In this conversation, Michelle Gavin (CFR), Rachel Beatty Riedl (Cornell University) and Bamba Ndiaye (Emory University) discuss the ongoing political crisis in Senegal. "On Saturday, February 3, Senegalese president Macky Sall informed the nation that he was postponing the presidential election scheduled for February 25. The move was necessary, he claimed, to prevent “a new crisis” from erupting over an ongoing conflict between the judiciary and parliament. It was a stunning and unexpected decree, roundly denounced by trade unions, religious institutions, the press, and citizens alike. It is also the culmination of the acute democratic backsliding that has characterized Senegal since the beginning of Sall’s second term in 2019. If unchecked, this constitutional putsch undeniably marks the demise of Senegalese democracy. Days before Sall’s weekend announcement, lawmakers from the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) and the ruling Benno Bok Yakkar (BBY) coalition accused two Constitutional Court judges of corruption. They allege that BBY’s presidential candidate, Prime Minister Amadou Ba, bribed two judges to eliminate a political opponent, PDS candidate Karim Wade, from the race."
Music: Mackycratie by Keur Gui Crew
Selected readings:
"The Demise of Senegalese Democracy" by Bamba Ndiaye
Restaurer la République (Texte collectif)
"Making Sense of Senegal's Constitution" by Catherine Lena Kelly
"Senegal's "Unraveling": President's Delay of Election Is Latest in String of Anti-Democratic Actions" www.democracynow.org
Insignificant Things: A Conversation with Matthew Rarey
Islam & Anarchism: A Conversation with Mohamed Abdou
Seeing the Unseen: A Conversation with Susan Elizabeth Gagliardi
Decolonizing the Mind: In Conversation with Ngūgī wa Thiong’o
PART-TWO: The Sentencing of Ousmane Sonko & Another Uprising in Senegal
PART-ONE: The Sentencing of Ousmane Sonko & Another Uprising in Senegal
PART-TWO: Why The Current Politico-Legal Unrest in Senegal?
PART-ONE: Why The Current Politico-Legal Unrest in Senegal?
Dispossession, Slavery and Inequality in West-Central Africa
Written Out of History: A Conversation with Joel Cabrita
Policing Social Activism in Africa
Opposing Apartheid on Stage: A Conversation With Historian Tyler Fleming
Discussing Scripts of Blackness with Dr. Noémie Ndiaye
Military Coup and Political Impasse in Burkina Faso
Challenging the Executive: Legislative Election in Senegal
Popular Uprising in Senegal: A Year Later
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The Muridiyya on the Move: Islam, Migration and Place Making
”Decolonizing Diasporas”: A Conversation with Dr. Figueroa-Vásquez
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