
Dussey, Robert . - Une comédie sous les tropiques, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2011, 256 p.
Brief summary : The author tells the story of a young man who has had an exceptional destiny. Having
acceded to power through a coup, he became President of the Republic of Korodu and he engages in a daily
television show. Not understanding the march of history, this savior of the nation is now considered a tyrant.
How long will he remain in power?
Country : Togo
Efoui, Kossi . - L'ombre des choses à venir, Paris, Editions du Seuil, 2011, 157 p.
Brief summary : The author tells the endless story in which lying is combined with the violence of
arms. A dazzling book and a visionary backdrop of racial melancholia, absolute derision and desperate
generosity.
Country : Togo
Fall, Takia Nafissatou . - Comme un ciel d'hivernage : Roman, Paris, L'Harmattan , 2011, 161 p.
Brief summary : Married with great pomp at the age of twenty, Taybatou Ndiaye was swimming
in a boundless happiness.But soon she will go from happiness to misery because of a succession of events in
her daily life. This book will not leave indifferent any woman who recognize through the character and each
man will understand more about the other half of humanity.
Country : Senegal
Faré, Noun . - La sirène des bas-fonds, Lomé, Editions Awoudy, 2011, 60 p.
Brief summary : In this small book, the author emphasizes the great adaptability of the woman who he
believes is due to itswillingness to suffer especially when it comes to love.
Country : Togo
Faye, Mame Ngoné . - Epaves oniriques, Paris, L'Harmattan , 2011, 65 p.
Brief summary : Collection of poems.
Country : Senegal
Guissé, Ameth . - Femmes dévouées, femmes aimantes, Paris, L'Harmattan , 2011, 237 p.
Brief summary : Through two women with different backgrounds, this novel paints the picture of a society
trapped in values between reason, passion and interest. The book highlights the flaws of a society where the
lure of money and the consuming passion of love show ingratitude in its most abject.
Country : Senegal
Isselmou Ould Abdel Kader . - Le Muezzin de Sarandougou, Nouakchott, Editions de la Librairie 15/21, 2011,
223 p.
Brief summary : The peaceful speech of a muezzin, the action of a soldier, the love of a Bedouin woman, the
generosity of a rancher, the endurance of a student thwart the conspiracy of governments at a tragic
moment of the history of a multi-ethnic people.
Country : Mauritania
Kantéka, Mountaga Fané . - Epître à Tounkaranké, prisonnier de l'exil, Bamako, At the author, 2011, 88 p.
Brief summary : A series of nostalgic poems through which the author describes the difficulties encountered
by an emigrant, his bitterness, his memories, his daily battle far from home.
Country : Mali
Keïta, Amadou . - Les roues du destin, Bamako, Editions PUM, 2011, 101 p.
Brief summary : The author looks at the Malian society in an era of political, economic and social changes.
Country : Mali
Keïta, Raphaël . - Recueil de poèmes choisis, Bamako, RAME Impression, 2011, 28 p.
Brief summary : Collection of poems
Country : Mali
Kpogodo, Bernardin H.-Morphologie et fonctionnalité du conte africain, Cotonou, Editions Plumes Soleil, 2011,
206 p.
Brief summary : Essay on the morphology and functionality of the African tale.
Country : Benin
Mensah-Amendah, Rita . - Faits divers et d'espoir : Nouvelles, Lomé, Les éditions Graines de Pensées, 2011,
189 p.
Brief summary : The novel deals mainly with marital problems, violence within the family and, to a lesser
extent, tribalism. Despite these problems the author believes in partnership between men and women
Country : Togo
Miessan Ankon, Justin . - Tombe nuptiale, Abidjan, Les Classiques ivoiriens, 2011, 82 p.
T Brief summary : his is the story of unrequited love between an adventurer and the daughter of his host
family
Country : Côte d’Ivoire
Morin, Nicole . - Entre-Deux : Roman, Paris, L'Harmattan , 2011, 263 p.
Brief summary : Through their love story, between art and education, tradition and modernity, Moussa and
Anne struggle in the slag of slavery and colonization. They face the topicality, the ambiguity of NGOs, the
doubts of immigration and sneaky racism, looking for a balance where everyone has his place.
Country : Guinea Conakry
Neer-Songo . - Mon petit livre vert : Un enfant qui sème une graine attire la pluie, Koupéla, Burkina Faso,
Plumes du Faso, 2011, 26 p.
Brief summary : This little green book contributes to environmental education.
Country : Burkina Faso
Ngaïdé, Abderrahmane . - Les voix abyssales de Bissau ou les douleurs de la mémoire : Récit, Paris,
L'Harmattan , 2011, 69 p.
Brief summary : This story recounts a journey into the subconscious surprised by fatigue and sleep
deprivation. The memory is trapped in these lines where fear, anxiety and thinking fight for the issue of
remaining consciousness . This book should be read as evidence of an irrational experience that almost set
itself up as absolute truth.
Country : Senegal
Ouedraogo, Nakaosgnimdi Youssouf . - Destin à trois chemins, Ouagadougou, Editions Jethro SA, 2011, 73 p.
Brief summary : This novel recounts the life of a child thrown into the street where he will use any means to
survive.
Country : Burkina Faso
Ouoro, Justin . - Poétique des cinémas d'Afrique noire francophone, Ouagadougou, Presse universitaire de
Ouagadougou (PUO), 2011, 271 p.
Brief summary : Poetics of French-speaking black African film
Country : Burkina Faso
Prudencio, Eustache A.- Amours sonnantes et trébuchantes, Cotonou, Les Editions du Flamboyant, 2011, 161
p.
Brief summary : Collection of short stories
Country : Benin
Souza, Alexandre de . - Rêves d'Afrique : Contes illustrés, Lyon, France, Ed. AFNOD, 2011, 37 p.
T Brief summary : Through these stories, the author shows that in the education of our children the values of
solidarity, mutual support, honesty and respect should prevail over violence and all the non-values of today's
society.
Country : Togo
Talibo, Ismael . – Déchirure, Niamey, Editions Awoudy, 2011, 127 p.
Brief summary : Through the story of two families, the author describes the picture of Africa after
independence: hesitation and groping on democracy, dictatorships, coups, etc..
Country : Niger
Tiado, Issoufou . - Le lion, un chasseur redoutable, Niamey, Editions Afrique Lecture, 2011, 63 p.
Brief summary : The book is an apologia of courage and tenacity through the true story of a brave officer of
the army of Niger
Country : Niger
Togora, Salimata . - Deny et Dénistar suivi de Un 31 décembre, Bamako, La Sahélienne, 2011, 35 p.
Brief summary : Deny a serious young woman aged 28 is the opposite of Dénistar a prostitute. The first lives
with her parents while the second lives in the street where she is looking for clients.
Country : Mali
Traoré, Adama . - Le petit théâtre du Farfadet suivi de La messe est dite, Bamako, La Sahélienne, 2011, 81 p.
Brief summary : Contract not met or revised upwards, greed host face with what he hoped to draw from his
field. In this play, the expectation of a leader for the inauguration of a monument sufficient to give rise to
jealousies and fears.
Country : Mali
Traoré, Ismaïla Samba . - Retour au Mali, Bamako, La Sahélienne, 2011, 82 p.
Brief summary : Homesick for every child marked by memories, images with a mixture of doubt. An
expatriate posing a look half love, half-bitter on his country, a woman trapped in the system, a veteran lost
in his regrets.
Country : Mali
Vondoly, Kodzo Adzewoda .- L'hymne d'un prince sans royaume : Poèmes, Lomé, Editions Awoudy, 2011, 115
p.
After getting searched and searched through tears, disappointments and regrets that are above all shouts
of freedom, the author denounces corruption, recklessness, breach of trust and violation of human rights
Country : Togo
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NATURE, ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH
Aké-Assi, Laurent . - Abrégé de médecine et pharmacopée africaines : Quelques plantes employées
traditionnellement dans la couverture des soins de santé primaire, Abidjan, NEI-CEDA, 2011, 157 p.
Brief summary : This book is a compendium of African medicine and pharmacopoeia
Country : Côte d’Ivoire
Hodonou, Germain . - Le système de santé du Bénin : état et perspectives, s.l, At the author, 2011, 133 p.
Brief summary : State and prospects of the health system in Benin
Country : Benin
Tolognon, Noël Issa A.- Maison de la sagesse et des savoirs endogènes appliqués, Porto-Novo, Impr. Plume de
Dieu, 2011, 58 p.
Brief summary : Book on traditional medicine.
Country : Benin
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POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Adjovi, Héribert-Label . - La diplomatie béninoise à l'ère du changement, Cotonou, Secrep Impressions, 2011,
114 p.
Brief summary : This book traces the path and opens up new projects for a Benin efficient diplomacy.
