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Ketil Fred Hansen
Hansen has a PhD in African history. He is a regular contributor to Modern Times Review.
  • Le franc CFA

    A good value for money?

    AFRICA: There is intense debate in France and French-speaking Africa about the use of the CFA monetary unit.

  • Private Security in Africa

    Security for sale

    AFRICA: The security agents on the continent occasionally contribute to security for certain people in specific areas, but they also mix roles.

  • Elitist liberalism + mass nationalism = truth

    To political scientist Jean François Bayart, globalising and development are complementary processes.

  • Les inégalités environnementales

    Organic dumping

    ENVIRONMENT: German Ulrich Beck claimed 30 years ago that environmental destruction is democratic as it affects us all equally. In a new book, this statement is heavily criticised.

  • L'impasse national-libérale: Globalisation et repli identitaire

    Elite liberalism + mass nationalism = true

    GLOBALISATION: For political scientist Jean François Bayart, globalisation and the development of national identity are complementary processes.

  • The Rise of Africa's Middle Class

    The middle class without resources

    AFRICA: A solid academic work where all writers are critical – in part, very critical – to this understanding of the African middle class.

  • Afroopia Felwine Sarr

    Africa on African terms

    AFRICA: It is a paradox that Africa is assessed in relation to Europe rather than being compared to itself and its own values.

  • Living by the Gun in Chad: Combatants, Impunity and State Formation

    The unpleasant truth

    AFRICA: For those who want to understand the political complexity of sub-Saharan Africa.

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