'Sons of the Clouds': Oral tradition and resistance in Africa's last colony

Western Sahara, the territory situated in the North-West of Africa's Maghreb, has been left behind by history. A victim of Moroccan ideas of national restoration and Spanish colonial objectives, the nation, which is home to almost 200,000 Indigenous Saharawi people, still struggles to decolonis...

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Published inThe Australasian review of African studies Vol. 43; no. 2; pp. 87 - 92
Main Author Alexander Whitehead
Format Journal Article
Published Perth, W.A African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific 01.12.2022
Subjects
Australians
Claims
History
Influence
Phosphate industry
Social life and customs
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Summary:Western Sahara, the territory situated in the North-West of Africa's Maghreb, has been left behind by history. A victim of Moroccan ideas of national restoration and Spanish colonial objectives, the nation, which is home to almost 200,000 Indigenous Saharawi people, still struggles to decolonise. At the now notorious Berlin Conference of 1884-85, fourteen European nations sought to carve up, as King Leopold II put it, "This Magnificent African Cake". During this 'scramble for Africa', convened by German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, each member state was endowed with territories whose borders were artificially drawn for the convenience of mineral, rubber, and timber extraction. Western Sahara would be one of these territories.
Bibliography:Informit, Melbourne (Vic)
Australasian Review of African Studies, Vol. 43, No. 2, Dec 2022, 87-92
ISSN:1447-8420
DOI:10.22160/22035184/ARAS-2022-43-2/87-92