Tag: Decolonisation of Africa
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Beyond the ‘Puppet State’: Rethinking the 1960-63 Katangese Secession
Edie Christian re-examines the 1960–63 Katangese secession. While traditionally viewed as a “puppet regime” for Belgian mining interests, Christian highlights recent scholarship emphasising the political agency of local leaders like Moïse Tshombe, offering a more nuanced perspective on this postcolonial conflict.
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Post-Imperial Possibilities: The Rise and Fall of French Federalism
The legacy of French colonialism is still aparent today with many overseas territories still apart of the European nation. Hector Le Luel anlyses how French federalism was proposed as an alternative the independence of French territories.
Retrospect Journal 