Naming Colonialism History and Collective Memory in the Congo, 1870-1960

Name: Naming Colonialism History and Collective Memory in the Congo, 1870-1960
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ISBN: 9780299233648

ISBN-10: 0299233642

ISBN-13: 9780299233648

Edition: 2009

Authors: Osumaka Likaka, Thomas Spear, David Henige, Michael Schatzberg

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List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date: 12/8/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Osumaka Likaka is associate professor of history at Wayne State University. He is author of Rural Society and Cotton in Colonial Zaire, also published by the University of Wisconsin Press.



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgements


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 Bream: Praise Names as Strategic Ambiguities



Confronting African Voices: Negotiations and Instrumentalization of Names


Conclusions


Sample of Names Used in This Work


Notes


Works Cited


Index