Women Academics From Ivory Coast

"What they demonstrated to us is that they will continue to operate, whether individual faculty are there or not."

"It’s up to faculty to stand up and say, ‘There is no university without the faculty.’"

"It all started with a plant; when I was in the last year of middle school."

"I had a biology professor who helped us create a herbarium, and there was this common flower in the Ivory Coast that we passed all the time."

"Doing the herbarium and having to separate the petals of the flower, the sepal, knowing the names of the different structures."

"I thought, ‘oh, that's cool; can I know more about these things."

"Living in the Ivory Coast, we killed our own chickens, and we had to separate the different organs, essentially dissecting the chicken."

"I remember helping with this and learning about the body while doing so, the tendons and bones, internal organs, etc"

"I had this natural curiosity and wanted to know more."

"Infectious diseases are one of those things that we live with, and growing up, you had to get vaccinated."

"It's one of those things that is all around you, even if you don't really think about it."

"This was until I came to the US for college, and I took several microbiology classes."

"I found the topic really interesting, how there is a whole other world of microbes that we don't see."

"Microbiology is also at the intersection of so many different scientific fields."

"You can do a bit of biochemistry, immunology and even physics."

"You can do whatever you want as you study microbes."

"I just think microbes rule the world; even when we become extinct, they'll still be around, and that is very humbling."

"I also want to mention one person, Dr Zehava Eichenbaum, who really pushed me and inspired me to become a microbiologist."

"The approach of the different remains represents a mine of information for the history of ancient iron production where techniques and rites are intertwined."

"Ancient iron metallurgy in Burkina Faso, Bulkiemdé province [microform]: ethnological, historical, archaeological and metallographic approach."

"The furnaces belong to two different technical traditions which are also local variants of the two ancient traditions highlighted at Siola (KAN 1 and 2)."

"On the edge of the modern village of Doumbala lies a large area of metallurgical activity with around fifty slag heaps."

"The work is being carried out in collaboration with the universities of Abidjan and Ouagadougou."

"During the colonial period, circle monographs, reports by colonial administrators, geologists, amateurs, etc. also provide information that can often prove decisive in the collection of preliminary data. Within these, metallurgist sites are often indicated on maps and photographs. Authors also describe metallurgical industries. This approach most often allows for the establishment of an initial general mapping of archaeological sites and thus an assessment of the wealth of metallurgical sites in the study area in order to prepare field surveys."

"In all countries of sub-Saharan Africa, archaeological remains of iron metallurgy have been discovered. No country in Africa has remained on the sidelines of this technical revolution."

"Archaeological and historical remains are visible material witnesses of the steel industry. They bear witness to this technical history ranging from the remains of the search for raw materials to the obtaining of finished products."

"Ancient iron metallurgy in sub-Saharan Africa has been the focus of interest of several disciplines."

"But there is no talent without work. Until the end, I did not know what I wanted to be. My parents wanted me to opt for medicine. That subject is above my human capacity. I am very emotional."

"I hope that in Africa many women are devoted to science (law, physics, chemistry, etc.). If a woman wants, she can do more"

"We want to demystify mathematics to make it accessible to as many children as possible. ... Mathematics is at the base of all science and technology, both as a way of thinking and as an instrument of inquiry."

"I worked as a team with my girl friends and we said to ourselves: "why not do the maths" and we registered in the preparatory class for "Fontenay-aux-Roses"."

"I cannot say that I was born to be a mathematician. I followed a path that led me to mathematics. As I went through the steps, I thought why not continue. Also, I must admit that my father was very demanding and followed me closely. I had faith in what I was doing"