Routledge Handbook of Francophone Africa (Paperback, 1)

Introduction Section 1. Colonial and post-colonial ties between France and sub-Saharan Africa 1. Colonialism and Decolonisation in French sub-Saharan Africa 2. Francafrique 3. The Durability of the "Gendarme de l'Afrique": from Empire to Fighting Terrorism 4. Francophonie and Africa: Past, Present and Future Perspectives 5. France and Francophone Africa: An Enduring Financial and Economic Relationship faced with Uncertainty 6. Colonial Medicine in French West Africa: Scientists for Empire from the origins to independence 1960 7. French Schools in sub-Saharan Africa 8. Reconciling with the Past and Looking to the Future: The Place of the Tirailleurs Senegalais in Post-Colonial Senegal Section 2. Belgium, Belgian colonialism and Africa 9. Belgian colonisation in Africa and decolonisation 10. Facing ghosts: Lumumba Shadows 11. Guilty Imaginaries: rethinking language and ethnicity in post-colonial Rwanda and Burundi Section 3. The Maghreb 12. Language Policies in Algeria since 1962: Identity Renewal in the Light of Realpolitik Imperatives 13. The Languages of Democracy in post 2011 Tunisia 14. Maghrebi Francophonies: from the Colonial to the Postcolonial and Beyond Section 4. Francophones in France 15. "A Great Gang of Black and Brown Humanity": The Lives and Politics of African Migrants in Twentieth Century France, from Vagabonds and Transients to Maritime Labourers and Intellectuals 16. Postcolonial Migration, Racism and Culture: France and North Africa 17. Cultural Pan-Africanism in Twentieth Century France 18. "Our lives are political!" Afrofeminism in France or the fightback of the granddaughters of Empire 19. The Road to 2005: How the Memory of Colonialism in France Became a Substitute for Race Section 5. Francophone African Literature and Film 20. Colonial/ Postcolonial Francophonies in Sub-Saharan Africa: From Topicality to Universality 21. The problematic location of Reunionese literature within Francophone studies 22. How African languages free Francophone African cinema Section 6. ‘Francophone’ and ‘Anglophone’ Africa 23. ‘Francophones’ and ‘Anglophones’ in Cameroon: Official bilingualism, language competition and everyday practice 24. A Postcolonial appraisal of Francophone/ Anglophone relations in Cameroon 25. The Commonwealth of Nations and ‘francophone’ Africa: bridging the colonial divides? Section 7. Beyond national boundaries and 'colonial partners' 26. Pan-Africanism in francophone West Africa: continuity vs rupture 27. Francophone Africa beyond 'colonial partners': French-speaking countries' economic cooperation with China 28. From Regional Organisations to Coalition Interventions: Francophone Africa and contemporary security challenges