Disputed Desert

Decolonization, Competing Nationalisms and Tuareg Rebellions in Mali
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-90-04-13983-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 19, 434 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 756 g

Reihe: Afrika-Studiecentrum Series

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 brought to the fore which haunt all of the Sahel today: the heritage of slavery, local and European concepts of race and the racialisation of social and political relations, colonial rule, the inchoate process of decolonisation, and the presence of competing nationalist forces in one postcolonial state.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lecocq, Baz

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Postkoloniale Geschichte, Nationale Befreiung und Unabhängigkeit
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Revolutionäre Gruppen und Bewegungen, Bewaffnete Konflikte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

List of photos. xi
List of tables. xiii
Acknowledgements. xv
On terminology, spelling and pronunciation. xix
List of terminology. xxi
Abbreviations and acronyms. xxv
An overview of themovements. xxvii
Sources. xxix
Map of NorthernMali.xxxiii

Introduction. 1
Kel Tamasheq politics. 3
An ethnography of historical research. 16
A reader’s guide to this book. 22

1. CreatingMali. 27
Competing nationalisms. 29
FromSoudan Français to theMali Republic. 31
Party politics in Soudan Français. 35
International complications. 47
CreatingMali. 69
Coercion, resistance and control. 80
Epilogue. 85

2. Race, stereotypes and politics. 87
Colonial images. 91
Race. 93
The bellah question. 108
The slave trade toMecca. 116
Les guerriers des sables. 127
Nomad anarchy. 131
Epilogue. 133

3. Mali’s mission civilisatrice. 135
Ruling the North. 138
The chiefs’ question. 143
The nomad problem. 151
The revenues: Cattle and tax. 164
Fear and rumours in Kidal:The buildup to rebellion. 169
Epilogue. 178

4. Alfellaga. 181
A continuumof resistance. 184
Alfellaga. 187
Raids, skirmishes and ambushes. 200
Aqqa, or the rules of conflict. 203
Repression and retaliation. 208
The lastmonths. 219
Epilogue. 221

5. Revolution: Teshumara and Tanekra (1968-1990). 227
Teshumara. 229
Ishumar life. 246
Alternatives to the Teshumara. 254
Tanekra. 258
Organising the Tanekra, a narrative. 272
The later years of the Tanekra. 291
Epilogue. 292

6. Rebellion: Al-Jebha (1990-1996). 295
The ‘real’ rebellion: June to December 1990. 299
The ‘confused’ rebellion: January 1991 to February 1994. 311
Masters of the Land: February to October 1994. 331
The return of peace: October 1994 to March 1996. 353

7. Conclusions. 365
Decolonisation, the state and nationalism. 366
Stereotypes, nation and race. 369
A last question. 372

Epilogue. 375
References. 403
Index. 421

Über Autor(innen)

Baz Lecocq, Ph.D. (2002) in Social Science, University of Amsterdam, lectures African History at Ghent University. He is specialised in the history and contemporary politics of the Sahel and Sahara.