Nearly native, barely civilized : Henri Gaden's journey through colonial French West Africa (1894-1939)

Publication Data

• Title Nearly native, barely civilized : Henri Gaden's journey through colonial French West Africa (1894-1939)
• Author Roy Dilley
• Publisher Brill
• Publication date 2014
• Publication location Leiden
• Language English

Contents

A funeral: Thursday, 14th December 1939
Gironde, Paris and beyond
Agent of commerce, African novice: from Bordeaux to Bandiagara, 1894-1896
Interlude: furlough in France I
On the trail of the Black Napoleon, 1897-1899
Interlude: furlough in France II
The mallam and the qadis: a posting to Zinder, 1900-1903
Interlude: furlough in France III
Cherchez la femme: Tchekna, Chad, 1904-1907
Interlude: furlough in France IV
Confidential relations: Boutilimit, Mauritania, 1908-1911
Interlude: furlough in France V
Paperwork and bullets: the years of scholarship and war, 1912-18
Governor, savant, adopted son: St Louis, 1919-1927
The monk of St Louis, 1927-1939.

Topics

• Gaden, Henri, 1867-1939
• Colonial administrators :: Africa, West :: Biography
• Linguists :: Biography
• Africa, West :: Politics and government :: 1884-1960
• Mauritania :: Biography
• Africa, West
• Mauritania

Nearly native, barely civilized : Henri Gaden's journey through colonial French West Africa (1894-1939) by Roy Dilley. ISBN 9789004250963. Published by Brill in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.