Africa & Asia

Here is my blog of political and anthropological reflections. Much of my professional career was in West Africa (and some of my childhood as well), but I also know East, Central and North Africa quite well. I have visited most Arab-speaking countries from Morocco to the Persian Empire. I know both Iran and Afghanistan, and many of the surrounding countries in Central and Southern Asia.

With terrorism, peace, sexual violence and injustice in the mix, this will be an eclectic series of articles !

This blog is a supplement to the monthly Richmond Chiwara Newsletter, a monthly online publication of the Virginia Friends of Mali

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Now available: The Limits of Democracy and the Postcolonial Nation State

This is a book about politics, peace and disarmament: indispensable for students of West Africa, of Sahara security, of development and disarmament, of terrorists and migrations.

There are some original ideas to discover and some challenging political themes that offer very new ways of looking at the problems of Africa.

AfricaElisabeth DrummMay 17, 2021terrorism, Mali, democracy, Al Qaida, Islamic State, Nato, military, mafia, oil, uranium, Columbia drug cartels, Sahara, postcolonial

Africa & Asia

With terrorism, peace, sexual violence and injustice in the mix, this will be an eclectic series of articles !

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