Speaker Professor Jeremy Keenan.
Professor Keenan will discuss the background effect of the Global War on Terror and, more specifically, the roles of Algeria and its DRS (secret intelligence service) in the region. He will also examine the significance of cocaine trafficking in this part of Africa. Professor Keenan, of the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at SOAS, has travelled extensively in the Sahara, and has written a number of books on the Tuareg, including The Lesser Gods of the Sahara: Social Change and Contested Terrain Amongst theTuareg of Algeria. His latest books are The Dark Sahara: America’s War on Terror in Africa and its sequel, The Dying Sahara – US Imperialism and Terror in Africa, published this year.
Café Diplo at The Gallery, 70/77 Cowcross Street, London EC1M 6EL. Nearest tube station Farringdon. 6.45pm (doors open 6.30).