Country : Benin
Association des municipalités du Burkina Faso (AMBF) . - La place des femmes aux élections municipales,
Ouagadougou, Fédération canadienne des municipalités, Projet d'appui à la consolidation de la
décentralisation (PACD), 2011, 39 p.
Brief summary : The place of women in municipal elections
Country : Burkina Faso
Choubade, Arimyaou . - Réponse béninoise au défi de l'alternance politique en Afrique : L'union fait la nation
L'Hay-les-roses, France, Les Editions Ibidun, 2011, 181 p.
Brief summary : This book covers all aspects of the struggle for power, power relations and ideas leading to
the reforms expected by the people.
Country : Benin
Davodoun, Comlan Cyr . - Présidentielles 2011 au Bénin : Le knock out (k.-o.), Cotonou, Editions Ruisseaux
d'Afrique, 2011, 102 p.
Brief summary : Book on the 2011 presidential election in Benin.
Country : Benin
Dia, Khassimou . - Pour une alternance générationnelle : l'humanisme, Paris, L'Harmattan , 2011, 85 p.
Brief summary : In this book the author attempts to convince the reader, with many arguments, that only
the alternation by a young generation of politicians will put the country on the path of development. This
objective can not be achieved without recourse to humanism.
Country : Senegal
Diallo, Boubacar Yacine . - La Guinée, un demi-siècle de politique (1945-2008) : Trois hommes, trois destins,
Paris, L'Harmattan Guinée, 2011, 305 p.
Brief summary : Three politicians have dominated the political scene in Guinea from 1945 to 2008. This book
returns to this period divided into three stages: Yacine Diallo from 1945 to 1954, Ahmed Sekou Toure from
1958 to 1984 and Lansana Conté from 1984 to 2008.
Country : Guinea Conakry
Diawara, Daba . - La conquête de l'indépendance et l'édification du nouvel Etat du Mali : Etude documentaire
Tome 1, Bamako, Editions Tropics, 2011, 444 p.
The work here that is the first volume lists all the legal texts of creation of the State of Mali and the
foundations of major administrative decisions.
Country : Mali
Diawara, Daba . - La conquête de l'indépendance et l'édification du nouvel Etat du Mali : Etude documentaire
Tome 2, Bamako, Editions Tropics, 2011, 437 p.
Brief summary : This second volume lists all the legal texts of creation of the State of Mali and the
foundations of major administrative decisions.
Country : Mali
Fofana, Mamadou Lamine . - Maître Abdoulaye Wade - Sa vision libérale de la gouvernance, Dakar,
L'Harmattan, 2011, 267 p.
Brief summary : This book is an analysis of the liberal vision of governance by Mr. Abdoulaye Wade,
President of the Republic of Senegal from 2000 to 2012.
Country : Senegal
Hounkanrin, Luc-Martin . - Pour la nouvelle république : Bénin-Afrique : Démocratie consensuelle, Cotonou,
Star Editions, 2011, 180 p.
Brief summary : The views of the author on the foundations of a new republic oriented consensual
democracy.
Country : Benin
Kaudjhis-Offoumou, Françoise . - Femme, genre et pouvoir en Afrique, Abidjan, NEI-CEDA, 2011, 323 p.
Brief summary : This book provides the historical events that have raised awareness of the need for
participation of women in decision-making and the exercise of power in Africa.
Country : Côte d’Ivoire
Kerekou, Moïse Tchando . - Union africaine et processus d'intégration, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2011, 147 p.
Brief summary : Diagnostic study of the institutions of the African Union.
Country : Benin
Lewin, André . - Ahmed Sékou Touré (1922-1984) Président de la Guinée - Tome 8 : Annexes, chronologie et
photos, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2011, 334 p.
Brief summary : This last volume is used to illustrate or explain certain aspects of life and personality of the
late guinean leader. It contains a detailed description of the relations between De Gaulle and Sekou Toure
and a long interview with the author after the death of Sekou Toure. It has a bibliography, a detailed
chronology of the life and work of Sekou Toure. This volume is complemented by a CD of a hundred pictures
showing Sekou Toure at various stages in his private life and his public career.
Country : Guinea Conakry
Ministère de la Défense nationale . - Colloque international "Armée et Pouvoir politique dans la gouvernance
démocratique au Niger", Niamey, Imprimerie Bon Béri, 2011, 300 p.
