‘ <i>Fâcher le Cœur des Blancs</i> ’: Mboum/Pana Resistance During the War of Pacification in Colonial Ubangi-Shary (1929–1931)

Until the aftermath of the Great War, the Mboum-Pana populations succeeded in successively thwarting the attempts at domination by the Fulani, the German and then the French colonisers. However, France reoccupied Ubangi-Shary in the wake of the Treaty of Versailles. As a result, political control and economic exploitation were reinforced within the colonised territory. This paper examines the resistance of the Mboum-Pana to the colonial yoke. To this end, it analyses the factors that triggered this resistance and the forms taken by the anti-colonial insurrection. Finally, the analysis will focus on the war of 'pacification' waged to re-establish order.