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Full Description
This book describes how, at the end of the nineteenth century, France came to govern large areas of the West African interior. French rule in the Western Sudan developed as a result of military expansion and the influence with which the officers with experience in the field exerted on the direction of official thinking forms the central theme of the book. French policies in West Africa are set within the context of France's wider interests as a European power at a time when colonial expansion was supposedly of minor importance in the government's eyes. The African response to the French military advance is also described. The subject with which the book deals has received little attention in the past and is an important one in understanding the expansion of European influence and rule in Africa.
Contents
Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: the Colonial Army and the Western Sudan 2. The Background of Conquest; 3. The Revival of the Niger Plan 1876-80; 4. The Occupation of the Niger 1880-3; 5. The Problems of Occupation 1883-6; 6. The Consolidation of the Sudan and the New African Policy; 7. The 'Total Conquest' of the Sudan 1888-93; 8. The Civilian Administration of the Sudan 1893-5; 9. The Last Years of Military Rule 1895-9; 10. Conclusion: French African Policy and Military Imperialism; List of sources; Bibliography; Index.
