| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Afrika-Studiecentrum series ; v. 25 |
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Afrika-Studiecentrum series ; v. 25.
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| 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 |
| Summary |
In The Yearning for Relief Klaas van Walraven traces the history of the Sawaba movement in Niger and its rebellion against the French-protected regime during the 1960s. The book analyses its guerrilla campaign and failure, followed by the movement's destruction |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Bakary, Djibo
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Sawaba (Political party) -- History
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Sawaba (Political party) |
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Government, Resistance to -- Niger
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Decolonization -- Niger
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Political parties -- Niger
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HISTORY -- Africa -- West.
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Autonomy and independence movements
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Decolonization
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Government, Resistance to
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Political parties
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Niger -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements
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Niger
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004245754 |
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9004245758 |
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