M'Fam goes home: African soldiers in the Gabon campaign of 1940
(2016)
Book Chapter
Reeves, M. (2016). M'Fam goes home: African soldiers in the Gabon campaign of 1940. In Dissent, Protest and Dispute in Africa (91-113). New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315413099-13
Introduction Over three days in October 1940, Marcel M’Fam, a thirty-three-year-old Gabonese first-class guard in the French colonial army, decided to go home and spend time with his wife rather than return to his post. His desertion, along with that... Read More about M'Fam goes home: African soldiers in the Gabon campaign of 1940.