Killer Trail A Colonial Scandal in the Heart of Africa

Name: Killer Trail A Colonial Scandal in the Heart of Africa
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ISBN: 9780199231218

ISBN-10: 0199231214

ISBN-13: 9780199231218

Edition: 2009

Authors: Bertrand Taithe

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The Killer Trail tells the tale of one of the most notorious atrocities to take place during the European 'scramble for Africa', a real life story of insane violence in the heart of an exotic continent that eerily prefigures fictional accounts such as The Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now. The Voulet-Chanoine mission left Dakar in 1898 for the centre of Africa and the region of Lake Chad with the aim of establishing effective borders between the French and British empires while 'pacifying' a notoriously belligerent region. Wreaking havoc as it went along, the mission degenerated into an extraordinary display of colonial violence and cruelty, leaving a trail of pillage, murder, and…

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List price: $35.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 11/22/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 5.08" wide x 7.72" long x 0.05" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English

Bertrand Taithe is Professor of Cultural History at The University of Manchester



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Preface



Dying for French Soudan



Civilization and Africa



Privateering for France



Officers and Gentlemen?



Slaving and African Warfare



Conspiracy Theories and Scandals



From the Heart of Darkness to Twenty-First-Century Guilt



Conclusion: Traumatized Perpetrators?


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