Showing posts with label Niger. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Niger. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Review: A History of Race in Muslim West Africa, 1600-1960

A History of Race in Muslim West Africa, 1600-1960
A History of Race in Muslim West Africa, 1600-1960 by Bruce S Hall

Duke University Department of History Professor Bruce Hall has written an important book about the Sahelian region of west Africa, with implications eastward to Sudan. In our times, this region has witnessed horrific conflict, in particular Darfur in western Sudan and the periodic conflicts in northern Niger and Mali between Arab and Tuareg separatist groups on the one hand and the national governments on the other.