Autor/-in: Antoinette Tidjani Alou

Author Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan: Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan is Professor of Anthropology (Directeur d études) at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France and Emeritus Director of Research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France. Translated by Antoinette Tidjani Alou: Antoinette Tidjani Alou is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niger.