G. Wesley Johnson, Jr.
The emergence of Black politics in Senegal;
the struggle for power in the four communes, 1900-1920

Stanford, Calif., Stanford University Press. 1971. x, 260 p. ill.

Contents

Preface

1. The Colonial political situation by 1900
   1. The Historical Background
      1. The Unity of Senegalese Geography
      2. The Traditional States of Senegal
      3. The Toucouleur states of the Fouta Toro
      4. The empire and states of the Wolof
      5. The Serere states of Sine and Saloum
      6. The Lebou republic on Cape Verde
      7. The Structure of Traditional Senegalese Society
         1. The nobility
         2. Freemen
         3. Artisans
         4. Slaves
      8. Islam and Traditional Society
      9. French Contact and the Growth of the Communes
      10. French Expansion in the Nineteenth Century
      11. The Urban Consolidation, 1857-1914
   2. The Evolution of Local Government in the Communes
   3. The Structure of French Rule
   4. The Political Rights of the African Electorate
2. The emergence of black politics, 1900-1920
   5. The French Attempt to Dominate Local Politics
   6. The Creole Attempt to Dominate Local Politics
   7. The African Political Awakening, I
   8. The African Political Awakening, II
   9. The First African Political Victory
   10. The Quest for Political Assimilation
   11. The African Accession to Power in the Four Communes
   12. The Significance of African Local Rule

Notes
Note on Names and Terms
Bibliography
Index