Tag: Kel_Tamacheq
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AZAWAD vs MALI – COLONIAL HISTORY REDREW BORDERS
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Before the French arrived, the region had no single name. The Saharan zone was the territory of large Tuareg confederations (like the Iwillimidan and Kel Adagh) and other communities (Maures, Songhai, Fulani) occupying distinct spaces.
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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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LIBYA: THE STATELESSNESS OF THE TUAREGS, A POLICY OF DELAY.
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In southern Libya, thousands of Tuareg families have lived without statehood for decades. Research by political scientist Souad Akhaty Alamin, published in the Egyptian scientific journal “Eurasian,” demonstrates that this situation is not an administrative dysfunction, but the product of a governance strategy.
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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…