Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa 1880-1995

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
Maps......Page 11
NOTE THE SECOND EDITION......Page 13
1 Prologue......Page 15
THE AFRICAN LANDSCAPE......Page 18
THE ANCESTRY OF FRANCOPHONE AFRICA......Page 22
CONTENDING VISIONS OF AFRICAN DESTINY......Page 26
A CENTURY OF CHANGE......Page 31
2
 Economy and society, 1880–1940......Page 38
THE HERITAGE OF SLAVERY......Page 40
TECHNOLOGY AND ECOLOGY......Page 43
TRANSFORMATIONS IN TOWN AND COUNTRY......Page 48
ETHNICITY AND CLASS......Page 55
COMMERCE......Page 57
GOVERNMENT AND THE ECONOMY......Page 65
CAPITALISM......Page 68
3 Government and politics,1880–1940......Page 71
CONCEPTS OF COLONIZATION......Page 73
IMPERIAL DIPLOMACY AND CONQUEST......Page 76
THE DAWN OF COLONIAL ADMINISTRATION......Page 81
THE FATE OF AFRICAN POLITIES......Page 85
ADMINISTRATIVE CONSOLIDATION......Page 87
DEMOCRACY: THE RISE OF A POLITICAL CLASS......Page 92
THE ZENITH OF COLONIAL RULE......Page 96
ABSOLUTISM......Page 98
4 Culture and religion, 1880–1940......Page 100
FRANCOPHONE CULTURE......Page 101
THE DEBATE ON AFRICAN CULTURE......Page 104
MISSIONARIES......Page 107
NEW RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS......Page 109
EDUCATION......Page 112
BELIEFS......Page 114
ART AND LITERATURE IN THE COLONIAL SITUATION......Page 117
THE NEW AFRICAN CULTURE......Page 122
5 Economy and society, 1940–1985......Page 124
RURAL LIFE......Page 126
TOWN AND INDUSTRIAL LIFE......Page 130
THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY......Page 134
PUBLIC FINANCE AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISE......Page 137
SOCIAL AND ETHNIC CONFLICTS......Page 141
CHANGES IN THE LAND......Page 144
6 Government and politics, 1940–1985......Page 147
WORLD WAR......Page 148
THE POSTWAR POLITICAL ORDER......Page 153
POLITICAL INDEPENDENCE......Page 157
CONFLICT IN THE CONGO......Page 161
DOMESTIC POLITICS......Page 165
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS......Page 169
NATIONHOOD AND DEMOCRACY......Page 173
7 Culture and religion, 1940–1985......Page 175
THE PROBLEM OF AFRICAN IDENTITY......Page 176
EDUCATION......Page 178
RELIGION......Page 182
POPULAR CULTURE......Page 186
LITERARY AND SCHOLARLY ENDEAVOR......Page 190
FRANCOPHONE AFRICAN CULTURE......Page 192
8 Democracy and dependence, 1985–1995......Page 194
ECONOMIC STAGNATION, SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION......Page 197
THE FRANCOPHONE MOVEMENT......Page 200
THE NATIONAL CONFERENCES......Page 204
DISILLUSIONMENT AND DISASTER......Page 215
COSMOPOLITAN CULTURE......Page 219
BEYOND IMPUNITY......Page 223
9 Epilogue......Page 225
THE FRANCOPHONE AFRICAN LANDSCAPE......Page 228
CONFLICTING VISIONS OF AFRICAN DESTINY......Page 235
GENERAL AND REFERENCE WORKS......Page 243
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HI STORY......Page 244
POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT......Page 246
CULTURE AND RELIGION......Page 248
Index......Page 250