19 February 2012
In 1887 the affair attracted a fair few pages in the Parisian press. Jules Gros, who lived in the suburbs of Paris in Vanves and was a popular novelist and a member of various geographical sciences, was named president for life of Counani. Whilst a few took this seriously, most...
Sunday19 February2012
By Denis Lamaison
19 February 2012
Saint-Georges de l’Oyapock - Santana
Christmas! We’re going to be spending Christmas in Brazil. Rio ? Salvador? No, in Counani! A tiny little quilombo* lost on the equator.
It is the beginning of the rainy season. At St-Georges goods from Brazil are being unloaded onto the quay. A two-masted wooden boat about fifteen...
Sunday19 February2012
By Dario & Marc Gayot, Pierre-Olivier Jay, Denis Lamaison, Hélène Lamaison, Marie-Claire Parriault, Christian Roudgé. Remerciements à Alessandro de Sousa Alencar
19 February 2012
After having been to Kenya (2007) and India (2004), the World Social Forum was back in Brazil for 2009, the country where it was held for the very first time in 2001. Hosted by Belém’s two universities, in the state of Para, this gathering of anti-globalisation campaigners was rooted in...
Sunday19 February2012
By Flacher, Utopia / Pauline Lavaud - France Libertés - Fondation Danielle Mitterrand / Sailesh Gya / Sailesh Gya / Daphné Borel