The 'True Nzema

A Layered Identity

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2512433
AutoresPierluigi Valsecchi (autor correspondente)
Ano2001
Volume71
Fascículo3
Páginas391-425
Data de publicação2001-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAfrica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0001-9720 • E-ISSN: 1750-0184
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3366/afr.2001.71.3.391
OpenAlexW2013733357
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências 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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