SOAS in the Media 01/02/2013
1 February 2013
Following news of the destroyed manuscripts in Timbuktu, Mali expert Dr Marie Rodet has been featured extensively in the media, including on Monday night's Newsnight, BBC World News, BBC 5 Live, The Telegraph and the Independent.
Dr Marie Rodet speaking on the destroyed manuscripts in Timbuktu and the overall situation in Mali
Newsnight - 28/01
BBC 5 Live (1:55:00)
French Malians retake Timbuktu, rebels torch library
Reuters - 28/01
"Marie Rodet, an African history lecturer at Britain's School of Oriental and African Studies said Timbuktu held one of the greatest libraries of Islamic manuscripts from around the world..."
World Heritage disaster: Rebels torch Timbuktu's priceless relics
The Week - 28/01
"For centuries [Europeans] tried to reach the place because it was a mythological place of trade and Islamic scholars," explained Marie Rodet, lecturer at the School of Oriental and African Studies...
Greek report analysis motives behind French intervention in Mali
Biyokoulu Online - 25/01
"It can, however, become a time bomb, posing a real threat of destabilisation... ," Doctor Marie Rodet of the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London, tells to Vi ma."
Mali rebels "could destabilise region" as jihadists retreat into neighbouring countries
The Independent - 30/01
"Dr Rodet, lecturer in the history of Africa at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, said with little state control it has been easy or potential jihadists to move to Mali."
Universities welcome small rise in applications
Guardian - 30/01
"Professor Paul Webley, director of the School of Oriental and African Studies, says the fall in language students is alarming"
The fabling of Timbuktu - a primer
Financial Times - 30/01
"As a thriving trade outpost, Timbuktu attracted a cosmopolitan populace... according to Dr Marie Rodet..."
Mali is a "potential time bomb" for the wider region
The Telegraph - 01/02
"Mali expert Dr Marie Rodet says western powers know that it is crucial to bring political stability to a war-ravaged country..."
Timbuktu manuscripts apparently escaped burning
Science Insider - 30/01
"Marie Rodet, a historian at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies... agrees with this assessment..."
Analysis: Cash strapped ICC takes on Mali
IRIN Africa - 29/01
"There are serious questions to be asked...," said Phil Clark, a lecturer in comparative and international politics at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies."
