Twittering the Boko Haram Uprising in Nigeria: Investigating Pragmatic Acts in the Social Media [PDF]
This paper investigates pragmatic acts in the discourse of tweeters and online feedback comments on the activities of Boko Haram, a terrorist group in Nigeria. The tweets and comments illustrate acts used to express revolutionary feelings and reflect
Adegoke, Adetunji, Chiluwa, Innocent
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Tin Hinan tomb revisited: New sources relating to the Byron Khun de Prorok’s excavation in Abalessa (Ahaggar, Algeria) [PDF]
Desde el descubrimiento en 1925 de la tumba de un personaje de alto rango en el Sáhara argelino surgieron múltiples interrogantes acerca de su cronología, la funcionalidad de la construcción o el propio sexo del cuerpo allí enterrado.
García Sánchez, Jorge
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Goyemide on slavery: the liberating power of the word [PDF]
This article looks at Etienne Goyemide's novel, Le Dernier survivant de la caravane, a mythical foundation story set in the last years of the 19th century which records an episode of the northern slave trade in Banda land, RCA, and throws some light on ...
Ugochukwu, F.
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Gathering: a survival occupation in arid zones in Mali [PDF]
Dans les régions sahariennes et sahéliennes, les récentes sécheresses ont creusé davantage le déficit chronique en céréales, aliments de base indispensables à la survie des populations.
Diarra, A.
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Perceptions about the EU’s Crisis Response in Libya [PDF]
Within the EU’s approach to crisis management, it is crucial to consider the point of view of all stakeholders to ensure that the crisis response is in line with European commitments towards local ownership and conflict sensitivity.
chiara loschi, luca raineri
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The Geopolitical Game of Morocco and Saudi Arabia in West Africa [PDF]
África Occidental representa a día de hoy un lugar clave para la geopolítica del islam contemporáneo. Esta situación no es una nueva, al contrario, ya que es un territorio que históricamente ha estado ligado a la religión musulmana.
Diego, Antonio de
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Climate Change, Migration, and Conflict in Northwest Africa [PDF]
Examines how climate change affects the number of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa traveling through Nigeria, Niger, Algeria, and Morocco; increased security risks in the region; how these factors exacerbate one another; and intercontinental ...
Laura Conley, Michael Werz
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Knowledge Nomads: Understanding an Overlooked Segment of the Workforce Helps Managers Lead [PDF]
Managers have formal and official supervisory authority within an organizational hierarchy. As a result, a perennial concern of managers is employee mobility, i.e., the turnover of workers, and the implication of worker mobility for the staffing of ...
Pittinsky, Todd L., Shih, Margaret J.
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The military coup in Mali, 22 March 2012, reflections on the demise of democracy and the importance of civil-military relations [PDF]
The coup in Bamako, on 22 March 2012 both gave lie to the apparent stability of Mali as a democratic country and resulted in the taking of power of an assortment of armed combatants in the North of the country, which resulted in armed intervention by ...
Bruneau, Thomas C. +1 more
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Slavery in Niger: Historical, legal and contemporary perspectives [PDF]
This document is part of a digital collection provided by the Martin P. Catherwood Library, ILR School, Cornell University, pertaining to the effects of globalization on the workplace worldwide.
Anti-Slavery International +1 more
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