Advances in Social Sciences and Management

The Other, Unexplored and Insidious Aspect of the ‘Oil Curse’ in Sub-Saharan Africa: A View from Doba in Chad

Salomon Bissohong — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100

Whilst oil ranks among the most powerful resources for transforming economies and driving industrial, infrastructural and human development, its extraction via the Chad–Cameroon pipeline has led to unusual negative outcomes. In Doba, observation, life narratives, interviews and documentary research reveal the roots and tragic effects of the oil curse in sub-Saharan Africa. The article adopts an exploratory approach to examine the foundations of this dire situation, going beyond the usual observations. Drawing on Harold Garfinkel’s ethnomethodology, it identifies four key areas: the nature of the curses prevalent in Black Africa; their specific manifestations in Doba, Chad; the evolution of practices that have enabled their neutralisation; and an empirical approach aimed at normalising the management of oil revenues. The analysis shows that the curse is a social construct rooted in specific configurations of actors.

Why it's so Easy to Hypnotize, and why Hypnotizability has Persisted to this Day – An Experimental and Anthropological Answer

Edoardo Casiglia, Erik Gadotti — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100

The Educational and Cultural Events of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar and their Influence on the Personality of Senegalese Students Studying Russian Language

Ousseynou Tall — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100

This article deals with the cultural and educational activities at the Faculty of Philology and Humanities that influence Senegalese students in Russian language and their personal qualities.