Scramble for Africa 15: France Seizes West Africa

from Anti-Empire Project Podcast – The Anti-Empire Project · host Justin Podur

In this episode France seizes the territories of the Tukolors (overthrowing Sultan Ahmadu), battles Samori Toure, and fights a long war with King Benanzin of Dahomey. Some observations about the differences between France’s notions of colonialism and those of the British, in whose footsteps the French colonizers hoped to follow.

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