Klaas van Walraven (Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands)

Submitted:  Tues, April 26, 2011


Dr. Klaas van Walraven
Afrika-Studiecentrum
Leiden University
P.O. Box 9555
2300 RB
Leiden
The Netherlands

phone:   +31-71-5273362
fax:     +31-71-5273344
e-mail:  walraven@ascleiden.nl


Afrika-Studiecentrum Web site: http://www.ascleiden.nl



Dr. Klaas van Walraven is a political scientist. 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.


Publications -- Selected Books and Articles:

"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.