Bøger af Lang Fafa Dampha

A young Gambian immigrant gives an account of the hardship he encountered through the Sahara Desert, in Libya and the Mediterranean before smuggling himself from Italy to France. In Paris, while hiding his identity as a "boat-migrant", he lived the contrasting philosophies of his fellows with regard to African reconstruction: hard Pan-Africanism versus staunch pro-Western. The story manifests the triviality of the attitude of most Africans with regards to African socio-economic rehabilitation. This story presents a world of tragedy, terror and futility, tempered by the voice of reason.

Sainy, a young Gambian immigrant arrives in Paris with high hopes for a better life. At first he faces a lot of immigration restrictions. He is later seduced by Fatou, a Gambian divorcée who madly falls in love with him, and they get married. Through the eyes of the protagonist, the reader discovers the purposefulness as well as purposelessness and realities as well as illusion surrounding the community of African immigrants living in France, marked by racism, treachery, jealousy...

A young Gambian immigrant gives an account of the hardship he encountered through the Sahara Desert, in Libya and the Mediterranean before smuggling himself from Italy to France. In Paris, while hiding his identity as a "boat-migrant", he lived the contrasting philosophies of his fellows with regard to African reconstruction: hard Pan-Africanism versus staunch pro-Western. The story manifests the triviality and purposelessness of the attitude of most Africans with regards to African socio-economic rehabilitation. This story presents a world of tragedy, terror and futility, tempered by the voice of reason.

After falling madly in love during his first year in Paris, Sainy and Fatou's marriage is initially successful, but as time goes on the man, and to a lesser extent, the woman both start behaving peculiarly from an African perspective, creating frictions to the point of almost irreparable damage. The story explores new things about African immigrants and shows how their home-grown values of culture, community and morality adapt in their new culture, for better or worse.

The United Nations Organisation was formed in the immediate post-World War II period to preserve and promote global peace and security, and cooperation as a factor of development after the devastating effects of the war. What is the concrete relationship between the United Nations Organisation and Africa? What are the roles of the United Nations Organisation in African reparation and development in a global perspective?

The Bretton Woods institutions were established after World War II to promote cooperation and free trade in goods and services in the world as a factor of reconstruction and development after the overwhelming effects of the war. What is the relationship between Sub-Saharan Africa and the Bretton Woods institutions? What are the roles of these institutions in African reparation?

Since the 19th century African-Americans have claimed reparation from the United States government for having enslaved their ancestors, but so far without the anticipated result. The African continent, through the OAU/AU, has also claimed compensation as reparation for the effects of the slave trades and colonialism. During the 2001 World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, organised under the auspices of the United Nations in Durban, South Africa, the issue of reparation, especially for slavery and colonialism was debated for the first time at international level, with the people of African descent reiterating their claims for reparation. Are these claims for reparation tangible? What are the lessons of Durban? What is the meaning of reparation in Sub-Saharan Africa's process of reconstruction and development?

Since the beginning of the slave trade, followed by colonisation and apartheid, African nationalism has been struggling to combat imperialism, strengthen African autonomy and independence and consequently promote sustainable development on the continent. However, after more than five decades of independence, sustainable reconstruction has not been in line with the aspiration of the African people. What is the essence of Nationalism and reconstruction in contemporary Africa in the context of globalisation?