Willing Migrants: Soninke Labor Diasporas, 1848-1960

by Francois Manchuelle and Martin A. Klein

Martin A. Klein (Preface)

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Of all France's black African migrants, 85 per cent are Soninke from one area of West Africa. This study of their migration to Europe challenges the view that they were coerced by colonial tax and violence and claims that the evidence shows rather that they were indeed willing migrants.

North America: Ohio U Press
  • ISBN10 0852557566
  • ISBN13 9780852557563
  • Publish Date 1 January 1998
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint James Currey
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 392
  • Language English