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Conquest and Resistance in West Africa: The Jeandet Affair and the Illusion of Colonial Justice

Conquest and Resistance in West Africa: The Jeandet Affair and the Illusion of Colonial Justice

Ginio, Ruth

Hardcover

Series: Studies in Modern French and Francophone History

African HistoryFrench HistoryGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 152618737X
ISBN13: 9781526187376
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: Sep 2 2025
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.98
Height: 0.63 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
This book is an enthralling account of a legal scandal, which erupted in colonial Senegal in 1890 and reached the French metropolitan press and the parliament. The murder of a colonial administrator, Abel Jeandet, by one of his soldiers led to the brutal and illegal executions without trial of the killer and two local dignitaries. The volume follows the fascinating story of Ndiereby Ba, the widow of one of the dignitaries, who with the help of powerful métis men in the capital Saint Louis sued the French administrators who had supervised the executions for the murder of her husband. Through this captivating tale the book articulates the French expansion into West Africa, the resistance to colonial rule both violent and non-violent, and the lack of interest on the part of French politicians in the brutal conquest of a territory they know nothing about.

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