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Peter Alegi, with social historian Ibrahima Thiuob, and guest co-host Ibra Sene

Peter Alegi, with social historian Ibrahima Thiuob, and guest co-host Ibra Sene

April 30, 2008 00:31:45

Guests: Thioub, Ibrahima

Host: Alegi, Peter
Sene, Ibra

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Episode 008

Senegalese History from Below

Social historian Ibrahima Thioub (Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar) reflects on history from below,” French colonial prisons, African resistance, and ongoing digitization projects at UCAD. Guest co-host is Ibra Sene, a former student of Thioub's, who is finishing a dissertation at MSU on Crime, Punishment, and Colonization: A History of the Prison of Saint-Louis and the Development of the Penitentiary System in Senegal, ca.1860-ca.1940.

00:00:00 - 00:02:03 Introduction
00:02:03 - 00:17:14 Colonial Prisons of Senegal
00:17:14 - 00:23:59 History from Below
00:23:59 - 00:30:28 Digitization of History
00:30:28 - 00:31:45 Outro