The evolution of mobility from Africa to Europe is nowadays very much marked by new technologies. At departure, on the road or even in the countries of destination, social networks play an increasingly important role, both for the people who undertake these movements and for those who try to control them. If migration is at the heart of humanity and an integral part of the human species, migration from Africa to Europe is more than ever undermined by restrictive and discriminatory European policies, which are at the root of the increase in the number of deaths on irregular routes. Dans...
Adama Sophie Ndao
Situated on the Sénégalaise and Mauritanian coasts, Cap-Vert is a meeting point between the Americas, Africa and Europe. Since the 15th century, it has been a strategic and emblematic site for the slave trade and Portuguese colonisation. Its current population is mostly mixed. An ethnic but also cultural mix which - despite its complexity and the difficulty of the population to identify itself sometimes as African - has, in a certain way, become a force over time. It is true that many other territories such as Brazil and the West Indies are also...