From the Niger to the Nile
In the late 1890s and early 1900s, a number of West African Muslims migrated east, settling in Sudan and Mecca, to seek refuge from European colonization.
In the late 1890s and early 1900s, a number of West African Muslims migrated east, settling in Sudan and Mecca, to seek refuge from European colonization.
The French philosopher and TV personality favors spectacle over analysis. The result: we don't make sense of political violence in Nigeria.
How local conflicts in the Sahel-Sahara over justice, or rather its absence, get dragged into tensions between outsiders.
Long before Boko Haram, talk of holy war in what became Nigeria was everywhere.
There is a certain deja vu about how Alpha Conde stays in power: every time there's an election he exploits ethnic divisions.
Real World Records has just released (this past Monday) the new album “In Trance” by JuJu,