The 'True Nzema

A Layered Identity

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2512433
AutoresPierluigi Valsecchi (autor de correspondencia)
Año2001
Volumen71
Número3
Páginas391-425
Fecha de publicación2001-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAfrica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0001-9720 • E-ISSN: 1750-0184
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3366/afr.2001.71.3.391
OpenAlexW2013733357
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas44

Nzema has been used historically as a multiple term to describe different but interrelated social, political and territorial realities. Failure to understand the historical context fully has led to persistent ambiguity in writings about the area, especially in anthropological studies. The tendency is to isolate 'ethnic groups' as precise categories in a broad context which in reality is covered by a pervasive network of continua. This article deals with the historical 'mapping' of 'what it is to be Nzema' and therefore puts forward a framework for analysing the question of identity in its actual formulation or, in other words, in relation to local ideological and political processes. Finally, it attempts to identify some of the registers which inform the question and some of the criteria for the use of each specific register by individuals and communities

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