Aug 25, 2017 | New publications
This investigation is based on the testimonies of 154 Sahrawi mine victims on both sides of the wall built by Morocco and key witnesses. It gives an account of the impact of this silenced problem, the alteration of the Bedouin way of life and culture, and the...
Feb 28, 2017 | Culture, New publications, Society
The western Saharan region is often described as a “endemic” space of political instability: the secession of Northern Mali in 2012 and the overthrow of Amadou Toumani Touré, renewed tensions in Western Sahara, Eternity, movements and figures of...
Sep 25, 2016 | New publications, Politics, Society
Sovereignty in Exile explores sovereignty and state power through the case of a liberation movement that set out to make itself into a state. The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) was founded by the Polisario Front in the wake of Spain’s abandonment of its...
Jul 18, 2016 | New publications
Drawing on the structural analysis of myths, Pierre Bonte proposes a method for dealing with West-Saharan “origin narratives”, whose status in the field of oral literature (legends, myths, epics, saga) remains unclear. These origin stories relate to the foundations of...
Jul 10, 2016 | New publications, written documentation
The Saharawi-Moroccan War (1975-1991) was defined by the regional struggle between Morocco and Algeria for leadership in the Maghreb and by international Cold War tensions. This context influenced both the Western Sahara conflict and the social and political...
May 25, 2016 | New publications
This first volume in a series of four is subtitled Sociolinguistique de l’aire hassanophone. It brings together twelve studies published between 1989 and 2013, dealing with different aspects of the relationship that Moorish society has (or has had) with...
