D'un tombeau l'autre

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ID3608607
AuthorsJean-Pierre Dozon, Jean‐pierre Dozon (corresponding author)
Year1991
Volume31
Issue121
Pages135-157
Publication date1991-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCahiers d études africaines (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0008-0055 • E-ISSN: 1777-5353
PublisherPERSEE Program (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3406/cea.1991.2111
OpenAlexW1979446427
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited2

J.-P. Dozon - One Grave Can Hide Another. Since the first explorations, the West has been both attracted to and repelled by Africa. Coveted, exploited, 'developed', this continent has aroused fear and been rejected for its inability to 'take off economically. Three major images of illness provide us with clews for understanding this attraction/repulsion. First, the 'white man's grave', an image drawn during the first centuries of the Atlantic trade, was worked out during colonization, when 'fevers' and epidemies repelled colonists. Second, the image of a domesticated Africa took shape during the colonial period and survived foliowing independence: thanks to 'development', which corresponded to advances in medicine and health policy, the continent would be swept up in the trend toward 'universal progress'. Third, an alarming image has emerged of Africa as the place where 'morals' are digging the continent's grave since they are responsible for not only economie failures but also the AIDS epidemie

Archaeology · Colonialism · Digging · Ethnology · Geography · Independence (probability theory) · History · Migration, Identity, and Health

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