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THE WARC/LOC BIBLIOGRAHY List of books published in 2008 in the Francophone countries of West , available at the Library of Congress

CONTENTS : ADMINISTRATION AND JUSTICE, ECONOMICS AND DEVELOPMENT, HISTORY, LINGUISTICS, LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY, NATURE, ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH, POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, SOCIETY AND CULTURE (Religion, Arts, Sports)

ADMINISTRATION AND JUSTICE Boureima, Moussa . - Droits humains et développement organisationnel au Niger, Niamey, Editions Belle Afrique, 2008, 25 p. Brief summary : A manual on human rights and organizational development in Niger Country : Niger

Dramé, Mamadou Alioune . - Les magistrats en Guinée, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2008, 286 p. Brief summary : This book presents in their respective roles men and women responsible for dispensing justice in . Country : Guinea

ECONOMICS AND DEVELOPMENT Adjovi, Jean Joachim . - La souveraineté économique : Pour un développement équilibré, Cotonou, Star Editions, 2008, 382 p. Brief summary : This book is a source of first-hand documentation for all those interested in economic issues. Country : Benin

Bontianti, Abdou . - Gestion des déchets à Niamey, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2008, 119 p. Brief summary : This book attempts to explain the problems associated with the presence of domestic waste in Niamey and leads to proposals for solutions such as improving drainage and waste recycling. Country : Niger Chabi-Ota, Soumanou . - La Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie du Bénin : Les dessous d'un centenaire, Parakou, Benin, Impr. Express, 2008, 160 p. Brief summary : A picture of the evolution of the organization of business by the Board of Trade of Benin. Country : Niger

Dramani, Latif . - Les déterminants de l'investissement privé au Sénégal : Une approche V.A.R structurel, Dakar, Agence Nationale de la Statistique et de la Démographie, 2008, 88 p. Brief summary : Determinants of private investment in Senegal : a structural approach Country : Senegal

Fontan, Charlotte . - Développer les filières vivrières en Afrique de l'Ouest : L'exemple du riz en Guinée, Paris, L'Harmattan Guinée, 2008, 283 p. Brief summary : This book seeks to rehabilitate the role of the rural area and food crops in the development process of Guinea and . The subject delt with is at the core of the actuality with the prices increase of agricultural products on international markets since 2007. Country : Guinea Conakry

Ndiaye, Baba . - Les déterminants de l'inflation au Sénégal : Approche par les fonctions de consommation, Dakar, Agence Nationale de la Statistique et de la Démographie, 2008, 43 p. Brief summary : Determinants of inflation in Senegal : an approach by the consumption functions Country : Senegal

Tchitchi, Toussaint Yaovi . - Terminologie et vulgarisation scientifique précédé de pratique économique et aliénation culturelle, Cotonou, CAAREC Editions, 2008, 92 p. Brief summary : Two key texts dealing with the culture in terms of economic development, terminology and its extension. Benin

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HISTORY

Gueye, Marie Angélique . - L'histoire des sociétés signares et femmes gourmettes au Sénégal, Dakar, Les éditions Maguilen, 2008, 103 p. Brief summary : Through this novel, the author wanted to give a reinterpretation of the significant role of signares in colonial cities like St. Louis, Rufisque, Gorée and Dakar through their social power and their role in the economy. Country : Senegal

Wade, Abdoulaye . - Les Chevaliers noirs, Dakar, Les éditions Maguilen, 2008, 206 p. Brief summary : This book is a tribute to the “Tirailleurs sénégalais” , a name given to soldiers from Africa south of the Sahara who served in French army during the two world wars. Country : Senegal

LINGUISTICS

Institut de linguistique appliquée de l'université d'Abidjan-Cocody . - Syllabaire Dioula, Abidjan, Edilis, 2008, 102 p. Brief summary : Traders language according to the etymology, Dioula goes now largely beyond its ethnic boundaries and is spoken and understood by nearly 60% of the Ivorian population. The first edition was published by les Nouvelles Editions Africaines in 1989. Country : Côte d'Ivoire

Tchitchi, Toussaint Yaovi . - Le parler Ci du continuum dialectal gbè (phonologie, éléments de morphosyntaxe et de lexique thématique), Cotonou, Les Editions Labo Gbè, 2008, 114 p. Brief summary : Phonological sketch based on the principles of communication and relevant features between cigbè and other dialects of gbè language Benin

LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY

Agossou, Noukpo . - Evadé des prisons de K, Porto-Novo, CAAREC Editions, 2008, 187 p. Brief summary : In this story the author tells his two successful escapes from prison. This book is a testimony against the arbitrariness of the totalitarian regime of Benin in the 1980s. Country : Benin Alladaye, Jérôme C. - Fresques danxoméennes, Cotonou, Les Editions du Flamboyant, 2008, 120 p. Brief summary : Innovative approach on the general history of Danxome Country : Niger

Amevigbe, Philippe Dzek . - L'arbuste déraciné, Lomé, Imprimerie de la Cité, 2008, 80 p. Brief summary : The author first spoke of legacy questions that are so important in this region where plantations of coffee and cocoa are a constant source of dissensions among the members of one family, then he speaks of individual psychology as the implacable hatred That feeds Ameyo’s father towards Akati and finally he discusses the problem of education upon which depends the fate of the child. Country : Togo

Bako, Seydou Abdou . - La vie à Digui, village d'Afrique, s.l, Presses du Lycée Professionnel Claude Garamont, 2008, 83 p. Brief summary : This work is a kind of painting of African values of civilization which are revealed through the life of the population of the village of Digui.The novel also shows the desire of the village population to happiness and progress. Country : Niger

Baldé, Al-hadji Thierno Mouhammadou . - Une vie au Fouta-Djalon, Brinon-sur-Sauldre, Grandvaux, 2008, 415 p. Brief summary : This book is a valuable testimony on the recent history of Guinea and a book of wisdom and spirituality. The authors give great importance to respect for the legacy of the ancients while welcoming with enthusiasm the benefits of the modern world. Country : Guinea Conakry

Capo-Chichi, Laure Clémence . - Le statut de la femme chez Chinua Achebe, Cotonou, CAAREC Editions, 2008, 248 p. Brief summary : Reflections on the status of women in the work of the Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe. Country : Benin

Diarra, Ismaïla . - Karato (un prénom singulier) : Tragédie, Bamako, Imprim Color, 2008, 96 p. Brief summary : It’s only after the failure that man relies on God. According to the author of this tragedy, this is synonymous with resignation and resignation is not the attitude of a man of honor as he must conquer or die. Country :

Fayomi, Fabien . - Le Môme champion : Roman, Cotonou, Star Editions, 2008, 263 p. Brief summary : The hero of the story is a 13 year old boy who attacks his father is a minister, providing a discourse of truth. Country : Benin

Hama, Baba . – Lamordè, , Presses universitaires de Ouagadougou, 2008, 110 p. Brief summary : The novel presents an official assigned to a deprived city of the country and consists in a controversy over the reasons for that administrative action : conflict of interest, social crisis and/or political turmoil ? Country :

Harouna, Abdouramane . - Les bruits du silence, Niamey, Editions du Mont Bagazane, 2008, 98 p. Brief summary : Through these poems the author makes a kind of indictment of all forms of injustices against women and children. Country : Niger

Huannou, Adrien . - Repères pour comprendre la littérature béninoise : Textes réunis et présentés par Adrien Huannou, Cotonou, CAAREC Editions, 2008, 139 p. Brief summary : Studies on different aspects of Beninese literature through works of writers from Benin. Country : Benin

Idé, Adamou . - Misères et grandeurs ordinaires, Hendaye, La Cheminante, 2008, 157 p. Brief summary : Nine narratives about the feelings and courage of characters facing misery and the perversion of powers Country : Niger

Iffono, Aly Gilbert . - Contes et légendes kissi de Guinée, Libéria et Sierra Léone, Paris, L'Harmattan Guinée, 2008, 80 p. Brief summary : This book makes accessible to all the tales of the Kissi territory, thereby saving them from oblivion with a meticulous work of collection, selection and rewriting. Country : Guinea Conakry

Issa Daouda, Abdoul Aziz . - Boubou Hama, conteur et romancier, Niamey, Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey/IRSH, 2008, 214 p. Brief summary : Synthesis of the work of the storyteller and writer Boubou Hama, politician and man of culture. Country : Niger

Jéhanne . - Du Togo, je vous écris… : Journal d'une Française déçue, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2008, 123 p. Brief summary : Jéhanne, a French woman, gives her impressions on Africa through real facts. According to her, good will and political determination remain insufficient to eradicate years of pre-colonial, colonial and postcolonial dictatorship. Country : Togo

