I have been in-and-out of Mali since 1980. Back in the early 1980s I lived in Timbuktu, on the edge of the Sahara Desert, helping to rebuild an economy and a society ravaged by drought. Crops had failed, livestock had died,
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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