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In times of abundance, operation abilities are still limited
Introduction
| Initiative Name: | Mali-NTIC |
| Author: | Filifing Diakite & Abdoul M. Thiam |
| Country: | Mali [ML] |
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The Story
Background and context:
Mali is a country where culture is described as being mainly oral. A priori, this situation is not in favor of the written production of cultural goods. The holders of local knowledge are people considered by the communities as a resource in charge of passing on this knowledge according to tradition. In spite of this de facto situation, there are many initiatives of change developing here and there. According to this new approach, local content is produced by institutions or commercial organisms, by civil society and mainly by the media.
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