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The Empire Strikes Back: France and Ivory Coast
There are very good reasons French colonies disliked their master state. The basis of French imperialism was that all things within the empire must be as French as possible. During the 1950s when the anti-colonial movement began, many French colonies seized the opportunity to gain independence. Unfortunately these new states slid into dictatorships since centralized authority was the only model of government they knew. Now that legacy clashes with its old rulers.
french imperialism france in africa ivory coast

Corsican Tribal Diaspora
In countering loss of culture and the exodus of indigenous Corsicans from their motherland, is Corsica marginalising its ethnic minority of Arab immigrants?
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Rubber Plantations of Cambodia
How the French empire's use of capitalism continues to blight the lives of Cambodian workers today.
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