Muslim interpreters in colonial Senegal, 1850-1920 : mediations of knowledge and power in the lower and middle Senegal River Valley /

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This book explores the intermediary functions of Muslim interpreters in Senegal to affirm their status as active historical agents in the historiography on French colonial rule in West Africa. Its main themes include the intersection of knowledge and power in a colonial context, Muslim identity form...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: M'bayo, Tamba, 1956- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, 2016.
Temas:
1800-1999
Translators > Senegal > History > 19th century.
Translators > Senegal > History > 20th century.
Translating and interpreting > Social aspects > Senegal.
Muslims > Senegal.
Musulmans > Sénégal.
HISTORY > Africa > West.
Diplomatic relations.
Muslims.
Translating and interpreting > Social aspects.
Translators.
Senegal > Foreign relations > France.
France > Foreign relations > Senegal.
Senegal > History > 19th century.
Senegal > History > 20th century.
France > Relations extérieures > Sénégal.
Sénégal > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Sénégal > Histoire > 20e siècle.
France.
Senegal.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: African interpreters in colonial Senegal
  • Interpreter family biographies: biography as history
  • Inconspicuous interpreters
  • The creation of an Indigenous interpreter corps in Saint Louis
  • French expansion, commerce, and conquest, 1850s-1880s
  • The Mauritanian challenge: "Pacification" and African mediators.

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