Tag: French_Colonialism
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AZAWAD AT THE HEART OF TUAREG DEBATES
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Between memory, culture, and political demands, the Tuareg cultural day organized in Rennes quickly became a festive event marked by art exhibitions, Tuareg storytelling, and a conference on the humanitarian and security situation in Mali and the Sahel.
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RESPONSE TO ANDRÈ BOURGEOT AND THOSE WHO DENY THE HISTORICAL EXISTENCE OF AZAWAD.
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I feel compelled to respond to you today, as well as to certain former French officials and diplomats who have described Azawad as a “historical absurdity.” This statement reveals either a profound ignorance of Sahelian-Saharan history or a political will to deny the existence of a people and a historical…
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A SPEECH THAT TRANSCENDS BOUNDARIES
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Amidst an unprecedented media blackout, and despite all the geopolitical shifts sweeping through Azawad and the Sahel in general, Mr. Bilal Ag Acherif delivers a speech that transcends the boundaries of military confrontation, establishing a new political and international legitimacy for the Azawad cause.
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THE AZAWAD CAUSE DOES NOT DATE BACK TO YESTERDAY
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The Azawad cause does not date back to yesterday, or to 2012: Here is a multi-page letter signed by more than 300 Azawad chiefs addressed to De Gaulle in 1958, two years before Mali’s independence, asking not to be annexed to it.
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MAN OF THE SAHARA BY AKLI SH`KKA IS NOW AVAILABLE IN A FRENCH PDF VERSION
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The book “Man of the Sahara” written by well known activist Akli Sh`kka in 2020 was published in english. It has now been translated to french and we thank Akli for for his gracious permission to let the french PDF version be shared for free here, ready to read and…