French colonial campaigns are rather neglected because of the lack of source material in English or easy access to sources in French. This list includes some of the major works in English. Essential sources in both English and French are listed in the bibliographies of these books. M. Crowder (ed.), West African Resistance, N. Y. & London, 1971 & 1978 (now in paperback) contains articles on Mali-Tukulor, Senegambia, Guinea and Dahomey. Gifford & Lewis, (eds.) Britain and France in Africa, Yale, 1971. Gann & Duigan (eds.), Colonialism in Africa, 1870-1960, v.1, Cambridge, 1969. Forde & Kaberry (eds.), West African Kingdoms in the Nineteenth Century, London, 1967. Davis, S.G., Reservoirs of Men, A History of the Black Troops of French West Africa, Geneva, 1934. Willis, J.R., Studies in West African Islamic History, Vol. I: Cultivators of Islam, Frank Cass, has been "forthcoming" for most of this decade. If it does ever appear, it will contain a biography of Rabih Zubair as well as other Muslim leaders. SPECIFIC CAMPAIGNS A.S. Kanya-Forstner, The Conquest of the Western Sudan. A Study in French Military Imperialism, N.Y., 1969. M.A. Klein, Islam and Imperialism in Senegal, Stanford, 1968. M. Legassick, "Firearms, Horses and Samorian Army Organization," Journal of African History (JAM) Vll/1, 1966. M.J. Herskovits, Dahomey: An Ancient West African Kingdom, Evanston, 1938 & 1967. Y. Person, "Samori and Resistance to the French," in Mazrui & Rotberg (eds.), Protest and Power in Black Africa, N.Y., 1970. B. Obichere, West African States and European Expansion, Yale, 1971. B.O. Oloruntimehiia, The Segu Tukulor Empire, N.Y. & London, 1972. M.J. Echenberg, "Late 19th Century Military Technology in Upper Volta," JAH Xll/2, 1971. (Note: The JAH can be found in numerous university and museum libraries, as can Tarikh, an illustrated African history magazine.) Back to Table of Contents -- Courier Vol. 1 #4 To Courier List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1979 by The Courier Publishing Company. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com