Bingerville, naissance d'une capitale, 1899-1909. - article ; n°61 ; vol.16, pg 83-102

Christophe Wondji.

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Cahiers d'études africaines - Année 1976 - Volume 16 - Numéro 61 - Pages 83-102
C. Wondj—~~Bingerville : Birth of a Capital (1899-1909)~~. The decision of building the administrative capital of the Ivory Coast on the relatively healthy plateau, north of the lagoon, was taken after the 1899 yellow fever outbreak which almost wiped out the European population of Grand-Bassam. It was strongly opposed by the local Ebrie population, leading to the 1903 insurrection which took three years to quell. Even then, the European settlers and traders demanded that the government seat remain in the economic capital in Grand-Bassam. This lead to a three sided competition between single-function towns : Bassam, Abidjan, and Bingerville. In 1909, it seemed that the latter had won, but a quarter of a century later it lost Abidjan. This was a return to the dominant French colonial tradition of having both the political and the economie function carried out in the same place.
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Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.

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• Sociologie, société et politique

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• Publié par: CAHIERS_D-ETUDES_AFRICAINES
• Publié le: 01 janvier 1976
• Nombre de lectures: 18
• Langue: Français
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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