Frenchness and the African Diaspora: Identity and Uprising in Contemporary France

In 2005, following the death of two youths of African origin, France
erupted in a wave of violent protest. More than 10,000 automobiles were burned or
stoned, hundreds of public buildings were vandalized or burned to the ground, and
hundreds of people were injured. Charles Tshimanga, Didier Gondola, Peter J. Bloom,
and a group of international scholars seek to understand the causes and consequences
of these momentous events, while examining how the concept of Frenchness has been
reshaped by the African diaspora in France and the colonial legacy.