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The killer trail : a colonial scandal in the heart of Africa
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- Summary
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The story of the Voulet-Chanoine mission to central Africa in 1898-9, one of the most notorious atrocities to take place during the European 'scramble for Africa' and a highly revealing portrait of...
The story of the Voulet-Chanoine mission to central Africa in 1898-9, one of the most notorious atrocities to take place during the European 'scramble for Africa' and a highly revealing portrait of European colonial brutality at its most extreme.
Details
- Creator
- Bertrand Taithe
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2023
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (337 p.)
- ISBNs
- 1383036527, 1282383396, 9786612383397, 0191571555, 0199231214
- OCLC
- ocn654776907, on1406782758
- Previously issued in print: 2009.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- Dying for French Soudan -- Civilization and Africa -- Privateering for France -- Officers and gentlemen? -- Slaving and African warfare -- Conspiracy theories and scandals -- From The heart of darkness to twenty-first-century guilt -- Conclusion : traumatized perpetrators?
Subjects
- French -- Africa, Central -- History -- 19th century.
- Atrocities -- Africa, Central -- History -- 19th century.
- Scandals -- France -- History -- 19th century.
- Africa, Central -- Colonization.
- Africa, Central -- Discovery and exploration -- French.
- Africa, Central -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
- Mission Afrique centrale.
- Voulet, Paul, 1866-1899.
- Chanoine, Julien, 1870-1899.