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Rural Women and Leadership

Apr 22 2025

Mariama Sonko, the farmers' daughter who protects Senegal's seed secrets

In the Casamance region, considered to be the breadbasket of Senegal, a strong voice is being raised in defense of peasant women: that of Mariama Sonko. She is the embodiment of resistance to the [...]

May 23 2023

Mariama Sonko: the activist seeking to transform West African agriculture

Mariama Sonko is an indomitable force who has continued her work despite being shunned by her Senegalese community. Pink seashells hang from [...].

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Mariama Sonko, the farmers' daughter who protects Senegal's seed secrets

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VISIT THOUSAND CURRENTS
"Thousand Currents at the Karonghen Wati Naning Center"

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Final declaration of the 8th edition of the West African Farmers' Seed Fair-Djimini 2024

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SENEGAL-AND-THE-UNITED-STATES-AGRICULTURE-COMMUNITY / NIAGUIS :
An AMERICAN organization "impressed" by the achievements of the "Karonghère Wati Nianing" agroecological center

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MARIAMA SONKO'S FIGHT FOR AGROECOLOGY AND THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN FARMERS
"They tried to shut me up, but they couldn't."

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