French Africa


French Africa includes all the historic holdings of France on the African continent.

Françafrique

French North Africa

French West Africa

French Equatorial Africa

East Africa and Indian Ocean

Policies and colonies

  • Aldrich, Robert. Greater France: A History of French Overseas Expansion
  • Baumgart, Winfried. Imperialism: The Idea and Reality of British and French Colonial Expansion, 1880–1914
  • Betts, Raymond. Tricouleur: The French Overseas Empire, 174pp
  • Betts, Raymond. Assimilation and Association in French Colonial Theory, 1890–1914
  • Clayton, Anthony. The Wars of French Decolonization
  • Cogneau, Denis, et al. "Taxation in Africa from Colonial Times to Present Evidence from former French colonies 1900-2018." :
  • Conklin, Alice L. A Mission to Civilize: The Republican Idea of Empire in France and West Africa, 1895–1930
  • Evans, Martin. "From colonialism to post-colonialism: the French empire since Napoleon." in Martin S. Alexander, ed., French History since Napoleon pp: 391–415.
  • Gamble, Harry. Contesting French West Africa: Battles over Schools and the Colonial Order, 1900–1950. 378 pp.
  • Jennings, Eric T. Imperial Heights: Dalat and the Making and Undoing of French Indochina.
  • Lawrence, Adria. Imperial rule and the politics of nationalism: anti-colonial protest in the French empire.
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  • Klein, Martin A. Slavery and colonial rule in French West Africa
  • Manning, Patrick. Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa 1880-1995.
  • Neres, Philip. French-speaking West Africa: From Colonial Status to Independence
  • Priestley, Herbert Ingram. France overseas: a study of modern imperialism 464pp.
  • Quinn, Frederick. The French Overseas Empire
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  • Poddar, Prem, and Lars Jensen, eds., A historical companion to postcolonial literatures: Continental Europe and Its Empires, also
  • Priestley, Herbert Ingram. France overseas;: A study of modern imperialism 463pp; encyclopedic coverage as of late 1930s
  • Roberts, Stephen H. History of French Colonial Policy also ; Comprehensive scholarly history
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  • Strother, Christian. "Waging War on Mosquitoes: Scientific Research and the Formation of Mosquito Brigades in French West Africa, 1899–1920." Journal of the history of medicine and allied sciences : jrw005.
  • Thomas, Martin. The French Empire Between the Wars: Imperialism, Politics and Society covers 1919–1939
  • Thompson, Virginia, and Richard Adloff. French West Africa.
  • Wesseling, H.L. and Arnold J. Pomerans. Divide and rule: The partition of Africa, 1880–1914
  • Wesseling, H.L. The European Colonial Empires: 1815–1919.

Decolonization

  • Betts, Raymond F. Decolonization
  • Betts, Raymond F. France and Decolonisation, 1900–1960
  • Chafer, Tony. The end of empire in French West Africa: France's successful decolonization.
  • Chamberlain, Muriel E. ed. Longman Companion to European Decolonisation in the Twentieth Century
  • Clayton, Anthony. The wars of French decolonization.
  • Cooper, Frederick. "French Africa, 1947–48: Reform, Violence, and Uncertainty in a Colonial Situation." Critical Inquiry 40#4 pp: 466–478.
  • Ikeda, Ryo. The Imperialism of French Decolonisation: French Policy and the Anglo-American Response in Tunisia and Morocco
  • Jansen, Jan C. & Jürgen Osterhammel. Decolonization: A Short History.
  • Jones, Max, et al. "Decolonising imperial heroes: Britain and France." Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History 42#5 : 787–825.
  • Lawrence, Adria K. Imperial Rule and the Politics of Nationalism: Anti-Colonial Protest in the French Empire
  • McDougall, James. "The Impossible Republic: The Reconquest of Algeria and the Decolonization of France, 1945–1962," The Journal of Modern History 89#4 pp 772–811
  • Rothermund, Dietmar. Memories of Post-Imperial Nations: The Aftermath of Decolonization, 1945–2013 ; Compares the impact on Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Portugal, Italy and Japan
  • Rothermund, Dietmar. The Routledge companion to decolonization, comprehensive global coverage; 365pp
  • Shepard, Todd. The Invention of Decolonization: The Algerian War and the Remaking of France
  • Simpson, Alfred William Brian. Human Rights and the End of Empire: Britain and the Genesis of the European Convention.
  • Smith, Tony. "A comparative study of French and British decolonization." Comparative Studies in Society and History 20#1 pp: 70–102.
  • Smith, Tony. "The French Colonial Consensus and People's War, 1946–58." Journal of Contemporary History : 217–247.
  • Thomas, Martin, Bob Moore, and Lawrence J. Butler. Crises of Empire: Decolonization and Europe's imperial states
  • Von Albertini, Rudolf. Decolonization: the Administration and Future of the Colonies, 1919–1960, scholarly analysis of French policies, pp 265–469..

Images and impact on France

  • Andrew, Christopher M., and Alexander Sydney Kanya-Forstner. "France, Africa, and the First World War." Journal of African History 19.1 : 11–23.
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  • Andrew, C. M., and A. S. Kanya-Forstner. "The French 'Colonial Party': Its Composition, Aims and Influence, 1885-1914." Historical Journal 14#1 : 99–128. .
  • August, Thomas G. The Selling of the Empire: British and French Imperialist Propaganda, 1890–1940
  • Chafer, Tony, and Amanda Sackur. Promoting the Colonial Idea: Propaganda and Visions of Empire in France
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  • Conkin, Alice L. A Mission to Civilize: The Republican Idea of Empire in France and West Africa, 1895-1930
  • Dobie, Madeleine. Trading Places: Colonization & Slavery in 18th-Century French Culture
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  • Rosenblum, Mort. Mission to Civilize: The French Way
  • Rothermund, Dietmar. Memories of Post-Imperial Nations: The Aftermath of Decolonization, 1945–2013 ; Compares the impact on Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Portugal, Italy and Japan
  • Singer, Barnett, and John Langdon. Cultured Force: Makers and Defenders of the French Colonial Empire
  • Thomas, Martin, ed. The French Colonial Mind, Volume 1: Mental Maps of Empire and Colonial Encounters ; ''The French Colonial Mind, Volume 2: Violence, Military Encounters, and Colonialism''

Historiography and memoir

  • Bennington, Alice. "Writing Empire? The Reception of Post-Colonial Studies in France." Historical Journal 59#4: 1157–1186.
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  • Lawrence, Adria K. Imperial Rule and the Politics of Nationalism: Anti-Colonial Protest in the French Empire