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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.

Teaching decolonization beyond the nation: The case of West Africa (2016)
Journal Article
Reeves, M. (2016). Teaching decolonization beyond the nation: The case of West Africa. World History Connected, 13(2),

How should we teach the history of decolonization, especially in a wide-ranging survey course? Debate has typically raged over whether we should emphasize the actions of imperial governments over independence movements, and vice versa. However, yet... Read More about Teaching decolonization beyond the nation: The case of West Africa.