Trade Unionism in French Speaking West Africa During the Colonial Period
Trade Unionism in French Speaking West Africa During the Colonial Period

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Published: 1981

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Research paper comprising a comparison of trade unionism under colonialism in West Africa (French speaking Africa) - discusses historical labour movement and trade unionization trends, impact of French ideologies (role of France), formation of autonomous national level trade unions after independence, political participation, etc., and comments on labour legislation. References.

African Trade Unions
African Trade Unions

Author: Ioan Davies

Publisher: Harmondsworth, Penguin

Published: 1966

Total Pages: 260

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The specific characteristics of trade unions in Africa which result from economic development and the changing social structure. Employment policy of the former colonial labour administrations of the UK, France and particular characteristics of these trade unions are created by their relation to the respective governments. References. Bibliography pp. 233 to 244. Dictionary.

Decolonization and African Society
Decolonization and African Society

Author: Frederick Cooper

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1996-08-28

Total Pages: 702

ISBN-13: 9780521566001

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This detailed and authoritative volume changes our conceptions of 'imperial' and 'African' history. Frederick Cooper gathers a vast range of archival sources in French and English to achieve a truly comparative study of colonial policy toward the recruitment, control, and institutionalization of African labor forces from the mid 1930s, when the labor question was first posed, to the late 1950s, when decolonization was well under way. Professor Cooper explores colonial conceptions of the African worker and shows how African trade union and political leaders used the new language of social change to claim equality and a share of power. This helped to persuade European officials that the 'modern' Africa they imagined was unaffordable. Britain and France could not reshape African society. As they left the continent, the question was how they had affected the ways in which Africans could reorganize society themselves.

The End of Empire in French West Africa
The End of Empire in French West Africa

Author: Tony Chafer

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2002-06-01

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 1845206304

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In an effort to restore its world-power status after the humiliation of defeat and occupation, France was eager to maintain its overseas empire at the end of the Second World War. Yet just fifteen years later France had decolonized, and by 1960 only a few small island territories remained under French control.The process of decolonization in Indochina and Algeria has been widely studied, but much less has been written about decolonization in France's largest colony, French West Africa. Here, the French approach was regarded as exemplary -- that is, a smooth transition successfully managed by well intentioned French politicians and enlightened African leaders. Overturning this received wisdom, Chafer argues that the rapid unfurling of events after the Second World War was a complex , piecemeal and unpredictable process, resulting in a 'successful decolonization' that was achieved largely by accident. At independence, the winners assumed the reins of political power, while the losers were often repressed, imprisoned or silenced.This important book challenges the traditional dichotomy between 'imperial' and 'colonial' history and will be of interest to students of imperial and French history, politics and international relations, development and post-colonial studies.