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This is a reproduction edition from the original 1958 publication on French West Africa.
There have been a great many books on Africa since the ware but astonishingly few in English that deal with the vast and important tropical areas under French administration. As to the most extensive of these – French West Africa – the lack is particularly striking, contrasting as it does with the larger number of works concerning adjacent Nigeria and Ghana. The few studies of French West Africa produced thus far by British and American writers have been mostly in specialized periodicals, and no work on the Federation as a whole has been available to the English-reading public.
The authors have provided a general and reliable survey of the main political, economic, social and cultural developments in the whole territory of French West Africa, supplemented by an analysis which takes into account both official and non-official French and African viewpoints. Some historical background is provided – especially where it is helpful to the understanding of current developments – but the book’ emphasis is upon the rapid evolution of French West Africa, in many fields, since the end of the Second World War. While most welcome as a reference work for students, the book will also be read more widely for the light it casts on the role that the French West African group of territories may play in the future ‘Eurafrica.’
This is a reproduction edition from a scanned copy of the original work:
Title: French West Africa
Author: Virginia Thompson and Richard Adloff
Publisher: Stanford University Press 1958
ISBN: 0804742561
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