Political Networks in North Africa
Circulation, Diffusion, and Transfers, 1908 to 1914
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.51185/journals/rhca.2022.0304Keywords:
imperialism, North Africa, pan-islamism, nationalism, war and conflictAbstract
During the early twentieth century, North African Muslim communities responded to European imperial expansion in diverse ways. As this article demonstrates, the period between the French invasion of Morocco (1907) and the Italo-Turk War (1911-1912) witnessed the rise of new political and paramilitary networks that cut across imperial borders. These networks, built upon existing religious and intellectual connections from Africa to Asia, created an alternative space for political activism and mobilized populations across the Muslim world. In focusing on the connected histories of North African empires, this article adopts a trans-regional approach, exploring how reflections stimulated by the transnational turn can frame new perspectives on processes of exchange and interaction between empires.
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