Djibouti
Basics
CIA World Factbook. Includes map.
UN Development Program, Human Development Indicators
World
Guide (Montevideo)
On the Web: Articles
Djiboutians See No Payoff for US Presence. Mark Fineman, LA Times (12/23/02).
Millions for Defense, Barely a Penny for Djibouti. Michael R. Gordon, NY Times (12/1/02).
On the Web: Specialized Sites
In the Library: Articles
Huliaras, Asteris C. "Islam: promise or peril?" World Today 51,12 (12/95):242-46.
Schraeder, P.J. "Ethnic politics in Djibouti: from eye of the hurricane to boiling cauldron," African Affairs 92,367 (4/93):203-21.
In the Library: Non-Fiction Books
Aboubaker Alwan, Daoud & Yohanis Mibrathu. Historical Dictionary of Djibouti (Lanham MD: Scarecrow, 2000).
Aden, Mohamed. Ourrou-Djibouti 1991-1994: du maquis afar à la paix des braves (Paris: L'Harmattan, 2002).
Brichant, Colete Dubois. Djibouti, 1888-1867: heritage ou frustration (Paris: Harmattan, 1997).
Coubba, Ali. Le mal djiboutien: revalités ethniques et enjeux politiques (Paris: Harmattan, 1995).
__________. Ahmed Dini et la politique a Djibouti (Paris: Harmattan, 1997).
Dagne, Theodros S. Djibouti: Political Unrest, Prospects for Reconciliation (Washington: Congressional Research Service, 1992).
Koburger, Charles. Naval Strategy East of Suez: The Role of Djibouti (NY: Praeger, 1992).
Leroux, Remi. Le Reveil de Djibouti, 1968-1977: simple outil de propagande ou veritable reflet d'une societé (Paris: Harmattan, 1998).
Makinda, Sam. Security in the Horn of Africa: An Analysis of Post Cold-War Developments in Regional Security & Emerging Strategic Issues in Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan & Djibouti (London: International Institute for Strategic Studies, 1992).
Oberle, Philippe et Pierre Hugot. Histoire de Djibouti: des origines a la République (Paris: Présence Africaine, 1985).
Ruiz, Hiram A. Beyond the Headlines: Refugees in the Horn of Africa (Washington: American Council for Nationalities Service, 1988).
Saint Veran, Robert. Djibouti: Pawn of the Horn of Africa (Metuchen NJ: Scarecrow, 1981).
Schraeder, Peter J. Djibouti (Santa Barbara CA: Clio, 1991).
Thompson, Virginia McLean & Richard Adloff. Djibouti & the Horn of Africa (Stanford: Stanford U, 1968).
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In the Library: Photography
CD & Audio
Film & Video
"Beau travail" [2000], dir. Claire Denis, 90m. From Artificial Eye.