Ethnicity and the colonial state : finding and representing group identifications in a coastal West African and global perspective (1850-7960)

Ethnicity and the colonial state finding and representing group identifications in a coastal West African and global perspective (1850-7960)

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
Otros Autores: Keese, Alexander, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden, [Netherlands] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill 2015
2016.
Colección:Studies in global social history ; Volume 22.
Materias:
Ethnicity > Africa, West > History.
Group identity > Africa, West > History.
Wolof (African people) > Ethnic identity.
Ewe (African people) > Ethnic identity.
Temne (African people) > Ethnic identity.
Africa, West > Ethnic relations.
Social & cultural history
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009427450906719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright Page
  • Acknowledgements
  • Maps
  • 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
  • Back Matter
  • Bibliography
  • Secondary Sources
  • Notes
  • Index.

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