Narrating São Tomé
Cape Verdean memories of contract labour in the Portuguese empire
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7769746 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lisa Åkesson (0000-0001-7708-3594, School of Global Studies, University of GothenburgSwedenThe Nordic Africa Institute, UppsalaSweden, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 20 (1) |
| Issue | 20 (1 |
| Pages | 57-76 |
| Publication date | 2016-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Etnografica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0873-6561 • E-ISSN: 2182-2891 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/etnografica.4178 |
| OpenAlex | W2292160433 |
| Language | PT |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 19 |
In Cape Verdean collective memory, the channelling by Portuguese colonial authorities of contract labourers to São Tomé is associated with slavery and suffering. This article juxtaposes the collective memory with the narrative of a former contract labourer, senhor Fernando, who paints a relatively positive picture of his distant years in São Tomé. Through a theoretical discussion of collective and individual memory, the article argues that the contrast between these narratives has to do with the differences between the identities they reproduce. The collective narrative of subjection and victimhood is historically rooted in the fight for Cape Verdean independence and the moral right to a separate national identity. Senhor Fernando’s story about how he took ownership of his situation, despite all the hardships, draws on a number of different social identities, a repertoire that enables him to establish himself as agent rather than as victim
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Cape · Collective identity · Collective memory · Colonialism · Empire · Ethnology · Humanities · Identity (music · Independence (probability theory · Linguistics · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Portuguese · Repertoire · Sociology · African history and culture studies · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Gender Studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Law · Philosophy
Portugal in Africa
Angola under the Portuguese
Race, culture, and Portuguese colonialism in Cabo Verde
How Societies Remember
Narrating our Pasts
Comrades, Clients and Cousins
Purity and Danger
Comrades, Clients and Cousins
My Umbilical Cord to Goa
Transnational Families
Elites intelectuais e a conformação da identidade nacional em Cabo Verde
Desh-Bidesh
The Madman and the Migrant
Real Belizean Food
Colonial Cuisine
Lateral vision
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |