{"product_id":"french-neocolonialism-in-africa-fanny-pigeaud-9780745351711","title":"French Neocolonialism in Africa: A History of Electoral Imperialism","description":"\u003cp\u003e For decades, France has exerted a neocolonial grip on its former African empire, known as the Françafrique. Yet a series of electoral breakthroughs and military coups by opponents of this order have put its future into question. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Covering a broad sweep of history from the eighteenth century to the present day, two leading authorities on French neocolonialism, Ndongo Samba Sylla and Fanny Pigeaud, offer a series of sharp political reflections on the French effort to subdue and subvert democracy in its former colonies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e With incisive analysis of recent events in Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali, and Senegal, the book offers an eye-opening counter-history of democracy and elections. It reveals how colonial officials limited the vote in the first French colonies; how they organized unequal rights within the new colonies; how one-party regimes spread; how significant historical coups d'état unfolded; and how contemporary actors interfere in elections. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fanny Pigeaud,Ndongo Samba Sylla\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0745351719\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745351711\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pluto Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Fanny Pigeaud","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48013685031167,"sku":"9780745351711","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_61fa9b3d-ee22-446b-9206-70a0671d69a3.jpg?v=1767744119","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/french-neocolonialism-in-africa-fanny-pigeaud-9780745351711","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}