{"id":1492,"date":"2015-04-21T17:43:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T15:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.com\/video-interview-with-aziz-salmone-fall-african-social-forum-in-dakar-2014\/"},"modified":"2023-10-06T11:43:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T09:43:50","slug":"video-interview-with-aziz-salmone-fall-african-social-forum-in-dakar-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/en\/video-interview-with-aziz-salmone-fall-african-social-forum-in-dakar-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Video interview with Aziz Salmone Fall \u2013 African Social Forum in Dakar 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this video, Aziz Fall evokes the development aid allocated to African countries within the context of the Millennium Development Goals. He returns to the economic definition of development, a definition he thinks is problematic. Aziz Fall explains that in a capitalist system while development serves the interests of the market, its realization contributes to the destruction of social relations and the environment. Sustainable development cannot be effective if it stays subject to a production and consummation mode that remains problematic. Aziz Fall then talks about the role of the African intellectual, who should be deeply rooted in the values of his people. He explains how those who follow the path of the people\u2019s aspirations are marginalized and censored by the proponents of imperialism who stand against change. Knowledge, according to Aziz Fall, is the true weapon of Africans against a political system which is more inclined to serve the needs of capitalism. The pan-Africanist political scientist thus calls Africans to learn several disciplines, in order to change their daily life and that of those around them.<\/span><\/p>\n

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