Haut-Sénégal-Niger (Soudan français), Tome 1 (de 3): le pays, les peuples, les…
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"Haut-Sénégal-Niger (Soudan français), Tome 1 (de 3): le pays, les peuples, les…." by Maurice Delafosse is a historical and ethnographic survey written in the early 20th century. It assembles a comprehensive portrait of the French colony’s geography, peoples, and languages, framed by administrative, legal, and historical context. Drawing on official monographs, questionnaires, Arabic chronicles, and field experience, the work is aimed at officials and scholars seeking a coordinated, critical overview of the
territory and its societies. The opening of the volume sets the project’s purpose and context: Governor Clozel’s preface explains why dispersed circle reports were reworked into coordinated studies, credits Delafosse, Méniaud, and Brévié, and sketches the French conquest, administrative structures, the move of the capital to Koulouba, communication networks, and the economic promise of the Niger valley alongside appeals for public health and attention to indigenous populations. Annexed documents lay out the government’s bureau attributions, a detailed circular to codify indigenous customs through a wide-ranging civil and criminal law questionnaire, and a call to update circle monographs on history, geography, economy, labor, trade, religion, languages, and education. In his foreword, Delafosse outlines the book’s five parts (the country, peoples, languages, history, civilizations), sources, and critical method, noting extensive use of Arabic texts and maps. The text then begins with a succinct geographic delimitation, giving area and population estimates and carefully tracing the colony’s boundaries with neighboring territories and the separate Military Territory of the Niger. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Delafosse, Maurice, 1870-1926 |
|---|---|
| Contributor | Clozel, F.-J. (François-Joseph), 1860-1918 |
| Title | Haut-Sénégal-Niger (Soudan français), Tome 1 (de 3): le pays, les peuples, les langues |
| Original Publication | Paris :Émile Larose, 1912. |
| Credits | Galo Flordelis (This file was produced from images generously made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library) |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | DT: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Africa |
| Subject | Mali |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 77844 |
| Release Date | Feb 3, 2026 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 503 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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