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Democratic Backsliding in the Sahel and the Myth of Migration to Europe
In this contribution to Bulletin 31, Michael Nwankpa argues that democratic backsliding in the Sahel is partly caused by cynical interventions by Western states motivated by myths of mass African migration.
This Bulletin critically explores the conceptual pair of prehistories and afterlives, used here to speak to the ways past, present, and future blend into each other.