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

Osumaka Likaka c2009 © University of Wisconsin Press
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  • 9780299233631 (ebook)
  • 9780299233648 (paper)
Subject
  • African
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  • Frontmatter
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS (page ix)
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (page xi)
  • Introduction: Naming and African Voices (page 3)
  • 1 The Dynamics of Naming in Precolonial Congo: An Overview (page 21)
  • 2 Colonialism and the Village World: Contexts to Naming (page 32)
  • 3 Naming, Colonialism, Making History, and Social Memories (page 53)
  • 4 Early Naming, Explorations, Trade, and Rubber Collection (page 79)
  • 5 Naming and Belgian Colonial Rule (page 92)
  • 6 Talking under One's Breath: Praise Names as Strategic Ambiguities (page 119)
  • 7 Confronting African Voices: Negotiations and Instrumentalization of Names (page 136)
  • Conclusions (page 157)
  • SAMPLE OF NAMES USED IN THIS WORK (page 163)
  • NOTES (page 171)
  • WORKS CITED (page 197)
  • INDEX (page 213)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
AT 57.4 (Summer 2001): 129-131 http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/africa_today/v057/57.4.abegunde.html
JCCH 11.3 (2010) http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_colonialism_and_colonial_history/v011/11.3.mitchell.html
AFRI 80.3 (2010): 510-512 http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/africa_the_journal_of_the_international_african_institute/v080/80.3.fabian.html
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