Tuareg élites in the communist bloc and in Cuba

Abstract (English)

As part of African-Soviet student mobilities, between the years 1960 and 1993, around twenty Malian Tuareg, including four women, were trained in the Soviet Union and in the former Soviet bloc, in the technical-scientific sector (medicine, engineering, geology, and chemistry). After an historical contextualization of these international student's trajectories through the difficult process of adapting to institutionalized formal schooling, I analyze their future professional and political careers, both in Mali and in support of the independence movements.