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When drought hits the Sahara of northern Mali in 1973, Tuareg families flee to southern Algeria and Libya and settle in refugee camps. From 1980 Gaddafi sends them to fight in Chad and southern Lebanon, promising an independent Azawad state in return. After war and captivity in Chad they give up on his promise and rise against the governments of Mali and Niger. One refugee records this history, his own and his son's, in a manuscript.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Genres

Migration, War, Politics (assigned by AI)

Set in

Mali, Algeria, Libya, Chad, 1973–2011

First published

2021 by Dar Dwaya

Author's age

54 when first published