Corporations that Built the Foundation of Trade in West Africa SOFITEX
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One Company, One Continent’s Cotton: Inside CFDT’s 1949 Monopoly
Here’s what you need to know: Not to be confused with the unrelated French trade union confederation that also uses the initials “CFDTR…
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Four Acts of a Collapse: The Rise and Fall of the Niger Delta’s “Trust” Merchants
A Historical In-depth Discovery of Trade in West Africa Since 1896 Here’s what you need to know: For three decades, becoming wealthy in the Nige…
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The Investigation: What Colonial Officials Found When They Finally Asked
A Historical In-depth Discovery of Trade in West Africa Since 1896 Here’s what you need to know: At a formal hearing in the coastal town of Salt…
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The Numbers Game: Four Small Countries vs. Two Trade Superpowers
Here’s what you need to know: The C-4 countries — Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Mali — together account for barely 5% of global cotton producti…
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The Trial That Never Happened: Burkina Faso vs. Monsanto
A Historical In-depth Discovery of Trade in West Africa Since 1896 Here’s what you need to know: In April 2016, Burkina Faso’s cotton indu…
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1979: The Day Burkina Faso “Owned” Its Cotton Company — On Paper
A Historical In-depth Discovery of Trade in West Africa Since 1896 Here’s what you need to know: On paper, June 20, 1979, looks like a genuine m…
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1924: The Cotton Policy So Disastrous It Erased a Colony
Here’s what you need to know: A cotton policy failed so badly that the colony enforcing it was dissolved — wiped off the map entirely for fiftee…
