Britain, France and the Decolonization of Africa: Future Imperfect?

Looking at decolonization in the conditional tense, this volume teases out the complex and uncertain ends of British and French empire in Africa during the period of 'late colonial shift' after 1945. Rather than view decolonization as an inevitable process, the contributors together explor...

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Other Authors: Jeppesen, Chris (Editor), W.M. Smith, Andrew (Editor)
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Published: UCL Press 2017
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