Astro Tour, Ivory edition: Côte d’Ivoire among the stars

Review of the first AstroTour in Côte d’Ivoire, led by AIA, chaired by Dr Aziz Diaby, and SpaceBus France, chaired by Raphaël Peralta. From 27 November to 8 December 2023, free workshops, training, stargazing and lectures reached pupils, students, teachers and the general public.

The tour visited Le Miri school group, the Bingerville modern high school, Jules Verne international school, Jean-Mermoz international high school, the Félix Houphouët-Boigny high school in Korhogo and Félix Houphouët-Boigny University. Dr Pancrace Aka designed a survey of Ivorian cosmogonies to record local views of the sky.

On the evening of 8 December, Dr Aziz Diaby was the guest of “Le Grand Talk” on Life TV to explain the tour and the role of space science in the country’s development.