This Handbook provides resources that help explain and contextualize the intersecting crises that destabilized Mali in 2012-2013. These crises included a rebellion by Tuareg separatists, a coup by junior officers, and violence carried out by Muslim militants. In addition to an overview of the crisis, the Handbook contains historical timelines, demographic information, glossaries of individuals and movements, translated documents, and maps. Interspersed throughout the text are narratives offering historical background on past rebellions in Mali, as well as information about contemporary Malian society and detailed sections analyzing the actors in the 2012-2013 crisis. For novice observers of Mali, the Handbook serves as an introduction to the country. For veteran analysts, the Handbook represents an important reference guide. At the end of the Handbook, a bibliography lists both scholarly works on Mali and resources for continued coverage of events there. By presenting Mali's past and present in their complexity, the Handbook casts doubt on reductionist narratives about the conflict and gestures toward the nuance and sophistication necessary to understanding this country and its problems.

Last modified

• 01/03/2019

Creator

• Alexander Thurston
• Andrew Lebovich

DOI

• https://doi.org/10.21985/N2KR1R

Alternate Identifier

• 13-001

Keyword

• mali
• crisis
• buffett

Date created

• 2013

Resource type

• Research Paper

Rights statement

• In Copyright