{"id":19459,"date":"2013-04-25T01:20:21","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T01:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=19459"},"modified":"2013-04-25T01:23:44","modified_gmt":"2013-04-25T01:23:44","slug":"the-metis-of-senegal-urban-life-and-politics-in-french-west-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=19459","title":{"rendered":"The M\u00e9tis of Senegal: Urban Life and Politics in French West Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

The M\u00e9tis of Senegal: Urban Life and Politics in French West Africa<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Indiana University Press<\/a>
\n2013-03-18
\n296 pages
\n9 b&w illustrations, 5 maps
\n6 x 9
\nPaperback ISBN: 978-0-253-00674-5
\nCloth ISBN: 978-0-253-00673-8
\neBook (PDF) ISBN: 978-0-253-00705-6<\/p>\n

Hilary Jones<\/a><\/strong>, Assistant Professor of History
\nUniversity of Maryland, College Park<\/em><\/p>\n

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The M\u00e9tis of Senegal<\/em> is a history of politics and society among an influential group of mixed-race people who settled in coastal Africa under French colonialism. Hilary Jones describes how the m\u00e9tis carved out a niche as middleman traders for European merchants. As the colonial presence spread, the m\u00e9tis entered into politics and began to assert their position as local elites and power brokers against French rule. Many of the descendants of these traders continue to wield influence in contemporary Senegal<\/a>. Jones\u2019s nuanced portrait of m\u00e9tis ascendency examines the influence of family connections, marriage negotiations, and inheritance laws from both male and female perspectives.<\/p>\n

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