

Francis Akindès, who was born in 1961, is a Beninese/Ivorian
Professor of Sociology at Alassane Ouattara University (Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire). He is the author of several political science essays, including Côte d’Ivoire : la réinvention de soi dans la violence (Codesria, Dakar, 2011) and Les Racines de la crise militaro-politique en Côte d’Ivoire (Codesria, Dakar, 2006).