Brief summary : This document is a reflection conducted on the root causes of political and institutional
instability in Niger. Proposals are made for the stabilization of the democratic system hampered by recurrent
crisis.
Country : Niger
Papa Nouveau, Jean Benoît . - Côte d'Ivoire : La source sacrée, l'éléphant et la nécessité du renouveau :
Comprendre pour agir, Abidjan, NEI/CEDA, 2011, 307 p.
Brief summary : This book is a message of awareness of the Ivorian crisis and the urgent need for renewal.
Country : Côte d'Ivoire
Souaré, Ahmed Tidiane . - A mon tour de parler : Entretiens avec Cheikh Yérim Seck, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2011,
225 p.
Brief summary : Former prime minister and moderate politician, Ahmed Tidiane Souare speaks in this book of
interviews in which he recounts through his personal career, recent political history of his country.
Country : Guinea Conakry
Souaré, Ahmed Tidiane . - Les Discours : Une vision et un combat pour la réconciliation nationale, la
démocratie et la bonne gouvernance, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2011, 211 p.
Brief summary : The author of this book is the last prime minister of the late President Lassana Conte who
died in December 2008. He gathers here his speeches as Prime Minister.
Country : Guinea Conakry
Sy, Alpha Amadou . - L'Afrique et le défi républicain : Une lecture des élections sénégalaises de 2009, Paris,
L'Harmattan , 2011, 269 p.
In this book the author discusses on how, in Senegal, after the parenthesis in 2007, the Tarpeian rock was
given to the agenda by citizens in 2009. Much by the nature of the issues it raises than the spirit that it
pervades, this book is an important contribution to the understanding, among other things, of the immense
challenges of the forthcoming elections in Africa south of Sahara.
Country : Senegal
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SOCIETY AND CULTURE (Religion, Arts, Sports)
Adade, K. Aménouvévé Bruno . - Les problèmes sexuels du couple marié : Approches de solutions, Lomé,
Imprimerie la Fraternité, 2011, 229 p.
Brief summary : In this book on the art of love and sexuality of the married couple, the author discusses the
various approaches to sexual problems and their solutions. This is a handbook for couples suffering from
sexual discord and misery.
Country : Togo
Aichetou Mint Ahmedou . - La couleur du vent : Il était une fois à Nouakchott, Nouakchott, Editions de la
Librairie 15/21, 2011, 423 p.
Brief summary : This novel is a simplified but comprehensive presentation of Mauritanian society, its ancient
and contemporary history, beliefs, religion, superstitions, traditions, temptations, hesitations,
ambivalences, values and sense of honor. A tasty slow pace in the narration so typical of the oral tradition of
a certain region.
Country : Mauritania
Amouzou, Essè . - Histoire critique de la sociologie, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2011, 313 p.
Brief summary : In this book, the author leaves the reader appreciate the methods and theories that underpin
the analysis in sociology. He also highlights the multiple methodological and structural ways in sociology.
Country : Togo
Boyer, Alain-Michel. - Le sacré, le secret : Les Wan Mona et Koyaka de Côte d'Ivoire, Paris, Editions Hazan,
2011, 175 p.
Brief summary : This book invites to discover the Wan, the Mona and the Koyake, minority peoples in Côte
d'Ivoire, whose art and culture are ignored by most of their countrymen and the world.
Country : Côte d’Ivoire
Conférence épiscopale du Bénin . - Benoit XVI-Bénin 2011 : Eglise d'Afrique au servive de la réconciliation, de la
justice et de la paix, Cotonou, Editions La Croix du Bénin, 2011, 114 p.
Brief summary : Post-Synodal apostolic exhortation
Country : Benin
Diabaté, Modibo . - Jésus a-t-il dit la vérité à ses juges ?, Bamako, Edilivre, 2011, 376 p.
Brief summary : A fiction through which the author tries to revisit history by re-trial of Jesus. Did Jesus tell the
truth to his judges?
Country : Mali
Diabaté, Modibo . - Et si le sang ne s'arrêtait pas ?, Bamako, Edilivre, 2011, 303 p.
Brief summary : This book exposes the recurrent issue of genital mutilation and its consequences in Africa
particularly in Mali.
Country : Mali
Gbedjinou, Rodrigue . - Benoit XVI au Bénin : Aube nouvelle pour l'Afrique, Cotonou, Editions Francis Aupiais,
2011, 121 p.
Brief summary : Book of testimony about the life of Pope Benedict XVI. What can this testimony bring to the
African renaissance?
