The yearning for relief

Walraven, Klaas van, 1958-

The yearning for relief a history of the Sawaba movement in Niger / [electronic resource] : by Klaas van Walraven. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013. - xxvii, 967 p. - Afrika-Studiecentrum series ; v. 25 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


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Bakary, Djibo.


Sawaba (Political party)--History.


Government, Resistance to--Niger.
Decolonization--Niger.
Political parties--Niger.


Niger--History--Autonomy and independence movements.


Electronic books.

DT547.75 / .W35 2013eb

966.26