Book contents
- Conflicts of Colonialism
- African Studies Series
- Conflicts of Colonialism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Mademba and the Foundations of the Bargains of Collaboration, 1852–1888
- 2 Conquest and Construction of Indirect Rule in the French Soudan, 1886–1891
- 3 “A World of Deception and Defection”
- 4 “A Curious and Very Engaging Mixture of European and Native Customs”
- 5 The Coming Storm, 1898–1899
- 6 Rule of Law and the Bargains of Collaboration
- 7 “An Unexpected and Precious Collaborator”
- 8 Remaking Mademba, 1906–1931
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- African Studies Series
8 - Remaking Mademba, 1906–1931
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 February 2022
- Conflicts of Colonialism
- African Studies Series
- Conflicts of Colonialism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Mademba and the Foundations of the Bargains of Collaboration, 1852–1888
- 2 Conquest and Construction of Indirect Rule in the French Soudan, 1886–1891
- 3 “A World of Deception and Defection”
- 4 “A Curious and Very Engaging Mixture of European and Native Customs”
- 5 The Coming Storm, 1898–1899
- 6 Rule of Law and the Bargains of Collaboration
- 7 “An Unexpected and Precious Collaborator”
- 8 Remaking Mademba, 1906–1931
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- African Studies Series
Summary
With the newfound attention of his cotton in France, Mademba visited France to participate in the 1906 colonial exposition in Marseille and the Association Cotonnière Coloniale banquet in Paris. While in Paris, Mademba met with journalists and planted a narrative of his life and career that highlighted his progressive and benevolent rule. Mademba returned to his kingdom only to find that his large labor force of prisoners of war had secured their own freedom. Without this labor, Mademba no longer produced sufficient cotton to interest metropolitan textile industrialists. He also returned to a wave of militant Islamic revival. Mademba suffered from ill health and died in 1918. His death stimulated significant debates about the succession to his kingdom and the distribution of his estate among his many wives and children. His son, Abd-el-Kader Mademba, sought unsuccessfully to succeed his father, but instead published the only existing book on Mademba’s life during a period of intense commemoration of the conquest of the French Soudan and the role of African soldiers in World War I.
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- Conflicts of ColonialismThe Rule of Law, French Soudan, and Faama Mademba Sèye, pp. 269 - 307Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022