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Vagabonds or Elites? The Mobile Lifestyle of Contemporary Tuareg
Dve Domovini, 2013 A large proportion of contemporary Tuareg no longer move in traditional nomadic cycles, but accord- ing to individual choice. Always on the move and in search of making a living, they drift between the Saharan states.
Ines Kohl
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SAGE OpenThis article contends that the appropriation, cooptation and creation of resources was a key element for the jihadist success during the 2012 Tuareg uprising in Mali.
Miguel Paradela-López +1 more
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Terrorism, Trust, and Identity: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Nigeria
American Journal of Political Science, Volume 68, Issue 3, Page 942-957, July 2024.Abstract We study the effects of terrorism on political trust and national versus ethnic identification. Making use of unexpected attacks by the extremist group Boko Haram in Nigeria, which occurred during the fieldwork of a public opinion survey in 2014, we show that even in a context of weak state institutions and frequent terrorist activities ...
Robin Harding, Arinze Nwokolo
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Sur l’origine de l’écriture libyque. Quelques propositions
Afriques, 2013 A few hypotheses about the origin of the so-called “Libyan” alphabets are presented. Attested in more than a thousand inscriptions from Libya to the Canary Islands in northern Africa, these alphabets are probably the forebears of the current ones used by
Dominique Casajus
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, 2010 West Africans throughout the region have creatively adapted the Arabic script to write non-Arabic languages, a form of literacy known as Ajami which remains widespread today despite little or no government support.
Souag, Lameen
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The Intraplate Stress Field of West Africa
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 51, Issue 11, 16 June 2024.Abstract West Africa continues to host a growing number of low and intermediate‐magnitude earthquakes (M2‐5) along its passive margins, and its continental interior. Earthquake activity in these regions raises the need to comprehend the causes and the tectonic controls of the seismicity. Unfortunately, such studies are rare.
Jean‐Joel Legre +3 more
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Anthropology & Aging, 2012 This essay examines the meanings of the seclusion of frail elders and the roles of small children who act as their primary caregivers in rural Tuareg communities of northern Niger, and explores the implications of these arrangements for ...
Susan Rasmussen
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The Typology of Number Borrowing in Berber [PDF]
, 2007 The question of which numbers are most easily borrowed, and in which contexts, has implications for an understanding both of historical change and language contact and of the extent to which the linguistic behaviour of numbers can be related to ...
Souag, Lameen
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Roving Bandits? The Geographical Evolution of African Armed Conflicts [PDF]
, 2015 The fighting in some civil wars primarily takes place in a few stable locations, while the fighting in others moves substantially. We posit that rebel groups that do not primarily fight for a specific ethnic group, that receive outside military ...
Arreguin-Toft +59 more
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Agribusiness, Volume 40, Issue 2, Page 484-512, Spring 2024.Abstract Formal credit plays an important role for the development of the agriculture sector in developing countries because many farmers are characterized as liquidity constrained. Access to credit can increase farmers' purchasing power for inputs and agricultural technology, thus raising the overall productivity.
Tim Ölkers, Oliver Mußhoff
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