BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs  \;Maxwell African Sch olars Union present  \;Zigzag Politics: Tea\, Ballots\, and Agency in Niger A Talk by \n\nAdeline Masquelier\, \;Professor\, Aarhus Institut e of Advanced\nStudies\, Denmark\, Department\nof Anthropology\, Tulane Un iversity \n\nIn Niger\, the fadas or\ntea-circles where young unemployed y oung men meet for tea\, conversation\, and\nfriendship is also where they become initiated into the world of politics.\nFadas are spaces of politica l debates that played an important role in the\nadvent of democracy in the 1990s. Given Niger’s large youth population\, fadas\nhave become obligato ry campaign stops for political candidates hoping to\nmarshal youth suppor t in elections. Campaigning politicians visit fadas and\ndistribute gifts to secure young men’s political allegiance. Yet young men now\nsee politic s primarily as a business\, the success of which hinges on securing\nwealt hy patrons and accessing resources. This talk will explore how young men e ngage\nin “zigzag politics” in an age of chronic uncertainty. Rather than remaining\nfaithful to a political party\, young men shift allegiances whe never\nopportunities arise\, mindful that the political landscape is shift y and\nunpredictable. Sponsoring Departments: Maxwell African Scholars Uni on and Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs \;For more information\, c ontact Havva Karakas-Keles\, hkarakas@syr.edu  \; DTEND:20190426T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T215825Z DTSTART:20190426T163000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Zigzag Politics: Tea\, Ballots\, and Agency in Niger UID:RFCALITEM639139463051791585 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs  \ ;

Maxwell African Scholars Union

present  \;

Zigzag Politics: Tea\, Ballots\, and Agency in Niger

A T alk by \n\nAdeline Masquelier\, \;Professor\, Aarhus Institute of Adva nced\nStudies\, Denmark\, Department\nof Anthropology\, Tulane University

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In Niger\, the fadas or\ntea-circles where young unemplo yed young men meet for tea\, conversation\, and\nfriendship is also where they become initiated into the world of politics.\nFadas are spaces of pol itical debates that played an important role in the\nadvent of democracy i n the 1990s. Given Niger’s large youth population\, fadas\nhave become obl igatory campaign stops for political candidates hoping to\nmarshal youth s upport in elections. Campaigning politicians visit fadas and\ndistribute g ifts to secure young men’s political allegiance. Yet young men now\nsee po litics primarily as a business\, the success of which hinges on securing\n wealthy patrons and accessing resources. This talk will explore how young men engage\nin “zigzag politics” in an age of chronic uncertainty. Rather than remaining\nfaithful to a political party\, young men shift allegiance s whenever\nopportunities arise\, mindful that the political landscape is shifty and\nunpredictable.

Sponsoring Departments: Maxwell African Scholars Union and Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs \;

For m ore information\, contact Havva Karakas-Keles\, hkarakas@syr.edu  \;


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