Croquemort: A biographical journey in the context of Chad

Pala

The Dawa Mobile-Health project After he went to Pala, capital of the Mayo-Dallah department in south-western Chad, to give a concert in 2013, Didier/Croquemort discovered his ‘home’ region anew and was shocked by its poverty and need for development. Being a medical doctor, he recognized the high child mortality caused […]

Medicine and entrepreneurship

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Didier Lalaye, alias Croquemort, is an engaged slam artist from Chad. He is also a medical doctor in Chad and a PhD student at the University of Utrecht. Didier does not spend his life in one place but is often on the move. In recent years he has been living […]

Didier Lalaye, alias Croquemort

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Reflections of Mirjam Didier Lalaye and I have now, in November 2016, reached the conclusion of an ever-continuing anthropological journey—a journey which started purely by chance. I quote Didier: ‘You know, we could just as well not have met. When you called at the beginning of March 2014, I did […]

Nomadic minds

tagged co-creation / communication / Facebook / ICTs / itineraries / itinerary / m-health / medical doctor / mobile phones / N’Djaména / nomadic mind / oppression / Pala / phones / scenario / slam / smartphones / Tchad Plus / voices