A History Of Postcolonial Lusophone Africa

Author : Patrick Chabal,David Birmingham
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2002-06-13
Category : History
ISBN : 025321565X

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A History of Postcolonial Lusophone Africa by Patrick Chabal,David Birmingham Pdf

" . . . useful, timely, and important . . . a good and informative book on the Lusophone countries, Portuguese colonialism, and postcolonial influences." —Phyllis Martin, Indiana University "This book, produced by the obvious—and distinguished—corps of country specialists . . . fills a real gap in both state-level and 'regional' (broadly defined) studies of contemporary Africa." —Norrie MacQueen, University of Dundee Although the five Portuguese-speaking countries in Africa that gained independence in 1974/75—Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, and São Tomé e Príncipe—differ from each other in many ways, they share a history of Portuguese rule going back to the 15th century, which has left a mark to this day. Patrick Chabal and his co-authors assess the nature of the Portuguese legacy, using a twofold approach. In Part I, three analytical, thematic chapters by Chabal examine what the five countries have in common and how they differ from the rest of Africa. In Part II, individual chapters by leading specialists, each devoted to a specific country, survey the histories of those countries since independence. The book places the postcolonial experience of the Lusophone countries within the context of their precolonial and colonial past and compares and contrasts their experience with that of non-Lusophone African states. The result is a comprehensive, readable, and up-to-date text and reference work on the evolution of postcolonial Portuguese-speaking Africa.

Author : Patrick Chabal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015037815936

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The Post-colonial Literature of Lusophone Africa by Patrick Chabal Pdf

The six contributions to this volume provide a survey of some of the best contemporary literature of Portuguese-speaking Africa: Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, and Sao TomT and Prfncipe. Includes a bibliography of the literature from Lusophone Africa published between 1975 and 1994.

Author : Fernando Arenas
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9780816669837

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Lusophone Africa by Fernando Arenas Pdf

Situates the cultures of Portuguese-speaking Africa within the postcolonial, global era.

Author : Robin W. Fiddian
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0853235767

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Postcolonial Perspectives on the Cultures of Latin America and Lusophone Africa by Robin W. Fiddian Pdf

This volume surveys the range of texts, authors and topics from the literary and non-literary cultures of Latin America and Lusophone Africa, adopting a set of perspectives that are grounded in the discipline of postcolonial studies. Using comparative and contrastive methods, Postcolonial Perspectives reinterprets cultural landmarks and traditions of Latin America and Lusophone Africa.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-19
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781785276217

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Lusophone African Short Stories and Poetry after Independence by Anonim Pdf

In 1975, after much resistance, Portugal became the last colonial power to relinquish its colonies on the African continent. The tardiness of Portuguese decolonization in Africa (Cabo Verde, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea Bissau, São Tomé e Príncipe) raises critical questions for the emergence of national literary and cultural production in the wake of national independence. Bringing together the works of poets, short story writers, and journalists, this book charts the emergence and evolution of the national literatures of Portugal’s former African colonies, from 1975 to the present. The aim of this book is to examine the ways in which writers contended with the process of decolonization, forging national, transnational, and diasporic identities through literature while grappling with the legacies and continuities of racial power structures, colonial systems of representation, and the struggles for political sovereignty and social justice. This book will be the first of its kind in English to include canonical, emerging, and previously untranslated authors of poetry and short-form fiction to a new public.

