Nearly native, barely civilized : : Henri Gaden's journey through colonial French West Africa (1894-1939) /

Nearly native, barely civilized : : Henri Gaden's journey through colonial French West Africa (1894-1939) / / by Roy Dilley.

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Nearly Native, Barely Civilized by Roy Dilley offers the first full-length biography of Henri Gaden, an exceptional French colonial character who lived through some of the most radical transformations in West African history. It provides an in-depth, intimate and rounded portrayal of the man, his pl...

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Superior document:African History,
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Dilley, Roy, 1954-
Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2014.
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Series:African history (Brill Academic Publishers)
Physical Description:1 online resource (460 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • A Funeral: Thursday, 14th December 1939
  • Gironde, Paris and Beyond
  • Agent of Commerce, African Novice: From Bordeaux to Bandiagara, 1894–1896
  • Interlude: Furlough in France I
  • On the Trail of the Black Napoleon, 1897–1899
  • Interlude: Furlough in France II
  • The Mallam and the Qadis: A Posting to Zinder, 1900–1903
  • Interlude: Furlough in France III
  • Cherchez la Femme: Tchekna, Chad, 1904–1907
  • Interlude: Furlough in France IV
  • Confidential Relations: Boutilimit, Mauritania, 1908–1911
  • Interlude: Furlough in France V
  • Paperwork and Bullets: The Years of Scholarship and War, 1912–18
  • Governor, Savant, Adopted Son: St Louis, 1919–1927
  • The Monk of St Louis, 1927–1939
  • General Bibliography
  • Bibliography of Henri Gaden’s Published Works
  • Index.

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