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Nearly Native, Barely Civilized

Henri Gaden’s Journey through Colonial French West Africa (1894-1939)

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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Nearly Native, Barely Civilized by Roy Dilley offers the first full-length biography of Henri Gaden, an exceptional French colonial character who lived through some of the most radical transformations in West African history. It provides an in-depth, intimate and rounded portrayal of the man, his place in history, and the contradictions, tensions and ambiguities not only in his personal and professional life but also at the heart of the colonial enterprise. Soldier, ethnographer and linguist, lover, father, administrator and Governor, Henri Gaden (1867-1939) lived for 45 years in West Africa. Faced with the chaos, insecurity and insanity of colonial existence, Gaden experienced a rich mosaic of human pain and passion, of curiosity and intellectual endeavour, of folly and failure.

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Utgivningsdatum2014-01-02
Mått155 x 235 x 24 mm
Vikt703 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieAfrican History
Antal sidor442
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004250963

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Table of ContentsDedicationList of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsNote on OrthographyIntroductionA Funeral, Thursday, 14th December 1939Chapter One. Gironde, Paris and BeyondChapter Two. Agent of Commerce, African Novice: From Bordeaux to Bandiagara, 1894-1896Interlude: Furlough in France IChapter Three. On the Trail of the Black Napoleon, 1897-1899Interlude: Furlough in France IIChapter Four. The Mallam and the Qadis: A Posting to Zinder, 1900-1903Interlude: Furlough in France IIIChapter Five. Cherchez la Femme: Tchekna, Chad, 1904-1907Interlude: Furlough in France IVChapter Six. Confidential Relations: Boutilimit, Mauritania, 1908-1911Interlude: Furlough in France VChapter Seven. Paperwork and Bullets: The Years of Scholarship and War, 1912-18Chapter Eight. Governor, Savant, Adopted Son: St Louis, 1919-1927Chapter Nine. The Monk of St Louis, 1927-1939IndexGeneral BibliographyBibliography of Henri Gaden's Published Works

'The book does not aim to simply reconstruct a conventional historical narrative of a life or of event as they unfold. It sheds light on the nature of the colonialism in West Africa. Through Gaden's experience we can see how colonialism imposes order and new types of organization on native affairs. Gaden does not act merely as a military officer and administrator. In Mauritania, he was revered as a man of learning, justice and honesty, and of immense culture stature amongst the Moors. He is a researcher and an ethnographer who seeks information from the indigenous, notices and writes down Africa's world. Overall, Dilley achieves its scope, to present us a rather unknown Africa through the optics of their protagonists.'Antonios Chaldeos in Journal of Oriental and African Studies, 24 (2015), pp. 482-485