Book
Signing Ceremony:
Pr Amady
Aly Dieng: Les Grands Combats de la FEANF (Fédération des Etudiants
d'Afrique Noire)
De Bandung aux Indépendances: 1955-1960.
WARC,
Dakar, 13 January 2010
On Wednesday, January 13, 2010, the West African Research
Center (WARC), in collaboration with the newly established
Dakar franchise of the L'Harmattan publishing house,
hosted the signing ceremony for the recently published
book by Senegalese man of letters, economist and essayist,
Dr Amady Aly Dieng , entitled "Les Grands Combats de
la FEANF (Federation des Etudiants d'Afrique Noire):
de Bandung aux Independances: 1955-1960"
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Mr Abdoulaye Diallo Director of L'Harmattan publishing
house
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After the words of welcome from
the Director of Warc and a statement from the local Director
of L'Harmattan pledging to strongly contribute to publishing
writings from Senegal and the rest of West Africa and
to further collaborate with the Center, the chair of the
session, Professor Boubacar Barry, gave the floor to Professor
Bouba Ly, a retired don of the Department of Philosophy
(Ucad). As Dieng's contemporary but also as a member of
the Feanf Board, Prof Ly shed light not only on the author's
personality and commitment to the advancement of panafricanism
and the independence of African territories during the
colonial period, but he also reviewed various episodes
of the life of Feanf as a militant organisation led by
young African students to fight imperialism, colonization,
segregation, oppression, among others...
Pr Amady Aly Dieng, Pr Boubacar Barry, Pr Bouba LY
and Dr Ousmane Sene (Warc Director) L-R.
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Prof Barry then embarked on a detailed
analysis of the substance of the book before leaving room
for author Amady Aly Dieng who answered questions, made
developments on a number of issues and wrapped it all
up by urging retired key actors of the Senegalese and
African political scene to commit their pens to papers,
write essays or memoirs to bequeath younger generation
with valuable written testimonials on contemporary African
history. The event was attended by no less than 91 people
including former ministers, political leaders, senior
civil servants, university professors, researchers, students
and media practitioners.
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Part of the audience |
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