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Sarah Zimmerman, Ph.D., assistant professor of history at Western Washington University, will present "The Misappropriation of History: West African Soldiers and Wives in France's Colonization of Morocco, 1908–1918" on Friday, February 13, from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. in Classroom Building C122. Her talk will be held as part of Black History and Women's History Month celebrations.

Zimmerman will explore race, slavery, and gender in the unification of Morocco under Sultan Moulay Ismail (r. 1672–1727) and its conquest by the French in 1908–1918. In addition to exploring (mis)representations of African colonial soldiers known as Tirailleurs Sénégalais and their wives, her talk will include an analysis of gender and race in the French military’s “Villages Negres” in Morocco.

This event is free and open to the public thanks to the sponsorship of the Equity and Campus Diversity Office, the Grant Allocation Committee, the History and Social Studies Education Department, and the African and African American studies program.