Tag: Tuareg
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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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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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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…
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Mali: IN GOUNDAM, THE CRY OF AN OLD TUAREG MAN IN THE FACE OF AN UNNAMED WAR
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In the western part of the Goundam district, a region on the outskirts of Timbuktu, an elderly Tuareg man speaks in a trembling voice. He makes no political demands, offers no ideological agenda. He asks for blessings. He asks for help. He simply asks to be able to sleep again.