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    When Dead Bodies Talk: Colonial and Ritual Autopsies in French-Ruled Africa (1918–1945) by Ginio, Ruth

    “…Summary This article examines the practice of autopsies in French-ruled West Africa in the interwar era. It contributes to the discussion of medical knowledge…”
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    Investigating the Investigators: French Colonial Attempts to Supervise Its Policing System during the 1930s by Ginio, Ruth

    Published in Historical reflections (22-06-2020)
    “…Three cases of re-opened murder investigations in French West Africa are at the heart of this article. My aim is to examine these cases as a lens into everyday…”
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    Blood for Equality: African Soldiers' Struggles for Rights after World War II by Ginio, Ruth

    Published in The Tocqueville review (01-06-2019)
    “…The existing literature on the Tirailleurs Sénégalais focuses mainly on the participation of African colonial soldiers in the two world wars, on the…”
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    "Cherchez la femme": African Gendarmes, Quarrelsome Women, and French Commanders in French West Africa, 1945–1960 by Ginio, Ruth

    “…According to Monnet, the gendarme's father-in-law was behind this request, as he wished to benefit from it by demanding that the gendarme pay him a sum of…”
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    French Officers, African Officers, and the Violent Image of African Colonial Soldiers by Ginio, Ruth

    Published in Historical reflections (01-06-2010)
    “…The article examines the ways in which French officers manipulated the image of the "savage and violent" African colonial soldier. While the background for the…”
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    French Colonial Reading of Ethnographic Research: The Case of the "Desertion" of the Abron King and Its Aftermath (L'usage de l'ethnographie par l'administration coloniale française: à propos de la "désertion" du souverain abron et de ses conséquences) by Ginio, Ruth

    Published in Cahiers d'études africaines (01-01-2002)
    “…One of the most consequential events of the Vichy period in French West Africa was the "defection" of the Abron King and a large entourage of court members…”
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    French Colonial Reading of Ethnographic Research by Ginio, Ruth

    Published in Cahiers d'études africaines (2002)
    “…One of the most consequential events of the Vichy period in French West Africa was the “defection” of the Abron King and a large entourage of court members…”
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    Marshal Petain Spoke to SchoolChildren: Vichy Propaganda in French West Africa, 1940-1943 by Ginio, Ruth

    “…In the summer of 1940, French colonial administrators throughout the Empire had to explain to the populations under their rule that although the "Motherland"…”
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    Les enfants africains de la Révolution nationale : la politique vichyssoise de l'enfance et de la jeunesse dans les colonies de l'AOF ( 1940-1943) by Ginio, Ruth

    “…Ruth GINIO Les enfants africains de la Révolution nationale Dès la mise en place du système éducatif colonial, l’administration française en AOF a été…”
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    Les enfants africains de la Révolution nationale: la politique vichyssoise de l'enfance et de la jeunesse dans les colonies de l'AOF (1940-1943) by Ginio, Ruth

    “…Dès la mise en place du système éducatif colonial, l'administration française en AOF a été confrontée à des difficultés, dont la principale était d'inculquer…”
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