Tag: Cultural_Oppression
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THE FALSIFICATION OF TUAREG HISTORY PAVES THE WAY FOR POLITICAL AND CULTURAL MARGINALIZATION
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Danger alert: Urgent – The Tuareg, a millennia-old people of the Sahara, are today seeing their history and identity jeopardized by an insidious falsification that threatens their collective memory. This distortion, whether intentional or unrecognized, is gradually erasing the truth about their origins, the richness of their culture, and the…
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THE ETHNOCIDE OF THE AZAWADIANS
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Propaganda dehumanizes to legitimize the unacceptable. A case study by Rania Hadjer In the case of Azawad, the problem lies not only in the violence perpetrated, but also in its acceptability in the eyes of the public. As other tragedies throughout history have shown, ethnocide or genocide becomes possible when…
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AZAWAD IS NOT A POLITICAL INVENTION
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Some claim that “Azawad” is a recent political invention dating back to the 1990s. This is a false and deliberately reductive interpretation of history. The truth is simple: The term Azawad is much older than the modern states of West Africa. Azawad existed long before 1990, even before French colonization.…
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AZAWAD: SUBTLE CULTURAL THEFT …
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SUBTLE CULTURAL THEFT OF TUAREG ART WITH ONE HAND WHILE KILLING THEM WITH THE OTHER… We see it all the time – attempts to appropriate the culture of the Kel Tamasheq, the people of the desert. It´s not just about admiring another culture, (admiration is not the problem as long…
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CULTURAL INVASION
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Cultural invasion is unlike any other type of invasion, for it does not come with tanks or planes. Rather, it enters into songs, stories, language, names, and daily customs, until, through frequent repetition, it becomes “normal” or even “authentic” in the eyes of today’s children. Identity is not just clothing…