Nearly Native, Barely Civilized

Roy Dilley, D.Phil. (1984), University of Oxford, is Professor of Social Anthropology, University of St Andrews. He has published widely on anthropological theory and West African ethnography, including a monograph, Islamic and Caste Knowledge Practices among Haalpulaar'en, Senegal (EUP/IAI, 2004).

Nearly Native, Barely Civilized by Roy Dilley offers an in-depth, intimate and rounded biography of Henri Gaden (1867-1939), an exceptional colonial soldier, ethnographer and linguist, lover, father, administrator and Governor, who lived for 45 years in French West Africa.

Table of Contents Dedication List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Note on Orthography Introduction A Funeral, Thursday, 14th December 1939 Chapter One. Gironde, Paris and Beyond Chapter Two. Agent of Commerce, African Novice: From Bordeaux to Bandiagara, 1894-1896 Interlude: Furlough in France I Chapter Three. On the Trail of the Black Napoleon, 1897-1899 Interlude: Furlough in France II Chapter Four. The Mallam and the Qadis: A Posting to Zinder, 1900-1903 Interlude: Furlough in France III Chapter Five. Cherchez la Femme: Tchekna, Chad, 1904-1907 Interlude: Furlough in France IV Chapter Six. Confidential Relations: Boutilimit, Mauritania, 1908-1911 Interlude: Furlough in France V Chapter Seven. Paperwork and Bullets: The Years of Scholarship and War, 1912-18 Chapter Eight. Governor, Savant, Adopted Son: St Louis, 1919-1927 Chapter Nine. The Monk of St Louis, 1927-1939 Index General Bibliography Bibliography of Henri Gaden's Published Works