Emmanuel Bertrand-Bocandé (1812–1881) was an explorer, businessman, and French colonial administrator who helped spread French influence in Basse Casamance, Senegal, specifically on the island of Carabane. He left a valuable account of the French perspective on this region during colonial times.
Biography
The son of René Bertrand and Olive Bocandé, Emmanuel Bertrand-Bocandé was born in Nantes on July 3, 1812.
He had control of Carabane from 1849 to 1857. He was replaced by Bourdeny.[1]
He died in Paris on November 28, 1881.
Works
"Notes sur la Guinée portugaise ou Sénégambie méridionale". Bulletin de la Société de géographie.
Bertrand-Bocandé, Jean; Debien, Gabriel; Saint-Martin, Yves J. (January 1969). "Emmanuel Bertrand-Bocandé (1812–1881): un Nantais en Casamance". Bulletin de l'Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire. B: Sciences humaines (in French). XXXI (1). Dakar: IFAN: 279–308.
Roche, Christian (1985). Histoire de la Casamance: Conquête et Résistance (in French) (2d ed.). Paris: Éditions Karthala. pp. 82–84 & 99–102. ISBN2-86537-125-5.
References
^Roche, Christian (1985). Histoire de la Casamance: Conquête et Résistance (in French) (2d ed.). Paris: Éditions Karthala. p. 385. ISBN2-86537-125-5. Annexe n° 9 : Liste des commandants de Karabane