Nearly Native, Barely Civilized

Henri Gaden's Journey Through Colonial French West Africa (1894-1939)
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-90-04-25096-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 3, 442 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 703 g

Reihe: African History

Nearly Native, Barely Civilized by Roy Dilley offers the first full-length biography of Henri Gaden, an exceptional French colonial character who lived through some of the most radical transformations in West African history. It provides an in-depth, intimate and rounded portrayal of the man, his place in history, and the contradictions, tensions and ambiguities not only in his personal and professional life but also at the heart of the colonial enterprise.

Soldier, ethnographer and linguist, lover, father, administrator and Governor, Henri Gaden (1867-1939) lived for 45 years in West Africa. Faced with the chaos, insecurity and insanity of colonial existence, Gaden experienced a rich mosaic of human pain and passion, of curiosity and intellectual endeavour, of folly and failure.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dilley, Roy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historische Geographie, Landkarten & Atlanten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

Dedication
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Note on Orthography

Introduction

A Funeral, Thursday, 14th December 1939

Chapter One. Gironde, Paris and Beyond

Chapter Two. Agent of Commerce, African Novice: From Bordeaux to Bandiagara, 1894-1896
Interlude: Furlough in France I

Chapter Three. On the Trail of the Black Napoleon, 1897-1899
Interlude: Furlough in France II

Chapter Four. The Mallam and the Qadis: A Posting to Zinder, 1900-1903
Interlude: Furlough in France III

Chapter Five. Cherchez la Femme: Tchekna, Chad, 1904-1907
Interlude: Furlough in France IV

Chapter Six. Confidential Relations: Boutilimit, Mauritania, 1908-1911
Interlude: Furlough in France V

Chapter Seven. Paperwork and Bullets: The Years of Scholarship and War, 1912-18

Chapter Eight. Governor, Savant, Adopted Son: St Louis, 1919-1927

Chapter Nine. The Monk of St Louis, 1927-1939

Index

General Bibliography

Bibliography of Henri Gaden's Published Works

Über Autor(innen)

Roy Dilley, D.Phil. (1984), University of Oxford, is Professor of Social Anthropology, University of St Andrews. He has published widely on anthropological theory and West African ethnography, including a monograph, Islamic and Caste Knowledge Practices among Haalpulaar'en, Senegal (EUP/IAI, 2004).