Africa and France: Postcolonial Cultures, Migration, and Racism

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AFRICA AND FRANCE African Expressive Cultures Patrick McNaughton, editor Associate editors Catherine M. Cole Barbara G. Hoffman Eileen Julien Kassim Koné D. A. Masolo Elisha Renne Zoë Strother AFRICA AND FRANCE Postcolonial Cultures, Migration, and Racism DOMINIC THOMAS INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS Bloomington and Indianapolis This book is a publication of Indiana University Press 601 North Morton Street Bloomington, Indiana 47404-3797 USA iupress.indiana.edu Telephone orders 800-842-6796 Fax orders 812-855-7931© 2013 by Dominic Thomas All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording , or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Thomas, Dominic Richard David. Africa and France : postcolonial cultures, migration , and racism / Dominic Thomas. p. cm. — (African expressive cultures) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-253-00669-1 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-253-00670-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-253-00703-2 (eb) 1. Africans—Cultural assimilation—France. 2. France—Race relations. 3. National characteristics , French. 4. Multiculturalism—France. 5. Racism—France. 6. Africa—Emigration and immigration—France. 7. France—Emigration and immigration—Africa. 8. Postcolonialism— France. I. Title. DC34.5.A37T48 2013 305.896'044—dc23 2012036060 1 2 3 4 5 17 16 15 14 13 For Devereux and Erin This page intentionally left blank Having authority over our own story, and the means to tell it, is the most potent weapon that any of us are able to utilize against the corrupt vision of the far right. —Caryl Phillips, Color Me English (2011) The question is not “Who is French, but rather what is a human being?” —J.-M. G. Le Clézio, “Universalism and Multiculturalism” (2009) This page intentionally left blank ...