Lamine Guèye: 80 years ago, citizenship for French colonized peoples

On May 7, 1946, the Lamine Guèye law granted French citizenship to "indigenous" peoples of French colonies.

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This legislation marked a major symbolic turning point in relations between the metropolis and its colonized territories.

This anniversary recalls tensions between proclaimed assimilation and the realities of colonial domination.

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