Audie Cornish talks to Howard French, associate professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and a former, longtime foreign correspondent for The New York Times, about the ...

France's parliament on Monday approved returning to Ivory Coast a "talking drum" that colonial troops took from the Ebrie tribe in 1916, in the latest boost to the repatriation of colonial spoils. The ...

The story of New France: the cradle of modern Canada. Starting in the 16th century, French fur traders and brides-to-be sought their fortunes in the colonies—stoking tension with indigenous people.

The French Parliament approved on Monday the return of the Ayôkwé Djidji 'talking drum' that was lying dormant in the ...

The new French president has criticized France's colonial legacy in Africa, but early signs suggest he may not follow through by pulling out.

When the French army left Algeria in 1962 it abandoned many of the Harkis, Algerians serving in the colonial forces and administration, to the mercy of the victorious FLN (National Liberation ...

In recent years, French colonial policy in general has come to have a strongly liberal cast. General de Gaulle's address of December 12, 1943, promising French citizenship to Moslems, and General ...

A museum near the Eiffel Tower holds thousands of works from former French colonies. Sign in or ... French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech Friday during the New Africa-France 2021 ...

France left its colonies decades ago, but old habits and presumptions about French power and dominance across a swath of Africa have endured, symbolized by a significant military presence and the ...

It was originally known as the “franc of the French colonies of Africa”, betraying France’s original intentions with the ...