Ethnicity and the colonial state : : finding and representing group identifications in a coastal West African and global perspective (1850-7960) / / by Alexander Keese.
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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Keese, Alexander, author. Ethnicity and the colonial state : finding and representing group identifications in a coastal West African and global perspective (1850-7960) / by Alexander Keese. Brill 2015 Leiden, [Netherlands] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill, 2016. ©2016 1 online resource (387 p.) text txt computer c online resource cr Studies in Global Social History, 1874-6705 ; Volume 22 English "An earlier version of this monograph was accepted as habilitation thesis by the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Berne, Switzerland, in 2010." 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. 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, between the conquest periods and independence. Where state structures were weak as a factor of group cohesion, ethnic arguments were especially likely to come into play. The analysis discusses internal fissures and conflicting interests within the communities as other incentives for ethnic coalition-building. The observations made in this book are put into the context of a global historical perspective, for which “ethnicity” has so far remained a badly defined concept. Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode/ 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 90-04-30734-6 Studies in global social history ; Volume 22. |
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