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2010 marked the 50th anniversary of the ‘Year of Africa’. All France’s colonies in sub-Saharan Africa gained their independence in that year. This book brings together leading scholars from across the globe to review ‘Francophone Africa at Fifty’. It examines continuities from the colonial to the post-colonial period and analyses the diverse and multi-faceted legacy of French colonial rule in sub-Saharan Africa. It also reviews the decolonization of French West Africa in comparative perspective and observes how independence is remembered and commemorated fifty years on.
Keywords: France, Africa, Colonialism, Decolonization, Independence
Print publication date: 2013 | Print ISBN-13: 9780719089305 |
Published to Manchester Scholarship Online: May 2019 | DOI:10.7228/manchester/9780719089305.001.0001 |
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