| La Vigie Marocaine | |
| Owner: | Pierre Mas (from 1921) |
| Founders: | --> |
| Language: | French |
(1908–1971) was a francophone daily newspaper published by in Casablanca, Morocco.[1] It became one of the most important French publications in the period of the French Protectorate.[2]
Following the bombardment and military invasion and occupation of Casablanca in 1907, a French daily called was established by a reporter for the Parisian newspaper Le Matin on November 28, 1908, at the behest of General Albert d'Amade, "for the defense of the interests of and the extension of the influence of France".[3] [4] With a conservative, colonial editorial line that rejected any notion of Moroccan sovereignty and supported the idea of making Morocco an extension of French Algeria. In 1912 in its 682nd issue, the newspaper published:
Pierre Mas, founder of the media empire, came to control through share ownership in 1921. In 1945, Pierre Mas was censured for his newspapers' support for the Vichy regime.
published a comic strip by Henri Bruneau entitled "Zbib et Barnabé," which was supposed to celebrate French-Moroccan "companionship."[5] The character Barnabé was white and French;[6] Zbib was a Moroccan of the south depicted in pickaninny caricature, often using vernacular Moroccan Arabic and incorrect French.[7]