Chapters in this book

1. Front matter i
2. Dedication v
3. Contents vii
4. List of illustrations ix
5. Abbreviations xi
6. Notes on contributors xv
7. Acknowledgements xix
8. Introduction 1
9. 1 Gaston Defferre’s Loi-Cadre and its application, 1956/57 15
10. 2 A vocation for independence 30
11. 3 French officials and the insecurities of change in sub-Saharan Africa 44
12. 4 'Saving French West Africa’ 61
13. 5 The French Army and Malian independence (1956–1961) 75
14. 6 Transfer of military power in Mauritania 90
15. Part III Continuities and connections
16. 7 Franco-African security relations at fifty 107
17. 8 French coopération in the field of education (1960–1980) 120
18. 9 Jacques Foccart 135
19. Part IV Anglo-French relations
20. 10 Whitehall, the French Community and the Year of Africa 155
21. 11 A transnational decolonisation 171
22. Part V Nationalist trajectories, border issues and conflicted memories
23. 12 The changing boundaries of resistance 189
24. 13 A fragmented and forgotten decolonisation 204
25. 14 Through the prism of the cinquantenaire 219
26. 15 Chad’s political violence at 50 233
27. Bibliography 249
28. Index 275