[PDF] France And Nigeria eBook

Author : C. Hirshfield
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 48,67 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9400992750

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In the spring of the year 1898 the long rivalry of Britain and France in West Africa reached a dangerous climax. The West African crisis was but one aspect of an extensive Anglo-French contest for colonial possessions which characterized the final decade of the nineteenth century. Competi tion for dominion went on relentlessly in the Nile Valley, along the banks of the Mekong in Southeast Asia, and within the territories of the Niger River Bend. The Upper Nile dispute dwarfed all others; and ultimately the inability of Britain and France to settle this question through diplo matic negotations was to lead to the confrontation at Fashoda. Simulta neously, however, a more obscure struggle was in process, namely the contest for possession of the thousand mile stretch of the Middle Niger. Aside from an infrequent flurry of diplomatic activity occasioned by the foray of an English or French officer into the little known realms of the Niger Bend, the protracted struggle for control of the river artery received scant notice. The Foreign Offices in both France and Britain traditionally regarded the region as one of secondary interest and tended to subordinate it to more pressing concerns. Even the eruption of a dan gerous crisis in West Africa in the spring of 1898 was somewhat over shadowed by the subsequent incident at Fashoda so that the earlier cli max appeared mainly a curtain raiser.

Author : Toyin Falola
Publisher : 5Continents
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 29,81 MB
Release : 2013-02-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 9788874395811

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Nigerian art has long been sought after by art collectors in France. Accompanying an important exhibition, Arts of Nigeria in French Private Collections explores Nigeria’s rich artistic production through a collection of beautiful works, including many arresting figurative pieces, in a wide variety of media. Internationally known experts provide texts that introduce Nigeria, its peoples, and its assorted cultures. The superb photographs of the works add to the value of this sumptuous volume.

Author : Chima J. Korieh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 36,72 MB
Release : 2020-03-26
Category : History
ISBN : 1108425801

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A sophisticated history of colonial interactions in Nigeria during World War II drawing on hitherto unexplored archival resources.

Author : Nathaniel K. Powell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 13,69 MB
Release : 2020-12-17
Category : History
ISBN : 1108488676

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Examines twenty years of French military interventions in Chad and Hissène Habré's rise to power between 1960 and 1982.