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• Le livre va-t-il disparaître ?

  Is book going to disappear? Young people read less and less, they prefer chat and speed reading on the web, and mobile video instead of text. Lire la suite

  Publié le 14 juin 2007 CULTURE, LIVRES

• L’irraison ambiante

  Are young people able to logically reason? No more, it seems, because of TV, internet, basic music and other video games. This new culture is easiness but do no... Lire la suite

  Publié le 13 juin 2007 EDUCATION, ENFANTS, SOCIÉTÉ

• Dan Simmons, L’épée de Darwin

  I like big books, they allow you to imagine. “Darwin’s blade”, written by the American Dan Simmons is one of them. It tells about insurance forgeries, Mafia... Lire la suite

  Publié le 12 juin 2007 CULTURE, MÉDIAS, POLAR

• Idéologique ou « idiot logique »

  Ideology makes you a logic idiot. Look, for instance, at the Mr Bush’s USA after the September-11. The conservative stiffening, the military option, the... Lire la suite

  Publié le 12 juin 2007 POLITIQUE, SOCIÉTÉ

• Nicolas Sarkozy vu par Catherine Nay

  The French journalist Catherine Nay loves Aristotle political animals. Nicolas Sarkozy, today President of France, is one of them. Lire la suite

  Publié le 12 juin 2007 FRANCE, POLITIQUE

• Législatives : élire le déjà élu ?

  Why France must vote four times when England or Germany vote only once and the US twice? It is because French intellectuals love complication. It is the case... Lire la suite

  Publié le 11 juin 2007 VOYAGES

• L’Abyssin de Jean-Christophe Rufin

  

  à Hrundi Abyssinia is the old name of Ethiopia. In this novel, J-C Rufin imagines a French newly created ambassador to the Negus, King of the Christian kingdom... Lire la suite

  Publié le 04 juin 2007 CULTURE, LIVRES, ROMAN

• Dernier jour à Addis-Abeba

  For our last day in Addis, we taste « Il Caminetto » an Italian restaurant, very good and well known: we meet there with a member of the Ethiopian cabinet. Lire la suite

  Publié le 01 juin 2007 VOYAGES

• Vues animées d’Addis

  Better than a text, for non thinking bloggers, pictures. Addis-Abeba est vivante. Elle se construit, se développe, enveloppe paysannerie et néo-bourgeoisie... Lire la suite

  Publié le 31 mai 2007 VOYAGES

• Lucy in Addis with theories

  In Addis-Abebi, we meet with Lucy – not in the sky – but in her Museum. The National Museum conceals many national objects and modern paintings but Lucy and... Lire la suite

  Publié le 30 mai 2007 SCIENCE, SCIENCE & VIE, VOYAGES

• Coutumes éthiopiennes

  During the trip, we learn some Ethiopian habits. For instance the boy lifting his two arms along the road does not want to be taken by cars but offers... Lire la suite

  Publié le 29 mai 2007 VOYAGES

• Au bord du lac Lanjana

  We reach the main road to Addis but, 250 km before, we stop for the night on the Lanjana Lake shore. The water is muddy and it is strange for us to swim in. Lire la suite

  Publié le 28 mai 2007 VOYAGES

• Les « négresses à plateau »

  Today, we have just missed the « négresse a plateau » entertainment. Thos Black women are tortured for fashion: they have to cut their lower... Lire la suite

  Publié le 14 mai 2007 VOYAGES

• Ethnologie et randonnée à Jinka

  One of the rare attractions of Jinka is its anthropological museum. It has been founded by a German family in the 70s. You will discover the real life of the... Lire la suite

  Publié le 14 mai 2007 VOYAGES

• Jinka

  At the end of the afternoon, we join Jinka, a small town whose attraction is only the flying-ground in the middle of it. It is a long rectangle of grass where... Lire la suite

  Publié le 12 mai 2007 VOYAGES

• Marché de Kako

  The Kako market is famous in the country for recycling the corn of the World Food Program. You can change your UN aid for local products. Lire la suite

  Publié le 11 mai 2007 VOYAGES

• Déjeuner à Kai Afer

  As the ford is crossed, we can progress in the bush for 140 km today to Jinka. We have lunch in Kai Afer whose name means ‘red ground’. The ‘restaurant’ is... Lire la suite

  Publié le 10 mai 2007 VOYAGES

• Les trois chaînes de la télé ultralocale

  Who said there was not any TV in the bush? In the morning, we have three channels at the same time. The ford is the place to see them. Lire la suite

  Publié le 09 mai 2007 VOYAGES

• Lac Ziway et Awassa

  After the Rasta village of Shashamane, we stop on the banks of the Ziway Lake, in the Sidamo County. A short and rough rain is washing the sky and the many bird... Lire la suite

  Publié le 09 mai 2007 VOYAGES

• Marché aux poissons d’Awassa

  After a sweaty night, we have a breakfast in the restaurant. Michel is drawing some scenes in a black and white style. Beside the Awassa Lake, the Borana are... Lire la suite

  Publié le 09 mai 2007 VOYAGES