"What They Did Not See": Pape Makhtar Diallo's Chronicle on the Meeting in Mbour

In his chronicle, Pape Makhtar Diallo expresses the disappointment of militants regarding the absence of President Bassirou Faye at a meeting in Mbour. He draws a parallel between this situation and the illusion of the Kankourang, emphasizing that attendees expected an authentic presence but were faced with an intervention relayed by intermediaries. Diallo critiques the mechanism of expectation followed by disappointment, noting that the political sphere should not operate by substitution.