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The Métis of Senegal [Elektronische Ressource] : Urban Life and Politics in French West Africa

Jones, Hilary,i1970-

Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, 2013

292 p.

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978-0-253-00673-8

 

f Online-Publikation  f Online-Publikation  Saint-Louis, Senegal  Interethnische Herkunft 

 

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Online-Ressource

978-0-253-00705-6

 

The Métis of Senegal is a history of politics and society among an influential group of mixed-race people who settled in coastal Africa under French colonialism. Hilary Jones describes how the métis carved out a niche as middleman traders for European merchants. As the colonial presence spread, the métis entered into politics and began to assert their position as local elites and power brokers against French rule. Many of the descendants of these traders continue to wield influence in contemporary Senegal. Jones's nuanced portrait of métis ascendency examines the influence of family connect...