Download or read book Mali - Postcolonial Background, Current Crisis and Future Perspectives written by Cédric Gassama and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research Question This paper deals with the West African country Mali. Its aim is to analyse the state on a historical, social, political and economic level in order to point out reasons for the current crisis that started in 2012 and spread terror across the nation. In the end the objective is to predict a possible future for Mali and its inhabitants. Results A closer look at the postcolonial Mali and at the way it developed enabled me to understand and document reasons for the outbreak of hostilities and warfare in the recent past. Not only during colonial times, but also in the modern world had the country faced oppression, exploitation and above all poverty. Economically Mali is rather weak, but foreign interests in the rich soils of the region are huge. Politically, after the overcoming of a military dictatorship, it had been regarded as a showcase democracy for the African continent, but due to widespread corruption the political structure soon broke apart. Many aspects collaborated and ultimately foreign and not least separatist or terrorist interests split the nation; war broke out. On my trip to Mali I found out how this violent conflict affects the life of the people and that the hope for a better future never dies in them. The newly formed government faces the hard task of unifying the nation and securing peace and stability.