Western Sahara: The Refugee Nation - Rilegato

San Martin, Pablo

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ISBN 10: 0708322050 ISBN 13: 9780708322055

Casa editrice: Univ of Wales Pr, 2010

Riassunto

In 1975, after Francoist Spain abandoned Western Sahara, Morocco and Mauritania hastily moved in to occupy the territory, despite protests by the United Nations and resistance from a nascent Saharawi liberation movement known as the Frente Polisario. During the conflict’s first few months, thousands of Saharawis were displaced to the neighboring Algerian region of Tindouf, where almost 200,000 Saharawis still live today in four large refugee camps. But now these camps are more than refugee settlements: they have become the center of a state founded by the Saharawi nationalists, the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic. This book examines how a new Saharawi identity, culture, and society has emerged in these refugee camps over the past few decades and highlights the impact that the Hispanic, Arab, and African worlds have had in shaping the contours of this nation.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Pablo San Martín works as a freelance writer and consultant who specializes in conflict, security and nationalism in Spanish-speaking Africa. Until 2009, he was lecturer in Spanish studies at the University of Leeds.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Univ of Wales Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0708322050
• ISBN 13: 9780708322055
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 226