Category Archives: Postcolony

Reflections on ECAS and Fieldwork in African Conflict areas by Marsha Henry

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Mats Utas

Attending the European Convention of Africa Studies this past June for the first time, it was encouraging to see several panels devoted to methodological questions raised by conducting research in African conflict areas and violent settings.  The topics discussed in … Continue reading →

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The new sterile and faceless Africa?

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Mats Utas

Finally I got the chance to see Jens Assur’s photo exhibition Africa is a Great Country at Liljewalchs in Stockholm. There have been a lot of discussions concerning the provocative Africa-is-a-country  title and this has partly overshadowed the content. Is … Continue reading →

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The Malian crisis: causes, consequences, responses by Morten Bøås and Mats Utas

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Mats Utas

Even if Northern Mali has been in the hands of armed Salafist forces since spring 2012, it has not yet morphed into another ‘Afghanistan’. The Salafist forces, may have taken the name of al-Qaeda, but they are of a different … Continue reading →

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Mali: Towards a neo-trusteeship? (by Yvan Guichaoua)

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Mats Utas

This is the second part of a two-part analysis of the present situation in Mali. Part I, entitled “Mali: the fallacy of ungoverned space” is available here. Preventing the fall of Bamako into Islamist hands is the official trigger of … Continue reading →

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