Country : Benin
Hormat-Allah, Moussa . - Mohamed le vrai visage du Prophète de l'Islam : Face à la critique, Nouakchott,
Imprimerie Nationale, 2011, 169 p.
Brief summary : This is a compilation of critical comments on the work entitled "Mohamed, le vrai visage du
Prophète."
Country : Mauritania
Hormat-Allah, Moussa . - L'Islam, l'Occident et la violence, Nouakchott, At the author, 2011, 455 p.
Brief summary : Advocacy referring back to radical islamists and Western extremists, this book discusses the
challenges facing the Islamic world.
Country : Mauritania
Iffono, Aly Gilbert . - Naître, vivre et mourir en pays Kisi précolonial : Essai d'anthropologie sociale et culturelle,
Paris, L'Harmattan, 2011, 235 p.
Brief summary : Social and cultural anthropology of the kisi people during the pre-colonial period.
Country : Guinea Conakry
Institut national de la statistique et de la démographie . - Analyse complémentaire sur le travail des enfants
âgés de 5 à 14 ans au Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, Institut national de la statistique et de la démographie,
2011, 66 p.
Brief summary : Further analysis on child labor involving children aged 5 to 14 years in Burkina Faso
Country : Burkina Faso
Institut national de la statistique et de la démographie . - Rapport d'analyse de l'enquête qualitative sur le
travail des enfants dans la ville de Ouagadougou, Ouagadougou, Direction de la Démographie, 2011, 59 p.
Brief summary : Analysis results of the qualitative survey on child labor in the city of Ouagadougou
Country : Burkina Faso
Kpognon, Stanislas Y.- A la rencontre de Benoit XVI : Une propédeutique, Cotonou, Star Editions, 2011, 118 p.
Brief summary : Essay on the personality of Pope Benedict XVI.
Country : Benin
Loko, Edouard . - Abdoulaye Issa trop tôt à Setto…, Cotonou, Les Editions Sinaï, 2011, 108 p.
Brief summary : Biographical work
Country : Benin
Magassa, Hamidou . - Une autre face de Ségou : Anthropologie du Patronat Malien, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2011,
190 p.
Brief summary : This book tells the story and the journey of one of the biggest traders of Mali, from his
beginnings from the colonial period to now.
Country : Mali
Mahaman, Baoua . - La nouvelle génération d'Africains : Quand les idéalistes d'hier plient face au système,
Paris, L'Harmattan, 2011, 98 p.
Brief summary : This book is an expression of regret over the situation in Africa. Regret to see a generation of
former students who fought the system of governance when they were on the benches of the University and
who now excel in the looting of public funds.
Country : Niger
Maïga, Fatoumata . - Mali : 50 ans de parcours de Femme, Bamako, Edicef-Médias, 2011, 208 p.
Brief summary : Here is a background paper on women in Mali, from the country's independence to the
celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the State of Mali.
Country : Mali
M'Gboouna, Rigobert Koudjoulma . - Babaka Birrégah Maloba, Chef supérieur des Losso : L"homme et son
action, Lomé, Les éditions Graines de Pensées, 2011, 175 p.
Brief summary : The author pays tribute to Babaka Birrégah Maloba, a former military policeman in German
colonial army, one of the historical figures who, by their bold actions, have enabled Togo to reach the ranks
of an independent and sovereign country
Country : Togo
Neer-Songo . - Les dix droits de l'enfant : Théâtre éducatif sur les droits de l'enfant, Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso,
Plumes du Faso, 2011, 36 p.
Brief summary : Educational theater on the Rights of the Child
Country : Burkina Faso
Neer-Songo . - Le petit burkinabè : Education civique, Kaya, Burkina Faso, Plumes du Faso, 2011, 32 p.
Brief summary : Civic education book for youth in Burkina Faso.
Country : Burkina Faso
Sawadogo, Yambangba Alfred . - La chefferie coutumière à la croisée des chemins, Ouagadougou,
L'Harmattan, 2011, 131 p.
Brief summary : This book addresses the current role of chiefdoms in the administrative organization of
Burkina Faso with some insights into the situation in neighboring countries.
Country : Burkina Faso
Traoré dit Diop, Abdou . - Comment meurt l'autre Mali, Bamako, L'Harmattan/La Sahélienne, 2011, 78 p.
Brief summary : After 50 years of independence, half of Mali is dying because of the falsehood of the social
contract. The author exposes the inability of politicians to initiate real development.
Country : Mali
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