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Naming colonialism : history and collective memory in the Congo, 1870-1960 /
What's in a name? As Osumaka Likaka argues in this illuminating study, the names that Congolese villagers gave to European colonizers reveal much about how Africans experienced and reacted to colonialism. The arrival of explorers, missionaries, administra.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Madison, Wis. :
University of Wisconsin Press,
©2009.
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| Series: | Africa and the diaspora.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Naming and African voices
- The dynamics of naming in precolonial Congo: an overview
- Colonialism and the village world: contexts to naming
- Naming, colonialism, making history, and social memories
- Early naming, explorations, trade, and rubber collection
- Naming and Belgian colonial rule
- Talking under one's breath: praise names as strategic ambiguities
- Confronting African voices: negotiations and instrumentalization of names
- Conclusions.