Moorish Mirages
Posted in Africa, Arabs, Darfur, Maghreb, Mauritania, Muslims, Sahel, Sudan, Third World, bigotry, black people, culture, language, politics on March 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Since it gained its independence from France in 1960 Mauritania has struggled with ethnic tension between the Afro-Mauritanians and so called Arab-Mauritanians. But a new government is trying to reverse the pattern of ethnic division. Two familiar with the situation discuss the conflict.
There are two problems with this introduction to an NPR program about Mauritania’s [...]
