Tuaregs Archive
Surprise in the Sahel
By Conor Godfrey On the morning of March 22nd Malians woke up to discover that 20 years of stability and progress had been, temporarily at least, hijacked by a group of mutineers turned putschists led by a Captain Amadou Sanogo. This was a punch in the stomach with no warning. When I was evacuated from [...]
The Desert Speaks – Tuaregs in the News
Posted by jimheck in "Modern" Africa, African Traditions, Culture, Politics, Tuaregs on March 1, 2012
By Conor Godfrey (Hello to all Jim’s readers! The actual Answerman is off finding answers in Southern Africa, so I have been asked to amuse and entertain for the better part of March—I will do my upmost. Jim and I share some interests and opinions, and diverge quite a bit in others, so I hope [...]