l'Afrique

Pays-Bas

Ph.D

Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands

walraven@ascleiden.nl

Afrika-Studiecentrum
Leiden University
P.O. Box 9555
2300 RB
Leiden
The Netherlands

phone: +31-71-5273362
fax: +31-71-5273344

http://www.ascleiden.nl

Niger

He is involved in a research project on democratization processes in Africa.

Currently, he is working on a monograph about the Sawaba rebellion in Niger (1958-1965) and
its aftermath.

"Decolonization by referendum: the anomaly of Niger and the Fall of Sawaba
1958-1959," In: Journal of African History, vol. 50, no. 2, 2009,
pp. 269-292.

"Vehicle of sedition: the role of transport workers in Sawaba's Rebellion
in Niger, 1954-1966," In: K. van Walraven, S. Luning, J.B. Gewald:
The speed of change : motor vehicles and people in Africa,
1890-2000. Leiden: Brill, pp. 75-103, 2009.

"From Tamanrasset: the struggle of Sawaba and the Algerian connection,
1957-1966," In: The Journal of North African Studies, vol. 10, no. 3/4,
pp. 507-527, 2005.

Dreams of Power. The role of the Organization of African Unity in the
politics of Africa 1963-1993. Aldershot: Ashgate, ASC Research Series
vol. 13, 1999.

The pretence of peace-keeping: ECOMOG, West-Africa and Liberia
(1990-1998). The Hague, Clingendael Institute, 1999,
(Clingendael Study nr. 10)

The Netherlands and Liberia: Dutch policies and interventions with
respect to the Liberian civil war. Den Haag: Instituut
Clingendael, Conflict Research Unit, 1999.

Editor
Early Warning and Conflict Prevention: Limitations and
Possibilities. The Hague, Kluwer Law International, Nijhoff law
specials, 1998.

Sawaba rebellion ; democratization ; politics ; ECOMOG ; West Africa ; ...