Pour le français voir ci-dessous It is a bright afternoon as we arrive at the office of an NGO in Bamako, in a neighborhood known for its dense community of displaced. The site is quietly placed among the dazzling streets where the humming of engines merge with the trending tracks…
read moreOn June 8th Mamadou Togola and Mirjam de Bruijn published the article
read moreOn December 1st, Dutch newspaper Trouw featured an article in De Verdieping about the current situation in Mali and the relationship with the UN mission MINUSMA. For this article, journalist Joris Belgers interviewed Mirjam de Bruijn about the dynamics of the conflict. Mirjam de Bruijn illustrates the complexity of the…
read moreBesides URLs and short text snippets, which contain news events, opinions and references to others, Twitter is full of visual content. Twitter-users in Mali decorate their profiles with photos, videos, infographics, documents, and memes to communicate their perspectives on pressing issues. A key aspect of the visual imagery is its…
read morePour le français voir ci-dessous Since the outbreak of the Malian crisis in 2012 up to the present day, digital media have played a major role in the distribution of information. Journalists and bloggers convey various genres of information through communicative and community platforms. Social networks are proving to be…
read moreThe proliferation of “Fake news” is hogging the limelight in Mali. Worse still, the tension between Mali and its neighbors continue to rise after the military-led government welcomed the Russian mercenaries widely known as the Wagner Group. Due to the complexity and multifacetedness of the conflict and prevailing disagreements, it…
read morePour le français voir ci-dessous Mirjam de Bruijn recently traveled to Mali, where she will join Modibo Cisse in leading a data-gathering workshop, which seeks to map developments associated with the advent of digital media across Mali. The workshop seeks to investigate what role digital networks play in Malian society.…
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