USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: lemonde article

"the arguments turn on the people's 

disappointment--not with western or 

french interventions per se 

………"

Ken, your reading and translation does not

 correlate with mine.

The title of the article summarizes

 the content accurately, namely,

that the students," betrayed "by the political 

elite, put their trust in the military junta.

That is the literal translation.

No embellishments, ifs and buts as

you imply. 

My favorite economist  Joan Robinson once

quipped that:

"The purpose of studying

 economics is not to acquire a set 

of ready-made answers to economic

 questions, but to learn how to 

avoid being deceived by 

economists."

We can say the same thing about

French, no doubt.

Professor Gloria Emeagwali
Prof. of History/African Studies, CCSU
africahistory.net; vimeo.com/ gloriaemeagwali
Recipient of the 2014 Distinguished Research
Excellence Award, Univ. of Texas at Austin;
2019 Distinguished Africanist Award
New York African Studies Association

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https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2022/01/28/au-burkina-faso-les-etudiants-trahis-par-les-elites-politiques-placent-leurs-espoirs-dans-la-junte_6111439_3212.html

Au Burkina Faso, les étudiants, « trahis » par les élites politiques, placent leurs espoirs dans la junte Au Burkina Faso, les étudiants, « trahis » par les élites politiques, placent leurs espoirs dans la junte Par Sophie Douce (Ouagadougou, correspondance). Publié hier à 19h00, mis à jour à ... www.lemonde.fr

i'm afraid many won't see this, or all of it. it is very interesting re our recent discussion. moses's point about african people wanting to find their own way without subservience to received western democracies is echoed somewhat here in students' statements. however, it is not in the mode of let's try new military dictatorships or autocracies, but new ways to frame our own democracy.

the arguments turn on the people's disappointment--not with western or french interventions per se, but with their failures to end the fighting and dangers up north that have destroyed the lives of vast numbers of burkinabe people. the govt failed to deliver security. if this new army group can do it, all the better. that's the bottom line.

if you all want me to copy and paste this piece, i can do so. but it is in french, so the value lies in what french readers might get from it.

ken

kenneth harrow

professor emeritus

dept of english

michigan state university

517 803-8839

harrow@msu.edu

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