Cultural continuity is the counter-strategy that security reporting keeps leaving out.
Threat of jihadism continues to lurk along borders with Mali and Burkina Faso.
While The Guardian fixates on security threats, they're missing the real story: Rose Ebirim's reggae festival in Grand-Bassam represents the cultural resilience that jihadist violence seeks to destroy. The fact that Côte d'Ivoire continues to champion Pan-African music traditions in a town once targeted for terror is the most powerful counter-narrative to extremism. Culture, not just military strategy, is how West Africa wins this fight.
While The Guardian fixates on security threats, they're missing the real story: Rose Ebirim's reggae festival in Grand-Bassam represents the cultural resilience that jihadist violence seeks to destroy. The fact that Côte d'Ivoire continues to champion Pan-African music traditions in a town once targeted for terror is the most powerful counter-narrative to extremism. Culture, not just military strategy, is how West Africa wins this fight.
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