During the XXth Century, African Subsaharian cities have long been neglected by the French Geography for various reasons. The paper’s object is devoted to analyse this situation, more specifically as far as Malagasy studies are concerned. When African cities have been studied by geographers, it was often according to rural or backward-looking points of view which delivered an exotic and altered image of them. This stereotyped vision of urban Africa is also present in documentary productions intented to a wider audience. In school geography, in which the study of Africa is generally on the decline, urban Africa still has a place in the programs but the main focus is devoted to poverty and informal economy. Nonetheless, since the seventies, m...
This paper examines African studies in France through the case of the Formation à la Recherche en Af...
La nécessité de mieux connaître l'évolution et le fonctionnement des villes africaines a inspiré la ...
Since the 1960s, a rapid urban growth has characterized French-speaking black Africa, where the numb...
This paper offers a geographic interpretation of Africa’s economic performance since independence. B...
International audienceThis paper presents and discusses some of the issues regarding research on lar...
Inspired by Social Sciences theories concerning biological and cultural cross-breeding, this article...
International audience- L'image de la ville africaine. Ce titre oriente déjà notre point de vue et l...
African geography: to what ends?— Geography in Africa is still confined to its status as a mere subj...
L’Afrique s’urbanise plus vite que tout autre continent. Le rythme effréné de son urbanisation contr...
Urban explosion and migration of rural people to the towns and cities in Africa have in no way broke...
What new issues arise several decades after the first academic studies? What are the answers and wha...
Les grandes villes d’Afrique noire, à l’instar de toutes les villes du tiers-monde, connaissent une ...
This paper presents and discusses some of the issues regarding research on large African cities. At ...
This PHD deals with a public place located in a Parisian suburb named Les Quatre-Chemins. The neighb...
La nécessité de mieux connaître l'évolution et le fonctionnement des villes africaines a inspiré la ...
This paper examines African studies in France through the case of the Formation à la Recherche en Af...
La nécessité de mieux connaître l'évolution et le fonctionnement des villes africaines a inspiré la ...
Since the 1960s, a rapid urban growth has characterized French-speaking black Africa, where the numb...
This paper offers a geographic interpretation of Africa’s economic performance since independence. B...
International audienceThis paper presents and discusses some of the issues regarding research on lar...
Inspired by Social Sciences theories concerning biological and cultural cross-breeding, this article...
International audience- L'image de la ville africaine. Ce titre oriente déjà notre point de vue et l...
African geography: to what ends?— Geography in Africa is still confined to its status as a mere subj...
L’Afrique s’urbanise plus vite que tout autre continent. Le rythme effréné de son urbanisation contr...
Urban explosion and migration of rural people to the towns and cities in Africa have in no way broke...
What new issues arise several decades after the first academic studies? What are the answers and wha...
Les grandes villes d’Afrique noire, à l’instar de toutes les villes du tiers-monde, connaissent une ...
This paper presents and discusses some of the issues regarding research on large African cities. At ...
This PHD deals with a public place located in a Parisian suburb named Les Quatre-Chemins. The neighb...
La nécessité de mieux connaître l'évolution et le fonctionnement des villes africaines a inspiré la ...
This paper examines African studies in France through the case of the Formation à la Recherche en Af...
La nécessité de mieux connaître l'évolution et le fonctionnement des villes africaines a inspiré la ...
Since the 1960s, a rapid urban growth has characterized French-speaking black Africa, where the numb...