The Grand Mosque of Paris has stood for a century as a memorial to Muslim soldiers and a nuanced symbol of French colonialism.
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France’s ethnically diverse squad reflects the nation’s multi-faceted history: its colonial heritage, migration patterns and the French Football Federation’s training policy that dates back to the 1990s.
A recent report focuses on the death toll and on the burial site of the victims, stressing the importance of telling their stories.
French authorities allowed sex work because they believed brothels could help prevent interracial relationships from developing.
Recent events have cast an unexpected spotlight on the French territory St-Pierre-Miquelon and serve as a good reminder of the complex historical and geopolitical entanglements of these islands.
He gave up a lucrative contract in France to help create a football team to represent the Algerian resistance in the fight for independence. Algerians never forgot this.
Only recently have there been moves towards uncovering the full carceral pasts (and presents) of islands just off the French mainland.
Four people have been killed in civil unrest in New Caledonia’s capital, Noumea. People on the ground say the crisis isn’t just political.
Shows, movies and day-to-day language promote myths about voodoo that reinforce more than a century of stereotypes and discrimination, writes a scholar of Africana studies.
A geopolitical struggle for valuable resources such as uranium is behind the wrangling over Niger.
Burkina Faso looks to be the latest west African state where Russian influence is on the rise.
The Haitian revolution was the first by a former slave colony and was to inspire other emancipation movements across the New World.
Expert background on Haiti, where President Jovenel Moïse’s July 7 killing is the latest in the Caribbean nation’s long list of struggles.
Jean-Jacques Dessalines, who freed Haiti from French colonial rule in 1804, is revered as a spirit in the Haitian religion. Now he’s become an icon of the uprising against President Jovanel Moïse.
Women of color in public office often face great scrutiny and hostility. New research shows how France’s first black female senators used their experience fighting Nazis to pass landmark legislation.
Gabon’s strongman president, Ali Bongo, is barely clinging to power after contested elections, a stroke and a coup attempt. The Bongo family has run this stable central African nation for 52 years.
The annual Carnival rituals subvert traditional French notions of family and sexuality.
A renamed Brooklyn street celebrates Jean-Jacques Dessalines, a Haitian slave turned president. For centuries his legacy was tarnished by allegations that Haiti’s revolution led to ‘white genocide.’
To sustain geo-political relations with French-speaking Pacific nations in the future, we need to change the way French is taught to young Australians.
West Africa has lessons to learn from its ancient empires and colonial governments on regional trade and integration.
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Professor of History, William & Mary
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Teaching Fellow, University of Birmingham
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Senior Lecturer (Development Economics/Project Appraisal), University of Bradford
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Docteur en administration publique et chargé d'enseignement, École nationale d'administration publique (ENAP)
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Head of Research Programme, Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa
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Professeur agrégé, École nationale d'administration publique (ENAP)
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Professor of French and African American Studies, Yale University
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Senior Lecturer in Humanities and Education, James Cook University
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Reader in Economics, University of Westminster
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Lecturer, École nationale d'administration publique (ENAP)
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Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Florida State University
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Associate Professor in Business Ethics, IÉSEG School of Management
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Research Associate Centre for African Studies, University of Mumbai
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Historien et anthropologue spécialisé dans les armées coloniales et postcoloniales en Afrique de l’Ouest, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)
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Assistant Professor, York University, Canada