Student: Julia Revier
Graduation date: May 2017
Capstone type: Thesis
Capstone project:
A Colonial Legacy in a Nutshell: How French Influence Persists in Agricultural Industries of Senegal
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My project is on the French postcolonial legacy in Senegal which focuses on how French (and later European Union) international trade policy influenced the markets of groundnuts and millet in Senegal. My motivations for this study lay in postcolonial legacies, how they play out in the modern international arena, and whose interests are being served in international policy. My research is temporally situated from 1930 to today, in order to include both the colonial era of Senegal and through independence. Through my research I hope to answer the questions of how have French influence and policies since the colonial period effected the industries of groundnuts and millet in Senegal? Are export-based agricultural industries or domestic ones promoted in a post-colonial trade arena?