Author : Prem Poddar
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780748650972

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Historical Companion to Postcolonial Literatures - Continental Europe and its Empires by Prem Poddar Pdf

The first reference work to provide an integrated and authoritative body of information about the political, cultural and economic contexts of postcolonial literatures that have their provenance in the major European Empires of Belgium, Denmark, France, G

Author : Catherine Gegout
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190845162

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Why Europe Intervenes in Africa by Catherine Gegout Pdf

Why Europe Intervenes in Africa analyses the underlying causes of all European decisions for and against military interventions in conflicts in African states since the late 1980s. It focuses on the main European actors who have deployed troops in Africa: France, the United Kingdom and the European Union. When conflict occurs in Africa, the response of European actors is generally inaction. This can be explained in several ways: the absence of strategic and economic interests, the unwillingness of European leaders to become involved in conflicts in former colonies of other European states, and sometimes the Eurocentric assumption that conflict in Africa is a normal event which does not require intervention. When European actors do decide to intervene, it is primarily for motives of security and prestige, and not primarily for economic or humanitarian reasons. The weight of past relations with Africa can also be a driver for European military intervention, but the impact of that past is changing. This book offers a theory of European intervention based mainly on realist and post-colonial approaches. It refutes the assumptions of liberals and constructivists who posit that states and organisations intervene primarily in order to respect the principle of the 'responsibility to protect'.

Author : Conor O'Reilly
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317164135

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Colonial Policing and the Transnational Legacy by Conor O'Reilly Pdf

This compilation represents the first study to examine the historical evolution and shifting global dynamics of policing across the Lusophone community. With contributions from a multi-disciplinary range of experts, it traces the role of policing within and across settings that are connected by the shared legacy of Portuguese colonialism. Previously neglected within studies of the globalisation of policing, the Lusophone experience brings novel insights to established analyses of colonial, post-colonial and transnational policing. This compilation draws research attention to the policing peculiarities of the Lusophone community. It proposes new cultural settings within which to test dominant theories of policing research. It uncovers an important piece of the jigsaw that is policing across the globe. Key research questions that it addresses include: • What were the patterns of policing, and policing transfers, across Portuguese colonial settings? • How did Portugal’s dual status as both fascist regime and imperial power shape its late colonial policing? • What have been the different experiences of post-colonial and transitional policing across the former Portuguese colonies? • In what ways are Lusophone nations contributing to, and indeed shaping, patterns of transnational policing? • What comparative lessons can be drawn from the Lusophone policing experience?

Author : Eric Allina
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780813932729

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Slavery by Any Other Name by Eric Allina Pdf

Ending slavery and creating empire in Africa: from the "Indelible stain" to the "light of civilization"--Law to practice: "certain excesses of severity"--The critiques and defenses of modern slavery: from without and within, above and below -- Mobility and tactical flight: of workers, chiefs, and villages -- Targeting chiefs: from "fictitious obedience" to "extraordinary political disorder" -- Seniority and subordination: disciplining youth and controlling women's labor -- An "absolute freedom" circumscribed and circumvented: "Employers chosen of their own free will" -- Upward mobility: "improvement of one's social condition" -- Conclusion: forced labor's legacy.

Author : Natalia Pinazza
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1604979151

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New Approaches to Lusophone Culture by Natalia Pinazza Pdf

Author : Olakunle George
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781119058175

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A Companion to African Literatures by Olakunle George Pdf

Rediscover the diversity of modern African literatures with this authoritative resource edited by a leader in the field How have African literatures unfolded in their rich diversity in our modern era of decolonization, nationalisms, and extensive transnational movement of peoples? How have African writers engaged urgent questions regarding race, nation, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality? And how do African literary genres interrelate with traditional oral forms or audio-visual and digital media? A Companion to African Literatures addresses these issues and many more. Consisting of essays by distinguished scholars and emerging leaders in the field, this book offers rigorous, deeply engaging discussions of African literatures on the continent and in diaspora. It covers the four main geographical regions (East and Central Africa, North Africa, Southern Africa, and West Africa), presenting ample material to learn from and think with. A Companion To African Literatures is divided into five parts. The first four cover different regions of the continent, while the fifth part considers conceptual issues and newer directions of inquiry. Chapters focus on literatures in European languages officially used in Africa -- English, French, and Portuguese -- as well as homegrown African languages: Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Swahili, and Yoruba. With its lineup of lucid and authoritative analyses, readers will find in A Companion to African Literatures a distinctive, rewarding academic resource. Perfect for undergraduate and graduate students in literary studies programs with an African focus, A Companion to African Literatures will also earn a place in the libraries of teachers, researchers, and professors who wish to strengthen their background in the study of African literatures.

