The Yearning for Relief

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.

About the author

Klaas van Walraven, Ph.D. (1997), researcher at the African Studies Centre, Leiden, is an historian and political scientist working on West Africa, in particular Niger. He has also written on international relations and is co-editor of the Africa Yearbook: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara.

Product details

• Authors: Klaas Walraven, Klaas van Walraven
• Publisher: de Gruyter Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.02.2013
• EAN: 9789004245747
• ISBN: 978-90-04-24574-7
• No. of pages: 996
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 239 mm x 51 mm
• Weight: 1474 g
• Series: Afrika-Studiecentrum
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous