Ethnicity and the colonial state : finding and representing group identifications in a coastal West African and global perspective (1850-1960) /

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Ethnicity and the Colonial State analyses, through a comparison of three West African communities (Wolof, Temne, and Ewe), the ways in which ethnic labels and arguments are used (or omitted) in dealings with colonial administrations. It follows these strategies and choices over more than a century,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Keese, Alexander (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]
Colección:Studies in global social history ; v. 22.
Temas:
Ethnicity > Africa, West > History.
Group identity > Africa, West > History.
Wolof (African people) > Ethnic identity.
Ewe (African people) > Ethnic identity.
Temne (African people) > Ethnic identity.
Ethnicité > Afrique occidentale > Histoire.
Identité collective > Afrique occidentale > Histoire.
Ouolof (Peuple d'Afrique) > Identité ethnique.
Éwé (Peuple d'Afrique) > Identité ethnique.
Temné (Peuple d'Afrique) > Identité ethnique.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
HISTORY > Social History.
Ethnic relations
Ethnicity
Group identity
Africa, West > Ethnic relations.
Afrique occidentale > Relations interethniques.
West Africa
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Group identifications : African and global categories
  • Wolof and Wolofisation : statehood, colonial rule, and identification in Senegal
  • Fragmentation and the Temne : from war raids into ethnic civil wars
  • 'Ethnic identity' as an anti-colonial weapon? Ewe mobilisation from the late nineteenth century to the 1960s
  • Conclusion.

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