who immediately demobbed African soldiers after the war. Acquiring the values and language of the French brought opportunities and prospects for people in the French colonies. But these were not ...

He accused the French government of manipulating the economies of mainly former French colonies in Africa, which use a form of the pre-independence currency known as a CFA franc. "France is one of ...

Both colonizers, despite their differences, aimed at squeezing profit for their imperial centers The colonial footprints in Africa paint a ...

From 1619 on, not long after the first settlement, the need for colonial labor was bolstered by the importation of African captives. At first, like their poor English counterparts, the Africans ...

When World War I ended in 1918, the winners, principally Britain and France (for the US electorate had decisively rejected ...

But France was occupied in 1942. There was a Free French government in exile led by Charles De Gaulle. African colonies had to choose with whom to side. In Chad the black governor, Felix Eboue ...

Founded as a French colonial settlement in the 17th century, Saint-Louis was urbanised in the mid-19th century. It was the capital of Senegal from 1872 to 1957 and played an important cultural and ...

History in Africa, Vol. 45, Issue. , p. 71. Faucher, Charlotte and Humbert, Laure 2018. Introduction – Beyond de Gaulle and beyond London: the French external resistance ... Second World War - War and ...

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Niger has become the latest country in West Africa where the army has seized control, following Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, and Chad - all former French colonies. Since 1990, a striking 78% of the ...

As France’s oldest city, Marseille has influences from its Greek settlers, Moroccan immigrants and former French colonies in ...

The French army’s choir sang “The Commandos of Africa" before Cameroonian President Biya took the stand. “The thousands of men … came from all over the French colonial empire,” Biya said. “The ...