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[Archive] What place for Africa in the Second World War?
Audio 7:30 p.m.
On July 14, 1939, the colonial troops, massively made up of Senegalese skirmishers, marched on the Champs-Élysées in Paris.
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By: Jean-François Cadet Follow
1 min
May 8 marks the anniversary of the surrender of Nazi Germany in 1945. What was Africa's place during the Second World War and its importance in the Allied victory?
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Guests:
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Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch
, Emeritus Professor of African History at Paris Diderot University and author of
A Little History of Africa
published by La Découverte.
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Samuel Mbajum
, historian specializing in the history of Senegalese skirmishers.
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Dominique Lormier
, historian, specialist in the Second World War, author of
C'est nous les Africains
published by Calmann-Lévy, and of
Koenig, l'homme de Bir-Hakeim
published by Du Toucan.
This show originally aired on 08/05/2012.
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