From the Disappearance of ‘Tribes’ to Reawakening of the Tribal Feeling: Strategies of State among the Formerly Nomadic Bidān (Arabophone) of Mauritania

摘要

The essay will attempt a broad outline of the strategies of state employed in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. The analysis will trace historically the principle paths of state chosen by the ruling elites of a country colonized by France.