Les diplômés en langue arabe au sein de l’élite sénégalaise : du symbolique à l’académique

Senegal has been training and sending abroad Arab-speaking graduates at least since independance. Those Arab-speaking graduates acquired their school and academic qualifications in a broad range of national and international contexts. A lot of them have been kept outside of state institutions, which...

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Main Author: Hamidou Dia
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Les éditions de la Maison des sciences de l’Homme 2015-04-01
Series:Cahiers de la Recherche sur l'Education et les Savoirs
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/cres/2807
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description Senegal has been training and sending abroad Arab-speaking graduates at least since independance. Those Arab-speaking graduates acquired their school and academic qualifications in a broad range of national and international contexts. A lot of them have been kept outside of state institutions, which makes it difficult for them to participate in public life. An emphasis on victimization has developed from various bodies in the country. But a sociohistorical analysis of their condition, especially within the senegalese higher education system, adds nuance to this rhetoric. The article shows the ongoing social change that has been taking place for close to twenty years: Arab-speaking graduates emerge in university, take part in shaping the constant development of academic services, build alliances with other spheres of influence in contemporary Senegal, state their vision of the country, constitute lobbies, gradually assert themselves as a confident section of the senegalese elite. The article exemplifies what made this transformation possible.
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spelling doaj.art-ddc043167e2e409f890a28e48e379c822024-02-13T13:56:09ZfraLes éditions de la Maison des sciences de l’HommeCahiers de la Recherche sur l'Education et les Savoirs1635-35442265-77622015-04-011418720610.4000/cres.2807Les diplômés en langue arabe au sein de l’élite sénégalaise : du symbolique à l’académiqueHamidou DiaSenegal has been training and sending abroad Arab-speaking graduates at least since independance. Those Arab-speaking graduates acquired their school and academic qualifications in a broad range of national and international contexts. A lot of them have been kept outside of state institutions, which makes it difficult for them to participate in public life. An emphasis on victimization has developed from various bodies in the country. But a sociohistorical analysis of their condition, especially within the senegalese higher education system, adds nuance to this rhetoric. The article shows the ongoing social change that has been taking place for close to twenty years: Arab-speaking graduates emerge in university, take part in shaping the constant development of academic services, build alliances with other spheres of influence in contemporary Senegal, state their vision of the country, constitute lobbies, gradually assert themselves as a confident section of the senegalese elite. The article exemplifies what made this transformation possible.https://journals.openedition.org/cres/2807UniversitiesEducational systemElitesArab-speakingMarginalizationPublic space
spellingShingle Hamidou Dia
Les diplômés en langue arabe au sein de l’élite sénégalaise : du symbolique à l’académique
Cahiers de la Recherche sur l'Education et les Savoirs
Universities
Educational system
Elites
Arab-speaking
Marginalization
Public space
title Les diplômés en langue arabe au sein de l’élite sénégalaise : du symbolique à l’académique
title_full Les diplômés en langue arabe au sein de l’élite sénégalaise : du symbolique à l’académique
title_fullStr Les diplômés en langue arabe au sein de l’élite sénégalaise : du symbolique à l’académique
title_full_unstemmed Les diplômés en langue arabe au sein de l’élite sénégalaise : du symbolique à l’académique
title_short Les diplômés en langue arabe au sein de l’élite sénégalaise : du symbolique à l’académique
title_sort les diplomes en langue arabe au sein de l elite senegalaise du symbolique a l academique
topic Universities
Educational system
Elites
Arab-speaking
Marginalization
Public space
url https://journals.openedition.org/cres/2807
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