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Research in African Literatures 31.2 (2000) 117-131
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Fact and Fiction in God's Bits of Wood
James A. Jones
The history of a complex social movement is probably unknowable. Eyewitnesses provide the most vivid impressions, but they lack the broad perspective that places individual events in a wider context. Scholars who examine history "after the fact" benefit from a broader perspective, but are forced to select from the "facts" that eyewitnesses choose to record or remember. Neither approach combines first-hand knowledge of events with a complete understanding of how those events are interconnected.
With that in mind, this article examines various accounts of the 1947-48 railroad strike in French West Africa. The 1947-48 strike was a watershed event in colonial history that ended in victory over the colonial......
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