[Jamot through Bado's eyes]

The author reviews a biography published in 2011 of Dr. Eugene Jamot (1879-1937), a colonial army physician who devoted 25 years of his life to the fight against sleeping sickness in Africa. In this book, which includes previously unpublished information, the Burkinabe author describes the breakthroughs that tropical medicine has made against human African trypanosomiasis, particularly in Cameroon. He also highlights the interpersonal conflicts with the colonial administration that punctuated Jamot's life in Africa. This article describes the circumstances of the discovery of Dr. Jamot's private papers in 1999 and the insight that these documents provide into the personality of this illustrious army doctor.