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The yearning for relief [electronic resource] : a history of the Sawaba movement in Niger / by Klaas van Walraven.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Walraven, Klaas van, 1958-
- Series:
- Afrika-Studiecentrum Series 25.
- Afrika-Studiecentrum series ; v. 25
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Government, Resistance to--Niger.
- Government, Resistance to.
- Decolonization--Niger.
- Decolonization.
- Political parties--Niger.
- Political parties.
- Niger--History--Autonomy and independence movements.
- Niger.
- Sawaba (Political party)--History.
- Sawaba (Political party).
- Bakary, Djibo.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (996 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Sawaba movement and its rebellion in Niger are a totally neglected subject. Klaas van Walraven traces this story from a social history perspective, placing an entire generation of activists, removed from the official record, back into mainstream Nigérien history. Representing a genuine social movement, Sawaba formed Niger’s first autonomous government under French suzerainty. Overthrown by the Gaullists and persecuted, it attempted a comeback with a guerrilla campaign (1960-1966), which ended in failure and led to the movement’s destruction. The Yearning for Relief – based on numerous interviews with survivors and a vast range of archival sources, including France’s secret service – is essential reading for the reappraisal of Niger’s history and the role of militant nationalist movements in the decolonisation of French West Africa.
- Contents:
- Prologue: Historicising Sawaba
- Part I. Deliverance, conquered and lost
- The rise of the UDN, 1946-1957
- To revolutionary supremacy, March 1957-May 1958
- The challenge of the Fifth Republic
- A referendum
- Declining fortunes
- Part II. Preparing for relief
- Going underground, 1958-1961
- Building to undermine, 1959-1962
- Repression, dissension, and the road to arms
- Training cadres and commandos, 1958-1969
- Part III. Fighting for deliverance
- Infiltrations, 1960-1964
- Regime responses, 1962-1964
- Guerrilla war, July-December 1964
- Guerrilla war, 1965-1966
- The road of honour: the destruction of a social movement, 1965-1974
- Epilogue: Aftermath and memory.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-299-15486-7
- 90-04-24575-8
- OCLC:
- 827944716
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004245754 DOI
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