Naming colonialism : history and collective memory in the Congo, 1870-1960 /

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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, administrators, and company agents allowed African...

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Likaka, Osumaka
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Madison, WI : University of Wisconsin Press, c2009.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
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, administrators, and company agents allowed Africans to observe Westerners' physical appearances, behavior, and cultural practices at close range--often resulting in subtle yet trenchant critiques. By naming Europeans, Africans turned a universal practice into a local mnemonic system, recording and preserving the village's understanding of colonialism in the form of pithy verbal expressions that were easy to remember and transmit across localities, regions, and generations.
Umfang:
xii, 220 p.
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9786612424205
9781282424203
1282424203
9780299233631
0299233634
Schlagworte:
Kongo language > Epithets.
Nicknames > Congo (Brazzaville) > History.
Nicknames > Democratic Republic of the Congo > Kinshasa > History.
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