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Instabilité politique et perspectives de démocratie en Afrique
Political Instability and the Prospects for Democracy in Africa, by Peter Anyang' Nyong'o
The restoration of democracy, and the defence of democratie institutions in the political processes in Africa is very important for both political stability and development in Africa today. On democracy and democratie institutions dépend the presence of accountability in governance : with accountability cornes the enhancement of proper use of developmental resources for the improvement of the quality of life. This essay argues that public institutions, including the state, while controlling substantial resources and while very critical in the daily lives of people, have been generally unanswerable for their actions due to lack of accountability. This has led to several unresolvable conflicts and crises in society which quite often lead to coups d'Etat and perpétuai political instability. Already there are popular movements demanding democratie forms of government as a reaction to this state of affairs. Attempts by existing political regimes to suppress these movements have not solved the problem : if anything, they have merely led to more instability. This essay argues for the necessity of democracy as a condition sine qua non for political stability as well as development in Africa.Instabilité politique et perspectives de démocratie en Afrique, par Peter Anyang' Nyong'o
Le rétablissement de la démocratie et la défense des institutions démocratiques dans les processus politiques en Afrique sont très importants à la fois pour la stabilité et le développement de l'Afrique aujourd'hui. De ces deux conditions dépend, en effet, l'existence de la responsabilité politique dans l'exercice du pouvoir, principale garante de l'emploi approprié des ressources disponibles pour améliorer la qualité de la vie. On verra dans cet article que, si elles contrôlent des ressources considérables et jouent un rôle primordial dans la vie quotidienne des individus, les institutions publiques africaines, et notamment l'Etat, n'ont généralement pas eu à répondre de leurs actes en raison de l'absence de toute responsabilité. Il en est résulté des conflits et des crises insolubles, souvent générateurs de coups d'Etat et d'une instabilité politique permanente. Certains mouvements populaires réclament d'ores et déjà des formes de gouvernement démocratiques en réaction à cette situation. Les tentatives des régimes politiques actuels en vue de leur suppression n'ont pas résolu le problème ; au mieux, elles n'ont fait qu'accentuer l'instabilité. Cet article souligne la nécessité de la démocratie en tant que condition sine qua non de la stabilité, ainsi que du développement en Afrique.Anyang' Nyong'o Peter. Instabilité politique et perspectives de démocratie en Afrique. In: Politique étrangère, n°3 - 1988 - 53ᵉannée. pp. 589-601
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Roots of Ease
My entire life I have had a passion and hunger for performance. Before beginning Grad school, my expectations for my learning were focused on being transformative. I thought I wanted to learn how to disappear into a role. What I did end up learning through the training, however, was something infinitely more valuable, true, and sustainable. I learned not to just transform, but to access that transformation while rooted in self and rooted in ease.Early on in my MFA journey I believed that to be a better actor my focus needed to be on the acting rather than on the ingredients needed to be a good actor. I would approach the text asking the question, “Who is Hamlet?”. The training taught me to ask instead; “How does Hamlet live in me?”. The seed of the character is me, and through the tools of movement, voice, and investigation of the text, I am able to access new branches of the characters I embody. Over the course of three years my desire to ‘disappear’ became a desire to ‘reveal’.When I reflect on this time, I can perceive that a common trait amongst the characters I have portrayed at UCSD has been ease. The seductive mystery of Shango, the charismatic linguistic dexterity and control of Fasch, the protective and bold Dallas Winston. I want to continue to build on this foundation of ease, this seed of self, and find the many branches that can spring forth from that tree