MALI, HISTORY OF

history of the area from prehistoric and ancient times to the present. Additional reading Historical works include Pascal James Imperato, Historical Dictionary of Mali, 2nd ed. (1986); Attilio Gaudio, Le Mali (1988); Amidu Magasa, Papa-commandant a jet un grand filet devant nous: les exploits des rives du Niger, 19001962 (1978), on forced labour and colonization; William J. Foltz, From French West Africa to the Mali Federation (1965), a political history; and Cheick Oumar Diarrah, Le Mali de Modibo Keta (1986). Pascal James Imperato