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Title:The 1916-1917 Revolt against the French in Dahomeyan Borgu
Author:Crowder, Michael
Year:1975
Periodical:Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria
Volume:8
Issue:1
Period:December
Pages:99-115
Language:English
Geographic term:Benin
Subjects:Bariba
rebellions
military recruitment
World War I
nationalism
History and Exploration
colonialism
Abstract:Analyses both the causes and consequences of one of the many revolts against French demands for African recruits for their army fighting against the Germans in the 1914-1918 war: that of the Bariba of French Borgu in 1916-1917. It shows the way in which a recently conquered African people were able to hold the French administration to ransom by military resistance over a period of nearly four months. Notes.
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