Métissage in Nineteenth Century Senegal
Hybrid Identity and French Colonialism in a West African Town
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21572944 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hilary Jones (0000-0002-6966-3959, University of Maryland, College Park, corresponding author), Hilary Jones Hilary Jones |
| Year | 2022 |
| Issue | 18-19 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Afrika Zamani (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0850-3079 • E-ISSN: 0850-3079 |
| Publisher | CODESRIA - Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.57054/az.vi18-19.1819 |
| OpenAlex | W4385221814 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
This paper argues that Saint Louis’ peculiarity did not match neither the identity of African societies of the interior nor that of metropolitan France. neither was it identical to notions of sychretism or creolisation. At the contrary, this city gave birth to a cosmopolite society with different national, ethnic linguistic and religious identities comparatively influenced as they were by their relationships with States and societies of the Senegal Valley region, the transatlantic trade. This paper offers a re-reading of accounts by European travellers and officials combined with study of archival records, publications such as the Moniteur du Senegal, private papers and portrait photographs. Based on extensive field work, this paper sheds light on an overlooked aspect of African history and casts new light on modern Atlantic and French colonial history by suggesting that these locations were not solely formed by elite European actors but by local inhabitants of the colonies and remote outposts
Archaeology · Art · Colonialism · Elite · Ethnic group · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Metropolitan area · Political science · Politics · Portrait · Sociology · African history and culture studies · Anthropology · Cultural Identity and Heritage · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law
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West African Slavery and Atlantic Commerce
Central Africans, Atlantic Creoles, and the foundation of the Americas, 1585-1660
Recreating Africa
West Africa in the Atlantic Community
Colonial Desire
The Holy War of Umar Tal
Desert Frontier
White Society in Black Africa
West Africa in the Atlantic Community
From Creole to African
On the origins of urban Wolof
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |