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Nianguiry Kante is no longer with us. His memory remains alive, his work remains, and everything he was able to offer, build, and pass on to the Malian, African, and international scientific community continues to bear fruit.
As an administrator engaged in delicate and necessary institutional work, notably at the National Institute of Public Health Research and the University of Segou, whether in Bamako or Segou, and as a researcher known internationally, he defended public-health research tirelessly and encouraged transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary dialogue.
The R.A.S.P journal, which he co-founded with his friend Olivier Douville in January 2010 alongside respected researchers in Africa and Europe, reflects both the diversity and solidarity of his commitments. The journal consistently argues for renewed work on health, illness, care, institutions, public-health emergencies, and the social and cultural representations tied to them. In that sense, it also reflects Professor Kante’s deep conviction that medicine and the human sciences must speak to one another.
A committed teacher, always available and endlessly illuminating, Nianguiry Kante marked several generations of students. This conference is also a tribute to that demanding and generous teacher.
Whether attended in person or online, this conference was meant to be a fitting tribute to the just, courageous, and upright man Nianguiry Kante was, to his work, and to his intellectual legacy.