French neocolonialism in Africa

Pascal Bianchini, Pascal Bianchini — 2026-07-18T13:43:00Z

In this book review published in ROAPE's journal issue No.187, Pascal Bianchini provides a glimpse into Fanny Pigeaud and Ndongo Samba Sylla's volume titled De la démocratie en Françafrique – Une histoire de l'impérialisme electoral.
This well-written and well-argued volume revisits French political history, especially its colonial (and neocolonial) aspects, which are a blind spot for many historians and political scientists. The intellectual pillar of the book is the notion of ‘electoral (…)

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Revolutionary movements in Africa – an untold story

Leo Zeilig, Ndongo Samba Sylla, Pascal Bianchini — 2023-11-13T16:58:00Z

While revolutionary movements of the 1960s and 1970s in Europe, the United States and Latin America have been the subject of abundant literature, similar movements that emerged in Africa have received comparatively little attention. In an extract from their forthcoming book, the editors, Pascal Bianchini, Ndongo Sylla and Leo Zeilig shed new light on these political movements. They argue that Africa's revolutionary left was extremely active in these years, and forms a vital part of global (…)

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French neocolonialism in Africa

Revolutionary movements in Africa – an untold story