Lamine Guèye Law — citizenship for all

7 mai 1946 · Saint-Louis

On 7 May 1946, a law championed by Lamine Guèye — the first African jurist of French Africa — was passed by the Parliament in Paris. It granted French citizenship to all inhabitants of the overseas territories, ending the status of colonial subject. Millions of Africans gained that day a legal recognition of their equal dignity.

Sources

• Cairn.info — « La citoyenneté dans l'outre-mer français » (Revue française d'administration publique, 2002)
• France 24 — la loi Lamine-Guèye, 80 ans

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