Tensions of Decolonization: Lebanon, West Africans, and a Color Line within the Global Color Line, May 1945.

This article explores how a part of Lebanese society applied perceived racial differences with West Africans to process, cope with, and respond to France's volteface during World War II. Topics include political decolonization in Lebanon and World War II; role and behavior of the tirailleurs sénégal...

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Published in:	Radical History Review Vol. 2018; no. 131; pp. 36 - 58
Main Author:	Labelle, Maurice Jr. M.
Format:	Article
Published:	Duke University Press May2018
Subjects:	Racism World War II Decolonization Tirailleurs Sénégalais, Revolt of the, Cayenne, French Guiana, 1946 United Nations Social history Lebanon
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