This book is an enthralling account of a legal scandal, which erupted in colonial Senegal in 1890 and reached the French metropolitan press and the parliament. The murder of a colonial administrator, Abel Jeandet, by one of his soldiers led to the brutal and illegal executions without trial of the killer and two local dignitaries. The volume follows the fascinating story of Ndiereby Ba, the widow of one of the dignitaries, who with the help of powerful m�tis men in the capital Saint Louis sued the French administrators who had supervised the executions for the murder of her husband. Through this captivating tale the book articulates the French expansion into West Africa, the resistance to colonial rule both violent and non-violent, and the lack of interest on the part of French politicians in the brutal conquest of a territory they know nothing about.
| ISBN: | 9781526187376 |
| Publication date: | 2nd September 2025 |
| Author: | Ruth Ginio |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Series: | Studies in Modern French and Francophone History |
| Genres: |
Colonialism and imperialism Social and cultural history Legal history |
This book is an enthralling account of a legal scandal, which erupted in colonial Senegal in 1890 and reached the French metropolitan press and the parliament. The murder of a colonial administrator, Abel Jeandet, by one of his soldiers led to the brutal and illegal executions without trial of the killer and two local dignitaries. The volume follows the fascinating story of Ndiereby Ba, the widow of one of the dignitaries, who with the help of powerful m�tis men in the capital Saint Louis sued the French administrators who had supervised the executions for the murder of her husband. Through this captivating tale the book articulates the French expansion into West Africa, the resistance to colonial rule both violent and non-violent, and the lack of interest on the part of French politicians in the brutal conquest of a territory they know nothing about.
Conquest and Resistance in West Africa features in the following genres: Colonialism and imperialism, Social and cultural history, Legal history
Conquest and Resistance in West Africa is available in Hardback
Conquest and Resistance in West Africa was written by Ruth Ginio and published by Manchester University Press
Conquest and Resistance in West Africa has 256 pages
Yes it is part of Studies in Modern French and Francophone History series
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