Willing Migrants: Soninke Labor Diasporas, 1848-1960 (Western African Studies)

Of all France's black African migrants, 85 per cent are Soninke from one area of West Africa. This study of their migration to Europe challenges the view that they were coerced by colonial tax and violence and claims that the evidence shows rather that they were indeed willing migrants. North America: Ohio U Press The First Major Study Of The Soninke Labor Migration Within Africa And To France, Willing Migrants Is Based Upon A Critical Analysis Of French Precolonial And Colonial Records And Interviews With Soninke Migrants. Francois Manchuelle Shows That These Migrations Were Driven By A Search For Improved Economic Options And That These Labor Movements Have A Great Deal In Common With European And American Migrations.--book Jacket. François Manchuelle. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 315-361) And Index.