Tag: France
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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…
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APRIL 6, 2012: AN UNBROKEN PROMISE
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When the **Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA)** declared independence, they weren’t just raising a new flag; they were rewriting a history written for decades in the blood and dreams of the Azawadis.
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AZAWAD… FLYING TOWARDS FREEDOM!
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Just as airplanes soar in the sky to carry out their missions, Azawad soars in the sky of freedom in search of its rightful future.
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NAMES ARE NOT JUST WORDS, THEY ARE IDENTITIES!
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From “Sanhaja” to “Zenata,” from “Lamtuna” to “Tuareg,” these are all terms coined by colonialism and nationalist powers to tear apart the unity of a single people who have lived on this land since time immemorial. But they are not our true names!
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THE AZAWAD TRAGEDY: DISPLACEMENT, MIGRATION, EXTREMISM, AND THE NOMADS STRUGGLE FROM COLONIALISM TO THE PRESENT
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Since the colonial-era partitioning of territories and the drawing of arbitrary borders without regard for the historical and indigenous rights of the peoples of the Sahara, the people of Azawad—nomads, herders, and native communities—have endured marginalization and the unlawful seizure of their lands.