François Mitterrand and French decolonization: a story of deception
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Dinner between President François Mitterrand and 17 African heads of state at the 10th Franco-African Summit, October 3, 1983. Keystone Pictures USA / ZUMAPRESS/MAXPPP
The former socialist president was not the anti-colonialist he claimed to be, concludes a team of specialists led by Pascal Blanchard and Nicolas Bancel, in a relentless volume. Unlike his former Prime Minister Michel Rocard, as Vincent Duclert demonstrates.
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