Louis Archinard
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Louis Archinard (b. 11 February 1850, La Havre - d. 8 May 1932, Villiers-le-Bel) was a French General at the time of the Third Republic, who contributed to the colonial conquest of French West Africa. He was traditionally presented in French histories as the conqueror and "Pacifier" of French Soudan (today Mali).
Archinard's campaigns brought about the end of the Tukulor Empire. He also spent a large amount of energy fighting Samory Toure.
In 1897 Archinard was reassined to French Indochina.
[edit] References
- Translation of French Wikipedia entry, May 2007
- E. Réquin, Archinard et le Soudan, Éditions Berger-Levrault, 1946
- Martine Cuttier, Portrait du colonialisme triomphant - Louis Archinard 1850-1932, Éditions Lavauzelle, 2006 - ISBN 2-7025-1297-6
- A. S. Kanya-Forstner, The Conquest of the Western Sudan (Cambridge University Press, 1969). Chapter VII. The `Total Conquest' of the Sudan, 1888-93.
- O'Toole, Thomas E., Historical Dictionary of Guinea, (Metuchen, New Jersey: The Scarecrow Press, 1987) p. 18
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