| ID | 084259 |
| Title Proper | 'Transfer of destinies' or business as usual? republican invented tradition and the problem of 'independence'at the end of the French empire |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Shipway, Martin |
| Publication | 2008. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Details of independence ceremonies in French sub-Saharan Africa in 1960 are sparse. Republican France had no place for monarchist pageantry and ornamentalism, although there was some borrowing from the British rhetoric and iconography of the end of Empire. This article explores differences between French and British decolonization with particular attention to the French experience in Vietnam and the French West and Equatorial Africa 1958-60. |
| `In' analytical Note | Round Table Vol. 97, No. 398; Oct 2008: p747-759 |
| Journal Source | Round Table Vol. 97, No. 398; Oct 2008: p747-759 |
| Key Words | French decolonization ; French West Africa ; French Equatiorial Africa ; Uuinea ; Vietnam ; Charles de gaulle |