Tony Chafer is Professor of Contemporary French Studies at the University of Portsmouth; Alexander Keese is a Visiting Scholar at the University of Portsmouth

'Francophone Africa at Fifty is aimed at generalists and specialists alike. For those wishing to learn about this often-neglected part of the world, and especially for those with an interest in its history, this book is an excellent place to start.'Craig Phelan, Kingston University London, Political Studies Review, May 2016

• Introduction – Tony Chafer and Alexander KeesePart I: Zero hour approaches1. Gaston Defferre’s Loi-Cadre and its application, 1956–57: last chance for a French African ‘empire-state’ or blueprint for decolonisation? – Martin Shipway2. A Vocation for Independence: Guinean Nationalism in the 1950s – Mairi MacDonald3. French officials and the insecurities of change in sub-Saharan Africa: Dakar, 19 August 1960 re-visited – Alexander KeesePart II: Military transitions4. 'Saving French West Africa’: The French army, African soldiers and military propaganda during the 1950s – Ruth Ginio5. The French Army and Malian Independence (1956–1961) – Vincent Joly6. Transfer of Military Power in Mauritania: From Ecouvillon to Lamentin (1956-1978) – Camille EvrardPart III: Continuities and Connections7. Franco-African Security Relations at Fifty: Writing Violence, Security, and the Geopolitical Imaginary – Bruno Charbonneau8. French coopération in the field of education (1960-1980): A story of disillusionment – Samy Mesli9. Jacques Foccart: Éminence grise for African affairs – Jean-Pierre BatPart IV: Anglo-French Relations10. Whitehall, the French Community and the Year of Africa: Negotiating post-independence diplomacy in West Africa – Mélanie Torrent11. A Transnational Decolonisation: Britain, France and the Rhodesian Problem, 1965–1969 – Joanna WarsonPart V: Nationalist trajectories, border issues and conflicted memories12. The Changing Boundaries of Resistance: The UPC and France in Cameroonian History and Memory – Thomas Sharp13. A fragmented and forgotten decolonisation: The end of European empires in the Sahara and their legacy – Berny Sèbe14. Through the prism of the cinquantenaire: Côte d’Ivoire between refondation and Houphouët’s legacy – Kathrin Heitz15. Chad’s political violence at 50: Bullets, ballots and bases – David StyanIndex

Tony Chafer is Professor of Contemporary French Studies at the University of Portsmouth; Alexander Keese is a Visiting Scholar at the University of Portsmouth

'Francophone Africa at Fifty is aimed at generalists and specialists alike. For those wishing to learn about this often-neglected part of the world, and especially for those with an interest in its history, this book is an excellent place to start.'Craig Phelan, Kingston University London, Political Studies Review, May 2016

• Introduction – Tony Chafer and Alexander KeesePart I: Zero hour approaches1. Gaston Defferre’s Loi-Cadre and its application, 1956–57: last chance for a French African ‘empire-state’ or blueprint for decolonisation? – Martin Shipway2. A Vocation for Independence: Guinean Nationalism in the 1950s – Mairi MacDonald3. French officials and the insecurities of change in sub-Saharan Africa: Dakar, 19 August 1960 re-visited – Alexander KeesePart II: Military transitions4. 'Saving French West Africa’: The French army, African soldiers and military propaganda during the 1950s – Ruth Ginio5. The French Army and Malian Independence (1956–1961) – Vincent Joly6. Transfer of Military Power in Mauritania: From Ecouvillon to Lamentin (1956-1978) – Camille EvrardPart III: Continuities and Connections7. Franco-African Security Relations at Fifty: Writing Violence, Security, and the Geopolitical Imaginary – Bruno Charbonneau8. French coopération in the field of education (1960-1980): A story of disillusionment – Samy Mesli9. Jacques Foccart: Éminence grise for African affairs – Jean-Pierre BatPart IV: Anglo-French Relations10. Whitehall, the French Community and the Year of Africa: Negotiating post-independence diplomacy in West Africa – Mélanie Torrent11. A Transnational Decolonisation: Britain, France and the Rhodesian Problem, 1965–1969 – Joanna WarsonPart V: Nationalist trajectories, border issues and conflicted memories12. The Changing Boundaries of Resistance: The UPC and France in Cameroonian History and Memory – Thomas Sharp13. A fragmented and forgotten decolonisation: The end of European empires in the Sahara and their legacy – Berny Sèbe14. Through the prism of the cinquantenaire: Côte d’Ivoire between refondation and Houphouët’s legacy – Kathrin Heitz15. Chad’s political violence at 50: Bullets, ballots and bases – David StyanIndex

Tony Chafer is Professor of Contemporary French Studies at the University of Portsmouth; Alexander Keese is a Visiting Scholar at the University of Portsmouth

'Francophone Africa at Fifty is aimed at generalists and specialists alike. For those wishing to learn about this often-neglected part of the world, and especially for those with an interest in its history, this book is an excellent place to start.'Craig Phelan, Kingston University London, Political Studies Review, May 2016

• Introduction – Tony Chafer and Alexander KeesePart I: Zero hour approaches1. Gaston Defferre’s Loi-Cadre and its application, 1956–57: last chance for a French African ‘empire-state’ or blueprint for decolonisation? – Martin Shipway2. A Vocation for Independence: Guinean Nationalism in the 1950s – Mairi MacDonald3. French officials and the insecurities of change in sub-Saharan Africa: Dakar, 19 August 1960 re-visited – Alexander KeesePart II: Military transitions4. 'Saving French West Africa’: The French army, African soldiers and military propaganda during the 1950s – Ruth Ginio5. The French Army and Malian Independence (1956–1961) – Vincent Joly6. Transfer of Military Power in Mauritania: From Ecouvillon to Lamentin (1956-1978) – Camille EvrardPart III: Continuities and Connections7. Franco-African Security Relations at Fifty: Writing Violence, Security, and the Geopolitical Imaginary – Bruno Charbonneau8. French coopération in the field of education (1960-1980): A story of disillusionment – Samy Mesli9. Jacques Foccart: Éminence grise for African affairs – Jean-Pierre BatPart IV: Anglo-French Relations10. Whitehall, the French Community and the Year of Africa: Negotiating post-independence diplomacy in West Africa – Mélanie Torrent11. A Transnational Decolonisation: Britain, France and the Rhodesian Problem, 1965–1969 – Joanna WarsonPart V: Nationalist trajectories, border issues and conflicted memories12. The Changing Boundaries of Resistance: The UPC and France in Cameroonian History and Memory – Thomas Sharp13. A fragmented and forgotten decolonisation: The end of European empires in the Sahara and their legacy – Berny Sèbe14. Through the prism of the cinquantenaire: Côte d’Ivoire between refondation and Houphouët’s legacy – Kathrin Heitz15. Chad’s political violence at 50: Bullets, ballots and bases – David StyanIndex