03573nam 2200661 a 450 991046281850332120200520144314.01-299-15486-790-04-24575-810.1163/9789004245754(CKB)2670000000333872(EBL)1124348(OCoLC)827944716(SSID)ssj0000822722(PQKBManifestationID)11418083(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000822722(PQKBWorkID)10760862(PQKB)11145424(MiAaPQ)EBC1124348(nllekb)BRILL9789004245754(PPN)170757471(Au-PeEL)EBL1124348(CaPaEBR)ebr10655988(CaONFJC)MIL446736(EXLCZ)99267000000033387220121121d2013 uy 0engurun| uuuuatxtccrThe yearning for relief[electronic resource] a history of the Sawaba movement in Niger /by Klaas van WalravenLeiden ;Boston Brill20131 online resource (996 p.)Afrika-Studiecentrum series ;v. 25Description based upon print version of record.90-04-24574-X 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.The Sawaba movement and its rebellion in Niger are a totally neglected subject. Klaas van Walraven traces this story from a social history perspective, placing an entire generation of activists, removed from the official record, back into mainstream Nigérien history. Representing a genuine social movement, Sawaba formed Niger’s first autonomous government under French suzerainty. Overthrown by the Gaullists and persecuted, it attempted a comeback with a guerrilla campaign (1960-1966), which ended in failure and led to the movement’s destruction. The Yearning for Relief – based on numerous interviews with survivors and a vast range of archival sources, including France’s secret service – is essential reading for the reappraisal of Niger’s history and the role of militant nationalist movements in the decolonisation of French West Africa.Afrika-Studiecentrum Series25.Government, Resistance toNigerDecolonizationNigerPolitical partiesNigerNigerHistoryAutonomy and independence movementsElectronic books.Government, Resistance toDecolonizationPolitical parties966.26Walraven Klaas van1958-899809MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462818503321The yearning for relief2260321UNINA