IV. French African Policy and the Anglo-French Agreement of 5 August 1890
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8957362 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A S Kanya-Forstner, A S Kanya‐forstner (Canisius College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1969 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 628-650 |
| Publication date | 1969-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Historical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-246X • E-ISSN: 1469-5103 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0018246x00010566 |
| OpenAlex | W2105511831 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 9 |
In June 1890 Lord Salisbury negotiated an agreement with Germany ceding Heligoland in return for the renunciation of German claims to Uganda, the cession of the German protectorate over the East African coast north of Witu, and the recognition of a British protectorate over Zanzibar. Although France was a party to the Joint Declaration of 1862 which guaranteed the independence of Zanzibar, Salisbury did not consider himself bound to consult her about the proposed change in the island's status. More surprisingly, he offered no assurance that French rights in Zanzibar would continue to be respected. When the French protested, Salisbury apologized for this oversight and entered into negotiations with their ambassador, W. H. Waddington. On 5 August a new agreement was signed whereby France recognized the British protectorate over Zanzibar in exchange for the recognition of her own protectorate over Madagascar and of her sphere of influence ‘south of her Mediterranean Possessions, up to a line from Say on the Niger, to Barruwa on Lake Tchad, drawn in such a manner as to comprise in the sphere of action of the [Royal] Niger Company all that fairly belongs to the Kingdom of Sokoto’
Ancient history · Archaeology · Colonialism · Economic history · Geography · German · Independence (probability theory · Persecution · Political science · Protectorate · African history and culture studies · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Law
Angola and Mozambique, 1870–1905
East Africa 1870–1905
French Congo and Gabon 1886–1905
Africa on the Eve of Partition
Western Africa, 1870–1886
Western Africa, 1886–1905
North Africa
Madagascar and France, 1870–1905
The European Partition of Africa
The European Scramble and Conquest in African History
King Leopold's Congo, 1886–1908
The Cambridge History of Africa
The European partition of Africa
Centre and periphery in the making of the second French colonial empire, 1815–1920
The Trans-Saharan Railway and the Politics of Imperial Expansion, 1890–1900
V. The French ‘Colonial Party’
| Unique citing works | 16 |
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| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 1971 - 2014 (44) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |