Kenneth J Orosz
Biographic Data
| ID | 1252993 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kenneth J Orosz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kenneth J |
| FAMILY NAME | Orosz |
| SIGNATURE | OROSZ K J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Buffalo State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Barbra Mann Wall. Into Africa
The past decade has seen a resurgence of interest in the role that missions and religious figures played in the development of European colonial empires. Much of this work has shown that missionaries pursued their own independent agendas that evolved over time in response to changing social and political influences at home, growing awareness of local culture, and the agency of colonized peoples. Barbra Mann Wall’s slim volume Into Africa: A Trans…
The Dwarf , the Goetzen and C. S. Forester’s African Queen
Public awareness of the African theatre in the Great War stems largely from C. S. Forester’s 1935 novel The African Queen, and its subsequent 1951 film adaptation. Long thought to have been inspired by British activities on Lake Tanganyika, Forester’s novel more closely resembles events in Cameroon where German missionary Alphons Hermann attempted to sink HMS Dwarf using homemade torpedoes
Njoya's Alphabet
Shortly before the turn of the century Sultan Njoya of Bamum developed an independent written script to record the history of his people and provide a secure means of communication for royal affairs. The final version of his script, dubbed A ka u ku, was hailed by German colonial authorities as a symbol of intelligence and Njoya’s progressive character. The French initially held equally positive visions of Njoya when they replaced the Germans as …
An African Kulturkampf
Colonial Archives in Cameroon
One of the biggest problems facing the new gèneration of scholars currently dealing with European imperialism is the lack of information in the West about the location and availability of archival sources in Africa. Although Gloria Westfall's recent survey has done much to rectify this situation for the former French possessions, more detailed work remains to be done on specific countries. This is particularly true of Cameroon, where much has cha…
Njoya's Alphabet
Shortly before the turn of the century Sultan Njoya of Bamum developed an independent written script to record the history of his people and provide a secure means of communication for royal affairs. The final version of his script, dubbed A ka u ku, was hailed by German colonial authorities as a symbol of intelligence and Njoya’s progressive character. The French initially held equally positive visions of Njoya when they replaced the Germans as …
Colonial Archives in Cameroon
One of the biggest problems facing the new gèneration of scholars currently dealing with European imperialism is the lack of information in the West about the location and availability of archival sources in Africa. Although Gloria Westfall's recent survey has done much to rectify this situation for the former French possessions, more detailed work remains to be done on specific countries. This is particularly true of Cameroon, where much has cha…
An African Kulturkampf
Njoya's Alphabet
Shortly before the turn of the century Sultan Njoya of Bamum developed an independent written script to record the history of his people and provide a secure means of communication for royal affairs. The final version of his script, dubbed A ka u ku, was hailed by German colonial authorities as a symbol of intelligence and Njoya’s progressive character. The French initially held equally positive visions of Njoya when they replaced the Germans as …
The Dwarf , the Goetzen and C. S. Forester’s African Queen
Public awareness of the African theatre in the Great War stems largely from C. S. Forester’s 1935 novel The African Queen, and its subsequent 1951 film adaptation. Long thought to have been inspired by British activities on Lake Tanganyika, Forester’s novel more closely resembles events in Cameroon where German missionary Alphons Hermann attempted to sink HMS Dwarf using homemade torpedoes
Barbra Mann Wall. Into Africa
The past decade has seen a resurgence of interest in the role that missions and religious figures played in the development of European colonial empires. Much of this work has shown that missionaries pursued their own independent agendas that evolved over time in response to changing social and political influences at home, growing awareness of local culture, and the agency of colonized peoples. Barbra Mann Wall’s slim volume Into Africa: A Trans…
African history and culture studies (4 works) · History (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Colonialism (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · German (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Ethnology (2 works) · History (2 works)