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Madjiguène Cissé

Madjiguène Cissé is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Madjiguène Cissé rather than just read about it. In short: Madjiguène Cissé (26 September 1951 – 15 May 2023) was a Senegalese activist who was the spokeswoman of the undocumented immigrants movement and founder of the Women's Network for Sustainable Development in Africa. Biography Cissé was born in Dakar.

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Reference excerpt

Madjiguène Cissé (26 September 1951 – 15 May 2023) was a Senegalese activist who was the spokeswoman of the undocumented immigrants movement and founder of the Women's Network for Sustainable Development in Africa.

Biography Cissé was born in Dakar. Her parents were illiterate when they moved from the countryside to Dakar. Her ambitious and progressive father learned to read and got his driving license. At his request, Cissé started attending school in 1958. In 1968, she took part in demonstrations. After she obtained the Baccalauréat, she started her German studies. In 1974, she was granted a two-year scholarship to study in Saarbrücken, Germany. Cissé subsequently went back to Dakar and worked as a German teacher in a high school. In 1993, as a mother of three, she stayed in Paris for her daughter's studies. Although she had a legal residence permit, she discovered and joined the undocumented workers movement in March 1996 and became one of its spokespeople. In 2000, she went back to Dakar where she co-founded the Women's Network for Sustainable Development in Africa (French: Réseau des femmes pour le développement durable en Afrique, REFDAF) and became its director. The network aims at improving women's living standards through education, support actions to develop employment, and granting microcredits. Cissé died on 15 May 2023, at the age of 71.

Published works Parole de sans-papiers, 1999. (in French) Papiere für alle. Die Bewegung der Sans Papiers in Frankreich, A Verlag, Hamburg, 2002, ISBN 978-3924737450. (in German) Les Sans-Papiers: Les premier teachings (A Woman Draws the First Lesson)

Awards 1998: International League for Human Rights's Carl von Ossietzky Medal, alongside Les Collectifs de sans-papiers 2011: Markgräfin-Wilhelmine, Bayreuth city prize

References

External links Madjiguène Cissé at perlentaucher.de – das Kulturmagazin (in German) REFDAF official website (in English)

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Madjiguène Cissé

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Madjiguène Cissé claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Madjiguène Cissé before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Madjiguène Cissé ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Madjiguène Cissé

In research: Madjiguène Cissé appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Madjiguène Cissé in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Madjiguène Cissé is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1951 births, 2023 deaths, 20th-century educators, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Madjiguène Cissé outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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