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Native Sons: West African Veterans and France in the Twentieth Century

Native Sons: West African Veterans and France in the Twentieth Century

Mann, Gregory

Paperback

Series: Politics, History, and Culture

African HistoryAnthropology

ISBN10: 0822337681
ISBN13: 9780822337683
Publisher: Duke Univ Pr
Published: Jul 19 2006
Pages: 344
Weight: 1.08
Height: 0.81 Width: 6.06 Depth: 9.26
Language: English
For much of the twentieth century, France recruited colonial subjects from sub-Saharan Africa to serve in its military, sending West African soldiers to fight its battles in Europe, Southeast Asia, and North Africa. In this exemplary contribution to the new imperial history, Gregory Mann argues that this shared military experience between France and Africa was fundamental not only to their colonial relationship but also to the reconfiguration of that relationship in the postcolonial era. Mann explains that in the early twenty-first century, among Africans in France and Africa, and particularly in Mali--where Mann conducted his research--the belief that France has not adequately recognized and compensated the African veterans of its wars is widely held and frequently invoked. It continues to animate the political relationship between France and Africa, especially debates about African immigration to France.

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