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Slavery and Its Aftermath in the Mandara Mountains

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ID8958102
AutoresMelchisedek Chétima (0000-0002-4248-4838, Tubman, autor correspondente)
Ano2020
Volume63
Fascículo5
Páginas1181-1203
Data de publicação2020-03-13
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Historical Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0018-246X • E-ISSN: 1469-5103
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0018246x1900075x
OpenAlexW3010828250
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas39

Based on long-term oral historical research in the Mandara Mountains, this article traces the ways in which memories of slavery have been preserved in songs which are usually not part of the more formal oral historical narratives. It historicizes this process by focusing on the selective memories of different generations as well as on the influence of colonial and post-colonial politics, particularly post-1990 democratic politics in Cameroon. The major change over time is the shift from the shameful memory of slavery to be repressed – or treated only obliquely – to its public claim as a political resource after the democratic transition of the 1990s. In retelling the history of being sold as slaves, the residents of the Mandara Mountains reversed the negative meaning of slavery to use it to celebrate their resistance to Islam and to voice political claims. This new narrative congeals around being kirdi , a new regional and trans-religious identity claimed by Christians and pagans in the mountains

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Obras citantes distintas4
Citações por ano0,8
Intervalo de citações2021 - 2023 (3)
Velocidade de citaçãohistorical
Altamente citadoNão
Tipos de citaçãoNeutras: 4
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