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How Africans see their Past (part 2)
10/06/2010 - THE DEBATE

How Africans see their Past (part 2)

When Africans themselves tell the story of their past... what do they see? Shortly after his election in 2007, French president Nicolas Sarkozy gave a controversial speech in Senegal's capital, where he blasted Africans for "staying outside history"… How do Africans see their own past, through the eyes of their village, their tribe, their ethnic group, their country, or the prism of the former colonial powers?
How Africans see their Past
10/06/2010 - THE DEBATE

How Africans see their Past

When Africans themselves tell the story of their past... what do they see? Shortly after his election in 2007, French president Nicolas Sarkozy gave a controversial speech in Senegal's capital, where he blasted Africans for "staying outside history"… How do Africans see their own past, through the eyes of their village, their tribe, their ethnic group, their country, or the prism of the former colonial powers?
How to face the past? (2nd part)
28/10/2009 - THE FRANCE 24 DEBATE

How to face the past? (2nd part)

The French Republic has always had a top-down approach to history and what’s part and parcel of the country’s collective memory. What’s the trend on such painful episodes as the Nazi occupation, the slave trade, and the Algerian War of independence?
How to face the past?
28/10/2009 - THE FRANCE 24 DEBATE

How to face the past?

The French Republic has always had a top-down approach to history and what’s part and parcel of the country’s collective memory. What’s the trend on such painful episodes as the Nazi occupation, the slave trade, and the Algerian War of independence?
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