Talks · 16 May 2026Mali: a response to Emmanuel Macron's remarks at the Africa Forward summitModibo Keïta
Appears in 6 videos · 8 passages, 2 of them in depth.
Summary
Dominique Pagani mentions Modibo Keïta mainly in connection with current events in the Sahel and with French imperialism. He presents him as a "great Marxist" and a great revolutionary leader of Mali who has been forgotten12. What he mainly takes from him is a project: to abolish the colonial borders, which Keïta had mocked, and to unite Mali and Senegal in a federation, or even as a single country34. He sees this project resuming today with the Alliance of Sahel States (AES)5. He also recalls that Keïta was overthrown by a military coup, which he attributes to regimes installed by the French67. Finally, he cites him in his sessions on Adotevi, who had met him in Bamako while campaigning against the "yes" vote as a leader of the FEANF8.
- 1Worldliness in Clouscard: the world as “cunning of reason”22 Jul 2023 · 2:22:52
- 2Too late?14 Aug 2024 · 42:39
- 3Sahelian Africa and imperialism: Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger23 Mar 2024 · 17:29
- 4Mali: a response to Emmanuel Macron's remarks at the Africa Forward summit16 May 2026 · 18:56
- 5Sahelian Africa and imperialism: Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger23 Mar 2024 · 47:58
- 6Niger special: should we “blacken the corpses”?7 Aug 2023 · 20:00
- 7Mali: a response to Emmanuel Macron's remarks at the Africa Forward summit16 May 2026 · 27:53
- 8Adotevi: Negritude and negrologists (1)17 Jun 2017 · 53:54
Summary produced automatically from 8 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.
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Who is this?Modibo Keïta (4 June 1915 – 16 May 1977) was a Malian politician who served as the first President of Mali from 1960 to 1968. He espoused a form of African socialism. He was deposed in a coup d'état in 1968 by Moussa Traoré. Born and raised in Bamako, Keïta began a career as a teacher in 1936 under French colonial rule before entering politics during the 1940s. In 1945, he co-founded the Sudanese Union (US) with Mamadou Konaté which became part of the African Democratic Rally (RDA) the following year to form the US-RDA. […]
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Talks · 16 May 2026Mali: a response to Emmanuel Macron's remarks at the Africa Forward summit
Talks · 23 Mar 2024Sahelian Africa and imperialism: Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger
Cycle 12 · 14 Aug 2024Too late?- 42:39"The immense Modibo Keïta," forgotten, who had mocked colonial borders.
Cycle 11 · 7 Aug 2023Niger special: should we “blacken the corpses”?- 20:00Leader with Marxist sympathies who led Mali to independence, overthrown by a coup fomented against him.
Cycle 11 · 22 Jul 2023Worldliness in Clouscard: the world as “cunning of reason”- 2:22:52A great revolutionary leader of Mali, now forgotten, who wanted a regional union with Senegal.
Talks · 17 Jun 2017Adotevi: Negritude and negrologists (1)- 53:54Met in Bamako when Adotevi, a student and FEANF official, was campaigning for the no vote.