La France et les villes d'Afrique noire francophone : quarante ans d'intervention (1945-1985) : approche générale et études de cas : Niamey, Ouagadougou et Bamako
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Abstract EN:
Since 1945 france has modernized and equipped the french-speaking cities of black africa. French public investments did not stop flowing in when colonial territories became independant. Bilateral cooperation was set up in 1960 to take over the programmes of assistance to the cities of the ex-empire which was launched after ww2. The fact that french intervention lasted so long has contributed to shaping original urban spaces in which the network of dependancies between former colonies and metropolis is still visible. A global approach of this phenomenon, both in its forms and machanisms, is followed by a detailed analysis of three particular examples in the sahel : those of niamey; bamako and ouagadougou.
Abstract FR:
La france a, depuis 1945, modernise et equipe les villes d'afrique noire francophone. Les flux d'investissements publics francais ne se sont pas interrompus lors de l'accession a l'independance des territoires coloniaux. La cooperation bilaterale mise en place en 1960 a pris le relais de l'effort entrepris apres la seconde guerre mondiale dans les villes de l'empire. L'intervention francais durable a contribue a faconner des espaces urbains originaux ou se lisent encore les rapports de dependance des anciennes colonies vis-a-vis de leur ex-metropole. Les realites et les modalites de ce phenomene sont etudiees globalement puis analysees a travers l'exemple de trois capitales saheliennes: niamey, bamako et ouagadougou.