Routledge handbook of francophone Africa / edited by Tony Chafer and Margaret A. Majumdar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chafer, Tony, editor.

Majumdar, Margaret A., editor.

Series:

Routledge handbooks.

Routledge handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Africa, French-speaking--History.

Africa, French-speaking.

Africa, French-speaking--Politics and government.

Africa, French-speaking--Social life and customs.

Africa, French-speaking--Foreign relations--France.

France--Foreign relations--Africa, French-speaking.

France.

France--Colonies--Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 485 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, England : Routledge, 2024.

Summary:

The Routledge Handbook of Francophone Africa brings together a multidisciplinary team of international experts to reflect on the history, politics, societies, and cultures of French-speaking parts of Africa, making it an essential resource for students and scholars interested in Francophone Africa.

Contents:

Intro

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Acknowledgements

List of Contributors

Introduction

Section 1 Colonial and post-colonial ties between France and sub-Saharan Africa

1 Colonialism and decolonization in French sub-Saharan Africa

2 Françafrique

3 The durability of the Gendarme de l'Afrique: from empire to fighting terrorism

4 Francophonie and Africa: past, present and future perspectives

5 France and Francophone Africa: an enduring financial and economic relationship faced with uncertainty

6 Colonial medicine in French West Africa: scientists for empire from the origins to independence 1960

7 French schools in sub-Saharan Africa

8 Reconciling with the past and looking to the future: the place of the Tirailleurs Sénégalais in post-colonial Senegal

Section 2 Belgium, Belgian colonialism and Africa

9 Belgian colonization in Africa and decolonization

10 Facing ghosts: Lumumba shadows

11 Guilty imaginaries: rethinking language and ethnicity in post-colonial Rwanda and Burundi

Section 3 The Maghreb

12 Language policies in Algeria since 1962: identity renewal in the light of realpolitik imperatives

13 The languages of democracy in post-2011 Tunisia

14 Maghrebi Francophonies: from the colonial to the postcolonial and beyond

Section 4 African Francophones in France

15 'A great gang of black and brown humanity': the lives and politics of African migrants in twentieth-century France: from vagabonds and transients to maritime labourers and intellectuals

16 Postcolonial migration, racism and culture: France and North Africa

17 Cultural Pan-Africanism in twentieth-century France

18 'Our lives are political!' Afrofeminism in France or the fightback of the granddaughters of empire.

19 The road to 2005: how the memory of colonialism in France became a substitute for race

Section 5 Francophone African literature and film

20 Colonial/postcolonial francophonies in sub-Saharan Africa: from topicality to universality

21 The problematic location of Reunionese literature within Francophone studies

22 How African languages free Francophone African cinema

Section 6 'Francophone' and 'Anglophone' Africa

23 'Francophones' and 'Anglophones' in Cameroon: official bilingualism, language competition and everyday practice

24 A postcolonial appraisal of Francophone-Anglophone relations in Cameroon

25 The Commonwealth nations and 'francophone' Africa: bridging the colonial divides?

Section 7 Beyond national boundaries and 'colonial partners'

26 Pan-Africanism in francophone West Africa: continuity versus rupture

27 Francophone Africa beyond 'colonial partners': French-speaking countries' economic cooperation with China

28 From regional organizations to ad hoc coalitions for interventions: Francophone Africa and contemporary security challenges

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-351-14216-X

1-351-14214-3

9781351142168

OCLC:

1401635117