Colonial Suspects: Suspicious Persons and Police Surveillance in French West Africa, 1914-1945
- ISBN-10
- 1109913206
- ISBN-13
- 9781109913200
- Category
- Africa, French-speaking West
- Pages
- 343
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Author
- Kathleen A. Keller
Description
Additionally, the dissertation studies the "suspects" themselves to understand different colonial milieux, including foreign, French, and African individuals and groups who engaged in political, religious, or economic activity that was deemed marginal by French authorities. It probes networks created within colonial space, the politics of dissent from colonial rule, and touches upon the lives of individuals who came to French West Africa to pursue fortunes, change identities, or otherwise pursue the "exotic" possibilities of French colonial Africa. It describes how the presence of foreigners in West Africa blurred conventional categories and proved disruptive to colonial taxonomies that were essential to control. "Suspicious persons" offer insight into the lives of people who were marginal, yet threatening---foreigners, transients, and migrants, suggesting not only how frightening uncontrolled urban spaces could seem, but also the diverse and dynamic society that emerged in urban colonial Africa.
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