Charles Forsdick: 2 books
Toussaint Louverture
A Black Jacobin in the Age of Revolutions
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2017
‘In overthrowing me, you have done no more than cut down the trunk of the tree of liberty - it will spring back from the roots, for they are numerous and deep.’ - Toussaint LouvertureThe leader of the only successful slave revolt in history, Toussaint Louverture is seen by many to be one of the...
Francophone Postcolonial Studies
A critical introduction
Language: French
Release Date: February 24, 2014
This landmark text constitutes the first comprehensive overview of Francophone
Postcolonial Studies. Moving away from reductive geographical or linguistic surveys of the Francophone world, this collection of original essays provides a thematic discussion of the complex historical, political...