Yves Urvoy
Encyclopedia
Yves Urvoy was a French
historian of former French colonial holdings
in Africa
. His works include:
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
historian of former French colonial holdings
French colonial empire
The French colonial empire was the set of territories outside Europe that were under French rule primarily from the 17th century to the late 1960s. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the colonial empire of France was the second-largest in the world behind the British Empire. The French colonial empire...
in Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
. His works include:
- Histoire des populations du Soudan central (Colonie du Niger) (Paris, 1936)
- Histoire de l'empire de Bornou (Paris, 1949)