Student Journal

LA GRANDE AFRIQUE

La Grande Afrique is an Africa-focused student media, founded and organized by members of the journalism department of the Association de Sciences Po pour l’Afrique (ASPA). Every week, we’ll bring you five news items from the continent that have slipped under the media radar. Every month, we’ll add analytical articles on subjects ranging from economics and ecology to geopolitics and culture.

Latest publications

Let’s stop romanticizing agriculture for the development of Africa

Export agriculture is promoted as a means to stimulate growth, reduce poverty, and ensure food security. However, the promise of agriculture as Africa’s path to prosperity remains largely unfulfilled...

Africa tested by the return of donald trump

US President Donald Trump signs an executive order, in the Oval Office of the White House, January 20, 2025. © Jim WATSON / POOL / AFP   January 20 marked Donald Trump’s return to the presidency...

Beyond the anti-French feeling

“What is the rejection of France in Africa all about?”, a recent report explores the causes, deconstructing the concept of anti-French sentiment (published in French under the original name :...