David Newman Glovsky
Biographic Data
| ID | 169502 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Newman Glovsky |
| GIVEN NAMES | David Newman |
| FAMILY NAME | Glovsky |
| SIGNATURE | GLOVSKY D N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5203-6898 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Richard L. Roberts. Conflicts of Colonialism
Cross-Border Lives and the Complications of Citizenship
This article argues that in the 1960s and 1970s, the postcolonial state in Guinea and the independence movement in Guinea-Bissau came to define national belonging through ideas of “sacrificial citizenship,” ideas that did not correspond with how many borderland residents saw their own geographies. Borderland residents used the border to, for the most part, ignore or complicate territorial concepts of national belonging, while informally putting f…
The Fuuta Jalon ʿAjamī Tradition
Fula ʿAjamī texts have served as an important pedagogical tool, allowing for the spread of Islamic knowledge. ʿAjamī texts were crucial to compiling and circulating Islamic knowledge, inculcating “proper” behavior, and disseminating knowledge about the region’s history. This article situates Fula ʿAjamī texts in the broader history of Fuuta Jalon, emphasizing the role of these texts in the region’s history and processes of knowledge production. M…
Collaboration, Survival, and Flight
Throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, Bissau-Guineans fought a bloody war for independence. Typical narratives of the war emphasize the ethnic dimension of the liberation struggle, with Balanta freedom fighters opposing Portuguese-allied Fulbe. This dominant narrative is open to question, as it ignores the war as a ‘social condition’, and the role that local circumstances played in determining collaboration with the Portuguese, fighting in libera…
Muslim Fula Business Elites and Politics in Sierra Leone
Medina Gounass
The historical autonomy of the religious community of Medina Gounass in Senegal represents an alternative geographic territory to that of colonial and postcolonial states. The borderland location of Medina Gounass allowed the town to detach itself from colonial and independent Senegal, creating parallel governmental structures and imposing a particular interpretation of Islamic law. While in certain facets this autonomy was limited, the community…
Medina Gounass
The historical autonomy of the religious community of Medina Gounass in Senegal represents an alternative geographic territory to that of colonial and postcolonial states. The borderland location of Medina Gounass allowed the town to detach itself from colonial and independent Senegal, creating parallel governmental structures and imposing a particular interpretation of Islamic law. While in certain facets this autonomy was limited, the community…
Collaboration, Survival, and Flight
Throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, Bissau-Guineans fought a bloody war for independence. Typical narratives of the war emphasize the ethnic dimension of the liberation struggle, with Balanta freedom fighters opposing Portuguese-allied Fulbe. This dominant narrative is open to question, as it ignores the war as a ‘social condition’, and the role that local circumstances played in determining collaboration with the Portuguese, fighting in libera…
Muslim Fula Business Elites and Politics in Sierra Leone
Medina Gounass
The historical autonomy of the religious community of Medina Gounass in Senegal represents an alternative geographic territory to that of colonial and postcolonial states. The borderland location of Medina Gounass allowed the town to detach itself from colonial and independent Senegal, creating parallel governmental structures and imposing a particular interpretation of Islamic law. While in certain facets this autonomy was limited, the community…
Collaboration, Survival, and Flight
Throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, Bissau-Guineans fought a bloody war for independence. Typical narratives of the war emphasize the ethnic dimension of the liberation struggle, with Balanta freedom fighters opposing Portuguese-allied Fulbe. This dominant narrative is open to question, as it ignores the war as a ‘social condition’, and the role that local circumstances played in determining collaboration with the Portuguese, fighting in libera…
Cross-Border Lives and the Complications of Citizenship
This article argues that in the 1960s and 1970s, the postcolonial state in Guinea and the independence movement in Guinea-Bissau came to define national belonging through ideas of “sacrificial citizenship,” ideas that did not correspond with how many borderland residents saw their own geographies. Borderland residents used the border to, for the most part, ignore or complicate territorial concepts of national belonging, while informally putting f…
The Fuuta Jalon ʿAjamī Tradition
Fula ʿAjamī texts have served as an important pedagogical tool, allowing for the spread of Islamic knowledge. ʿAjamī texts were crucial to compiling and circulating Islamic knowledge, inculcating “proper” behavior, and disseminating knowledge about the region’s history. This article situates Fula ʿAjamī texts in the broader history of Fuuta Jalon, emphasizing the role of these texts in the region’s history and processes of knowledge production. M…
Richard L. Roberts. Conflicts of Colonialism
Political science (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · History (4 works) · Ethnology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · African history and culture studies (2 works) · African Studies and Geopolitics (2 works)