Kaboré, Julien . - Mieux vivre sa jeunesse : Roman épistolaire, Ouagadougou, Les Editions descendues du ciel, 2008, 126 p. Brief summary : Life, no more than virtue, is not the sole preserve of youth. That is why the author of this book is for everyone, young or adults, parents or educators, pupils and students, anyone who feeds the ideal of basing his life on the cardinal virtues in order to have a better live Burkina Faso

Konaté, Issoufou . - La gitane, Cotonou, Star Editions, 2008, 181 p. Brief summary : The novel is a trial of casteism in Niger Country : Niger

Nago, Jules . - Crépuscules noirs, Cotonou, Editions Fraternité, 2008, 96 p. Brief summary : This book is a story, allegory, legend and even parables. It’s a cry of rebellion or a dash of humor. The texts always contain a moral lesson. Country : Benin

Nguessan, A. Nativité Epse Kouadjane . - Le Burida et la protection des œuvres de l'esprit : Le combat contre l'ignorance juridique, Abidjan, LOIDICI, 2008, 120 p. Brief summary : This book takes the form of questions and answers and aims to explain to the reader the legal protection of intellectual works in Côte d'Ivoire. Country : Côte d'Ivoire

Ouedraogo, Honoré . - Le calice, Paris, Editions Publibook, 2008, 95 p. Brief summary : This novel focuses on the transmission of existential values and wisdom. It is intended to guide the adolescent in his slow and difficult ascent to the status of man in its own right. Country : Burkina Faso

Sawadogo, Poussi . - Petit traité de sagesse : A travers l'histoire de Yangrin du Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, Imprimerie Déclic, 2008, 105 p. Brief summary : Through rituals, initiations and trials of life, Yangrin, the main character of the book is presented as a man endowed with wisdom, love for others, respect for life and passion for justice to guide his contemporaries to a better world. Country : Burkina Faso Touré, Fodé Lamine . - Une enfance africaine, Paris, L'Harmattan Guinée, 2008, 247 p. Brief summary : This book is an autobiography of the author Country : Guinea Conakry

Zoromé, Ali . - Le prix de la fraude 1, Bamako, EDIS, 2008, 54 p. Brief summary : This cartoon depicts a high school student named Inoussa Diolla and who is a real dunce. His father Ladji Diolla is a very wealthy businessman who wants his only son to succeed in life at all costs. He is attempting to corrupt the headmaster of the school attended by his son. He succeeded in this operation but his satisfaction will not last. Country : Mali Back to contents

NATURE, ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH

Bahié, Richard Péguy . - Guéris-toi du sida par l'alimentation : Causes, prévention, traitements hygiénistes, Abidjan, Syl-Lio Editeur, 2008, 295 p. Brief summary : The Author aims to help Africa, the main victims of AIDS, to cure the disease through diet. Country : Côte d’Ivoire

POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Biagui, Jean-Marie François . - Mouvement pour le fédéralisme et la démocratie constitutionnelle : Un pari politique pour la paix définitive en Casamance, au Sénégal et dans la sous-région, Dakar, Editions Clairafrique, 2008, 111 p. Brief summary : A political advocacy for a lasting peace in Casamance, Senegal, and in West Africa Country : Senegal

Conseil Supérieur de la Communication. - L'élection présidentielle de novembre 2005 au Burkina Faso : impact de l'organisation médiatique du scrutin et rôle des médias dans l'ancrage du débat démocratique, Ouagadougou, Conseil Supérieur de la Communication, 2008, 116 p. Brief summary : This book addresses the role and impact of the media in the 2005 presidential election. Country : Burkina Faso

Dussey, Robert . - L'Afrique malade de ses hommes politiques : Inconscience, irresponsabilité, ignorance ou innocence ?, Paris, Jean Picollec Editeur, 2008, 252 p. Brief summary : In this book the author urges Africa to unite around a democratic system based on the competence of its political leaders and around the fight against corruption. Country : Togo

Fondation Internationale pour les Systèmes Electoraux. - Dynamique participative pour l'émergence d'un Etat de droit en Afrique : Exemple de la Guinée, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2008, 185 p. Brief summary : This book is intended to popularize the Guinean experience in socio-political dialogue with the organization of round tables between trade unions, civil society and the private sector. Country : Guinea Conakry

Gnanih, Marie Ruz . - Boni Yayi le vrai visage de la conquête du pouvoir, Cotonou, Alpha Com, 2008, 206 p. Brief summary : Portrait of Mr. Boni Yayi, President of the Republic of Benin Country : Benin

