Very good book, good approach on the history of the France-Africa that allows you to see how France became rich and continued to make money we understand a little better why Africa is still held in slavery and that France continued to make us believe "the good white French small that we are" that it is Africa that needs us as it is quite the contrary, no other countries or "be Iles saying "we would not so poor" so called "rich and yes France has made money on the backs of other countries since 1400 (Middle Ages. Very good book to complete with others like slavery, wealth of other countries, the Asian countries, the Caribbean, Americans ..... In short everything that relates to the "real" history of France and not what television tells us.