Le royaume de Kongo du XVIe au XVIIIe siècle

Le royaume de Kongo du XVIe au XVIIIe siècle

Author: Georges Balandier

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 9782012794825

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" Dans le royaume du Kongo, une foule grouillante, habillé de soie et de velours, de grands États bien ordonnés, et cela dans les moindres détails, des souverains puissants, des indus-tries opulentes. Civilisés jusqu'à la moelle des os ! " Cette exclamation de l'explorateur et ethnologue Frobenius montre, qu'au tournant du xxe siècle, la grandeur de cette civilisation n'était pas effacée. Replaçant les événements qui donnèrent sa force au royaume dans la longue durée historique, l'auteur en analyse les institutions et les symboliques. Une capitale, San Salvador, reparaît où une modernité a tenté de naître dès le xvie siècle, à partir d'une transition féconde. L'affrontement des souverains, des hommes, la rivalité des dieux sont représentés dans la confrontation des croyances et dans les formes d'un art kongo somptueux. Ce livre est nécessaire à la compréhension d'une actualité où, de part et d'autre du fleuve, les deux Congo s'engagent dans une histoire nouvelle encore tumultueuse. Il montre les enracinements de la civilisation, il rappelle l'ceuvre accomplie au cours des siècles, l'impossible déni d'une histoire active et féconde.


The Kongo Kingdom

The Kongo Kingdom

Author: Koen Bostoen

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-11-15

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 1108590543

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The Kongo kingdom, which arose in the Atlantic Coast region of West-Central Africa, is a famous emblem of Africa's past yet little is still known of its origins and early history. This book sheds new light on that all important period and goes on to explain the significance of its cosmopolitan culture in the wider world. Bringing together different new strands of historical evidence as well as scholars from disciplines as diverse as anthropology, archaeology, art history, history and linguistics, it is the first book to approach the history of this famous Central African kingdom from a cross-disciplinary perspective. All chapters are written by distinguished and/or upcoming experts of Kongo history with a focus on political space, taking us through processes of centralisation and decentralisation, the historical politics of extraversion and internal dynamics, and the geographical distribution of aspects of material and immaterial Kongo culture.


Kongo in the Age of Empire, 1860–1913

Kongo in the Age of Empire, 1860–1913

Author: Jelmer Vos

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 0299306240

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An insightful look at the onset of colonialism in Central Africa from economic, religious, and political perspectives, examining the ultimately tragic participation of African elites in colonial rule.


A New Paradigm of the African State

A New Paradigm of the African State

Author: M. Muiu

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2009-01-05

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 0230618316

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Offers a historical, multidisciplinary perspective on African political systems and institutions, ranging from Antiquity (Egypt, Kush and Axum) to the present with particular focus on their destruction through successive exogenous processes including the Atlantic slave trade, imperialism, colonialism and neo-colonialism or globalization.


Collective Mobilisations in Africa / Mobilisations collectives en Afrique

Collective Mobilisations in Africa / Mobilisations collectives en Afrique

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Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2015-06-02

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 9004300007

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This book uses empirical research to bring together a broad range of protest contexts in twelve chapters. From the formation of Maroon societies in the early colonial period, to female mobilisation in authoritarian contexts, via urban youth culture, women or mineworkers in trade unionism, as well as pro- and anti- gay rights activists, the protagonists here all insist upon their rights to protest in a variety of ways. Sometimes popular protest is expressed through religion, often (and sometimes violently) by young people, exasperated by their long wait for social achievement. Electoral wars and the formation of militias reveal a geography of violence in urban areas, which, in some sectarian excesses, can be displaced to rural areas, as described in the study on Boko Haram. Cet ouvrage regroupe un éventail comprenant douze contextes de contestation. De la formation de communautés marronnes au début de la colonisation, aux mobilisations féminines en contexte autoritaire, en passant par les cultures urbaines, les cultures syndicales des femmes et des travailleurs dans les mines, les contestations pro ou contre la liberté des homosexuels, tous font prévaloir leur pouvoir de contestation de manière plurielle. La voie religieuse est un domaine où s’exerce parfois de manière violente, les protestations de populations souvent jeunes, en attente de mobilité sociale. Les guerres électorales et la constitution de milices dessinent une géographie de la violence en milieu urbain, violence qui trouve à se déplacer en milieu rural dans certaines dérives sectaires comme en témoigne l’étude sur Boko Haram. Contributors are: Rémy Bazenguissa-Ganga, Raphaël Botiveau, Christophe Broqua, Michel Cahen,Thomas Fouquet, Adam Hizagi, Alcinda Honwana, Alexander Keese, Marie-Nathalie LeBlanc, Dominique Malaquais, Marie-Emmanuelle Pommerolle, Ophélie Rillon, Johanna Siméant, Benjamin Soares, Kadya Tall.


Beyond Babel

Beyond Babel

Author: Larissa Brewer-García

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-08-06

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1108493009

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Examines how black intermediaries in colonial Spanish America influenced written portrayals of virtuous and beautiful blackness.


Africa from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century

Africa from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century

Author: Bethwell A. Ogot

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 1088

ISBN-13: 9780435948115

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The result of years of work by scholars from all over the world, The UNESCO General History of Africa reflects how the different peoples of Africa view their civilizations and shows the historical relationships between the various parts of the continent. Historical connections with other continents demonstrate Africa's contribution to the development of human civilization. Each volume is lavishly illustrated and contains a comprehensive bibliography. This fifth volume of the acclaimed series covers the history of the continent from the beginning of the sixteenth century to the close of the eighteenth century in which two themes emerge: first, the continuing internal evolution of the states and cultures of Africa during this period second, the increasing involvement of Africa in external trade--with major but unforeseen consequences for the whole world. In North Africa, we see the Ottomans conquer Egypt. South of the Sahara, some of the larger, older states collapse, and new power bases emerge. Traditional religions continue to coexist with both Christianity (suffering setbacks) and Islam (in the ascendancy). Along the coast, particularly of West Africa, Europeans establish a trading network which, with the development of New World plantation agriculture, becomes the focus of the international slave trade. The immediate consequences of this trade for Africa are explored, and it is argued that the long-term global consequences include the foundation of the present world-economy with all its built-in inequalities.


Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th Century, Vol. I

Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th Century, Vol. I

Author: Fernand Braudel

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 628

ISBN-13: 9780520081147

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This social and economic history of Europe from the Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution organizes a multitude of details to paint a rich picture of everyday life.


Slavery, Resistance, and Identity in Early Modern West Africa

Slavery, Resistance, and Identity in Early Modern West Africa

Author: Makhroufi Ousmane Traoré

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2023-11-30

Total Pages: 475

ISBN-13: 1009282328

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Between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, more than fifteen million people were uprooted from West Africa and enslaved in the Trans-Saharan and Transatlantic slave systems The state of Gajaage, located on the West African hinterland, offered a doorway to the Atlantic Ocean and played a central role in the wide-scale trade system that connected the histories of Africa, the Americas, and Europe. Focussing on the Soninke of Gajaaga, Makhroufi Ousmane Traoré demonstrates how their resistance to the slave trades led to the formation of a united community bound by an awareness of identity. This original study expands our understanding of the various modes of resistance West Africans employed to stem the encroaching tide of Arab imperializing efforts, European mercantile capitalism, and the Atlantic slave trade, whilst also highlighting how ethnic and religious identities were constructed and mobilized in the region.


General History of Africa

General History of Africa

Author: International Scientific Committee for the drafting of a General History of Africa

Publisher: UNESCO Publishing

Published: 1992-12-31

Total Pages: 1071

ISBN-13: 923101711X

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One of UNESCO's most important publishing projects in the last thirty years, the General History of Africa marks a major breakthrough in the recognition of Africa's cultural heritage. Offering an internal perspective of Africa, the eight-volume work provides a comprehensive approach to the history of ideas, civilizations, societies and institutions of African history. The volumes also discuss historical relationships among Africans as well as multilateral interactions with other cultures and continents.