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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465054903321

Titolo

Contesting hitorical divides in Francophone Africa / / edited by Claire H. Griffiths

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chester, England : , : University of Chester Press, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-908258-53-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GriffithsClaire

Disciplina

840.996

Soggetti

African literature (French) - History and criticism

Translating and interpreting

Bilingualism - Africa

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Front cover""; ""Title pages""; ""Copyright page""; ""Contents""; ""List of illustrations""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Preface""; ""Claire H. Griffiths: Introduction: Contesting historical divides in Francophone Africa: post-slavery, post-colonial, post-imperial""; ""Jonathan Derrick: Looking back to ""France of 100 million inhabitants"": Roots of the present in colonial French Africa""; ""David Perfect and Martin Evans: Trouble with the neighbours? Contemporary constructions and colonial legacies in relations between Senegal and The Gambia""

""Martin Evans: Historiographies, nationalisms and conflict in Casamance, Senegal""""Simon Massey: Ties that bind and ties that don't: France's role in the Comoros archipelago""; ""Claire H. Griffiths: Shifting centres and static peripheries: Geographies of power in Francophone African development politics""; ""Brenda Garvey: Relocating the traditional in the Senegalese classroom""; ""Alice Burgin: The dialectics of negritude in Francophone African film: Mansour Sora Wade's ""Ndeysaan""""; ""Sarah Burnautzki: Negotiating postcoloniality in Francophone Africa literature""

""Concluding remarks""""Notes on Contributors""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""Back cover""