French West Africa

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129 colonial postcards of different Types of Senegal: Ouolof, Mankaigne, Soussou, Diola, Peulhe, Fanti, Pourougne, Malinke, Ebrie, Mina, Sonrhai, Saussai, Lahobe, Mandingues, Cereres-Nones, Mina, Malinke, Agui, Foutankees, Sonrhai.

Price: $3870.00

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3 piece postcard commemorating the 1931 Paris Colonial Exposition.

Price: $60.00

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20 colonial postcards of various economic activities of the Senegalese.

Price: $600.00

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8 colonial postcards of Moroccans living in Senegal.

Price: $240.00

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3 colonial postcards incorrectly identifying Malagasy women as Senegalese.

Price: $90.00

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Satirical postcard by illustrator Charles Denizard Orens of Gaston Dermegou, president of France (1924-1931). Before then he was very involved in France's colonial policy and criticized successive governments for their military interventionism and in particular the occupation of Madagascar.

Price: $40.00

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14 late colonial period postcard of West African women.

Price: $520.00

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3 large format confectionary cards by Chocolat D’Aiguebelle of the 1893 conquest of Dahomey.

Price: $150.00

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1907 postcard of Mademb-Si.

Price: $70.00

Note: Faama Mademba Sy was a king of Sansanding, in what is today Mali. The French colonial administration placed him as 'chief' of Massina after its conquest in the 1890s, in fact in the new kingdom of Sansanding at south-west. In 1899 he was famously brought before a French military court on charges that he abused his authority, but he kept political support until his death.

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6 French colonial postcards of Togo/Benin scenes and types.

Price: $180.00

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