Disputed Desert: Decolonization, Competing Nationalisms and Tuareg Rebellions in Mali

by Baz LeCoq and Baz Lecocq

This book deals with the relation between the Malian state and the Tuareg people in the late 20th century, which has been characterized by three violent uprisings against Malian authority by Tuareg nationalists: between 1963 and 1964, between 1990 and 1996, and again between 2006 and 2009. In presenting a detailed history of this conflict between an African state and a people inhabiting it involuntarily, a number of social and political tensions are...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004139834
• ISBN13: 9789004139831
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 468 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.4"