Becoming the 'Abid

In 2011, after the popular uprising overthrew former President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, in Tunisia several issues came to the fore: among them, racism targeting "black" individuals. Few black rights associations emerged, and their struggle culminated in the promulgation of a law punishing...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ledizioni 2020
Series:Antropologia della Contemporaneità
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