Savane, Alpha Oumar . - Guinée 1958-2008 : L'indépendance et ses conséquences, Paris, L'Harmattan Guinée, 2008, 97 p. Brief summary : The first part of this book recalls the glorious days of 1958 with the segregation of Guinea by the West and the second part deals with the struggle for African integration followed by political and historical issues. Country : Guinea Conakry

Toha, Faustin . - Le devoir de Mensonges : Crise à l'ivoirienne, Abidjan, NEI-CEDA, 2008, 242 p. Brief summary : In this book written by a journalist, the author retains the importance of analyzing the discourse of political actors as it is never neutral. He has the merit of having been above the fray by stigmatizing disorder that eventually win the Ivorian society and explains the crisis in the country. Country : Côte d’Ivoire Back to contents

SOCIETY AND CULTURE (Religion, Arts, Sports)

Akissi, Koffi Bernadette . - Pâqui-Nou : Les populations Baoulé et la fête de Pâques en Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan, EDILIS, 2008, 176 p. Brief summary : This book is an essay on the phenomenon "Pâqui Nou" celebrated each year at Easter with great fanfare by the Baule people throughout the . The event deserves special attention from the authorities for the promotion of cultural heritage in Ivory Coast. Country : Côte d’Ivoire

Bilane, Moumouni Hamidou . - Le Gossi, Cotonou, Editions du Flamboyant, 2008, 59 p. Brief summary : Important insights into the rites of the Sonanke ethnic group Country : Niger

Calosci, Alain . - Education, culture, développement : quelles relations ? : L'exemple de la Guinée Conakry, Paris, L'Harmattan Guinée, 2008, 297 p. Brief summary : This book has the ambition to contribute to a more general reflection on the relationship between culture, education and development. It tries to confront the cultural elements of traditional society to those underlying existing models of development and to identify their respective influences on the acquisition and use of learning. Country : Guinea Conakry

Combary, Sibo Fernand . - Géomancie : science ou occultisme ?, Ouagadougou, Découvertes du Burkina, 2008, 128 p. Brief summary : In this book the author tries to provide answers to questions about geomancy with a long survey of geomancers and experienced people in this matter Country : Burkina Faso

Condé, Cheick Fantamady . - Sport et politique en Afrique : Le Hafia Footbal Club de Guinée, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2008, 220 p. Brief summary : Guinean soccer has had its glory days thanks to the performances by his clubs on the African scene. It has been the subject of special attention from the first president of independent Guinea. These clubs have been among the best in the continent with many titles they have won. Best, Hafia became the first team in the history of African football to finally capture a trophy brought into play by the Confederation of African Football. Country : Guinea Conakry

Fassinou, Matthieu Dona . - De grandes figures de l'église protestante méthodiste : Du Dahomey-Togo au Bénin des origines à nos jours 1843-2009, Porto-Novo, Compte d'auteur, 2008, 140 p. Brief summary : This book aims to keep in memory all those who, during their lifetime, have worked with all their strength, their intelligence and know-how to help Protestant Methodist Community to born, take root and develop in Benin. Country : Benin

Guèye, Ababacar . - La cuisine de chez nous, Dakar, Projet lakki Reew mi, 2008, 111 p. Brief summary : This illustrated cookbook presents 60 recipes from Senegal ranging from classic to contemporary. Country : Senegal

Kamara, Mamadou Koblé . - Les fonctions du masque dans la société Dan de Sipilou, Abidjan, Calao Editions, 2008, 114 p. Brief summary : Through the mask, this book immerses the reader in the anthropology and religion of the Dan ethnic group living in Côte d'Ivoire. Country : Côte d'Ivoire

Moumouni, Seyni . - Vie et œuvre du Cheik Uthmân Dan Fodio (1754-1817) : De l'Islam au Soufisme, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2008, 222 p. Brief summary : Biographical work on Sheikh Uthman Dan Fodio. Country : Niger

Ndah, François d'Assise . - Le retour de l'enfant soldat, Abidjan, Vallesse Editions, 2008, 102 p. Brief summary : This book raises the issue of reintegration of child soldiers returning from war. Should we see them as monsters or victims? Country : Côte d'Ivoire

Sindjaloum, Bawanam B.- Des femmes et des hommes comme il faut, Cotonou, Les Editions Ablodè, 2008, 89 p. Brief summary : Bilingual book (French/Lokpa) that takes us into the study of the history of the Lokpa people. Country : Benin

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