
Haitians in French Colonial Africa by Matt Robertshaw
The French History Podcast
00:00
Among the Haytians of the United Nations
Dorsainville was the haytian native to the committee dealing with decolonization and trustee ships. In 19 55 he led a visiting mission of the u. N Trusteeship council to camer on, which was also a trust territory under french administration. This mission met harsh criticism from the union de population du camerun, a left wing anti colonial political party that was being repressed by the french administration. He is certainly a key figure in hades role in the decolonization of africa. But many haysians who settled into karegal around the time of independence won their way to national and grass roots development. Many exiles were opponents of du vallier
Transcript
Play full episode