The killer trail
Subtitle: a colonial scandal in the heart of Africa
By: Bertrand Taithe.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780199231218
Subjects: Voulet, Paul, -- 1866-1899; Chanoine, Julien, -- 1870-1899; Mission Afrique centrale; French -- Africa, Central -- History -- 19th century; Atrocities -- Africa, Central -- History -- 19th century.; Scandals -- France -- History -- 19th century; Africa, Central -- Colonization; Africa, Central -- Discovery and exploration -- French; Africa, Central -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Dying for French Soudan; title: Civilization and Africa; title: Privateering for France; title: Officers and gentlemen?; title: Slaving and African warfare; title: Conspiracy theories and scandals; title: From The heart of darkness to twenty-first century guilt; title: Conclusion: Traumatized perpetrators?