Author : Josiah Blackmore
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780816648320

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Moorings by Josiah Blackmore Pdf

Delving into the Portuguese imperial experience, 'Moorings' enriches our understanding of historical and literary imagination during a significant period of Western expansion.

Author : Rui Lopes,Natalia Telepneva
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2024-09-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350378308

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Globalising Lusophone Africa’s Independence Struggles by Rui Lopes,Natalia Telepneva Pdf

Lusophone Africa has been neglected in Anglophone historiography. With the exceptions of a narrow set of episodes, figures, and interpretations, all of which appear in a fragmented set of journal articles, its struggles against Portuguese colonialism have remained outside the grand narratives of decolonisation. In this open access book, a group of established and up-and-coming historians of Lusophone Africa bring much-needed coherence to this interconnected set of anti-colonial struggles in order to show how people and ideas from these countries crossed borders around the globe. Its international team of contributors draws on a an underutilized range of source material beyond the usual Western state archives in order to cover a wide geographic scope, from North America, Latin America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, and Asia, all while critically examining the consequences of such international connections within the Lusophone states themselves. For its empirically rich, original contributions to the grand narratives of African independence struggles, this book is a must-read for students and scholars interested in African history, decolonization, and the Cold War, and it is of keen interest to anyone interested in alternative histories of decolonization. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Bloomsbury Open Collections Library Collective.

Author : Carlos Nunes Silva
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-03
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317753162

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Urban Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa by Carlos Nunes Silva Pdf

Cities in Sub-Saharan Africa are unequally confronted with social, economic and environmental challenges, particularly those related with population growth, urban sprawl, and informality. This complex and uneven African urban condition requires an open discussion of past and current urban planning practices and future reforms. Urban Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa gives a broad perspective of the history of urban planning in Sub-Saharan Africa and a critical view of issues, problems, challenges and opportunities confronting urban policy makers. The book examines the rich variety of planning cultures in Africa, offers a unique view on the introduction and development of urban planning in Sub-Saharan Africa, and makes a significant contribution against the tendency to over-generalize Africa’s urban problems and Africa’s urban planning practices. Urban Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa is written for postgraduate students and advanced undergraduates, researchers, planners and other policy makers in the multidisciplinary field of Urban Planning, in particular for those working in Spatial Planning, Architecture, Geography, and History.

Author : Paulo de Medeiros,Livia Apa
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429648915

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Contemporary Lusophone African Film by Paulo de Medeiros,Livia Apa Pdf

Offering a range of critical perspectives on a vibrant body of films, this collection of essays engages with questions specific to the various cinemas and films addressed while putting forward an argument for their inclusion in current debates on world cinema. The collection brings together 11 chapters by recognized scholars, who analyze a variety of films and videos from Angola, Cape Verde, Guiné-Bissau, and Mozambique. It also includes an interview with Pedro Pimenta, one of the most distinguished African film festival organizers. Drawing on various theoretical perspectives, the volume strives to reverse the relative invisibility that has afflicted these cinemas, arguing that most, if not all, Lusophone films are transnational in all aspects of production, acting, and reception. The initial three chapters sketch broad, comparative overviews and suggest theoretical approaches, while the ensuing chapters focus on specific case studies and discuss a number of key issues such as the convergence of film with politics, the question of gender and violence, as well as the revisiting of the period immediately following independence. Attention is given to fiction, documentary films and recent, short, alternative video productions that are overlooked by more traditional channels. The book stresses the need to pay attention to the significance of African film, and Lusophone African film in particular, within the developing field of world cinema. Bringing together general overviews, historical considerations, detailed case studies, and focused theoretical reflections, this book is a significant volume for students and researchers in film studies, especially African, Lusophone cultural studies, and world cinema.