French Colonial endeavor in West Africa began in 1637 when various generals and wealthy French men started exploring the continent. General Louis Faidherbe, who ended up becoming the colonial ...

Several hundred documents and items revealing the names and other details of victims of slavery in France’s colonial empire is being added to UNESCO’s Memory of the World register. This latest ...

Like a kind of Gallic Colonel Blimp, Paris' conservative Le Figaro (circ. 390,000) takes French imperial prestige with deep seriousness. To awaken the same feeling in other Frenchmen, Le Figaro ...

A valuable statement of the changes wrought by the war in the French colonial empire, ... La France D’outre-Mer: De L’empire Colonial à L’union Française (1938-1947) Reviewed by Robert Gale Woolbert ...

From the Cahiers du Communisme, official monthly review of the best that has been thought and said by French Communists: “Communists affirm the right of self-determination for every nation or ...

Records of French slaves inscribed on U.N. world heritage register Several hundred documents and items giving the details of victims of slavery in France’s colonial empire is being added to ...