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Tagged: sub-saharan africa

The Sahara desert beneath a blue sky.

A Reverse Shot of Migratory Narratives in Matteo Garrone’s “Io Capitano” (2022)

By Said Chemlal. In his film Io Capitano (I’m the Captain, 2022), Matteo Garrone inverts popular narratives about illegal immigration from sub-Saharan Africa to Europe, both Maghrebi and European. Unlike the common narratives, he brings to the fore the perspective of ‘illegal’ immigrants as individual subjectivities, who become active participants in the film themselves, rather than mere objects of the camera. The protagonists participate in weaving the narrative and, more importantly, (re)narrating their traumatic lived experiences; hence, they are given a voice to tell their stories.

A road in the Saharan desert, a flat building on the right side.

Sahel–North Africa Relations: Addressing Common Threats in a Fragmented Cooperation Landscape

By Ornella Moderan. Shared histories, geographic contiguity, and transnational challenges have long made the Maghreb and the Sahel deeply interdependent. This blog post offers reflections on the complex web of relationships between the Maghreb and the Sahel, focusing in particular on evolving regional security dynamics, the divergent postures of Algeria and Morocco, and the opportunities and risks inherent in current cooperation patterns. Drawing on developments since 2020, it highlights the urgent need for more grounded, politically viable, and locally owned approaches to regional security governance.