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21 December 2022

Citizen Voice and the Arts: Opportunities and Challenges for Citizen–Policy Engagement on Environmental Issues in Sahelian West Africa

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

Citizen and policy groups address environmental challenges in the Sahel, but rarely together. In Sahelian West Africa, including in Mauritania, Senegal, and Mali, artists and citizens have used protest art to make their voices heard, in contexts where this can carry risks of conflict with authorities.

Imogen Bellwood-Howard & 6 others

Shaping policy processes through citizen voice in Francophone West Africa: the arts as a vehicle for knowledge co-construction Mali Mauritania Senegal Sub Saharan Africa

Brief

1 December 2022

L’usage des arts pour le dialogue environnemental au Sahel (version accessible)

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

L’art a été utilisé pour communiquer les préoccupations environnementales dans les pays sahéliens. Néanmoins, le dialogue dirigé par les arts entre les acteurs politiques et les citoyens est cependant rare, bien qu’il ait le potentiel de trouver des solutions aux problèmes socio-environnementaux complexes.

Fatoumata Binta Sow & 6 others