The Thiaroye Massacre was the mutiny by and mass killing of French West African troops by French forces in November/December 1944. West African conscripts of the tirailleurs sénégalais units of the French army mutinied against poor conditions and revocation of pay at the Thiaroye

Thiaroye

Thiaroye is the name of a historic town in Sénégal, situated in the suburbs of Dakar, on the southeast coast of the Cap-Vert peninsula, between Pikine and Rufisque....

 camp, on the outskirts of Dakar

Dakar

Dakar is the capital city and largest city of Senegal. It is located on the Cap-Vert Peninsula on the Atlantic coast and is the westernmost city on the African mainland...

, Senegal

Senegal

Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...

. The mutiny is seen as an indictment of the colonial system and constituted a watershed for the nationalist movement.