Questioning is an essential element in speech. The (syntactic) structures under which it is presented are not identical in all languages. Ébrié, the Kwa language of southern Côte d’Ivoire, is no exception to this rule. Indeed, in this speech, the interrogative utterance admits two possible syntactic structures. This article aims …
Access to health care is a fundamental right, but it is sad to note that in Côte d’Ivoire there is a great disparity in the real accessibility to health services for deaf people. Because the disability is invisible, this population is marginalized and is more at risk for chronic diseases. …
Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad (2016) is a narrative that carries the reader to the historical context of the abolitionist movement of the nineteenth century United States of America. More than two (2) centuries after, Whitehead re-imagines this episode of African American history in a skillful readership that deserves critical …
In this article, I study the myths in the novels of Ernesto Sábato. With mythocritique and psychocriticism as approaches to carry out my analysis, I explain the presence of evil through the Gnostic myth of the blind, the incest and the transgression of the forbidden. The Latin American writer represents …
The encounter between the different characters in the texts of Rachid Boudjedra often depicts a complex and conflicting world. Upon analysis, we realize that the stranger-character is always perceived by the narrator-character as an Other and therefore likely to be a danger. This situation creates a permanent tension which is …
In Catalonia and Euskadi, the number of people with serious economic and social difficulties is growing. Faced with the precariousness the Catalan and Basque authorities elaborate minimum income programs.These are economic benefits aimed at combating poverty and social exclusion. This article examines the analogies and differences between the minimum income …
Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness (1902) is a semi-autobiographical novel in the form of a frame narrative (a story within a story). And to grasp the true meaning and purpose of the novel, it must be read not only as an adventure story, but also as a social critique of …
The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed many lives around the world. The discovery of different vaccines has sparked hope in the battle against this disease. However, despite the availability of vaccines, the Ivorian populations did not strongly mobilize to be vaccinated. Why such a reaction from them? The objective of this …
In Senegal, the governance and production of public action in child social protection policies are carried out by several actors. This article analyzes the dynamics that exist in this polyarchic governance over these policies. This polyarchic co-production and governance is an arena where confrontations, interactions, struggles, conflicts, competitions among actors …
The history of Danxomè is fruitful in secret and complex schemes, settling of scores, disagreements and collective disobedience. Everything was knotted and unraveled around the throne. News of a king’s death usually followed a period of heightened antagonism between princes.The princes engaged in the race for power did not hesitate …
