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Unfinished Histories: Empire and Postcolonial Resonance in Central Africa and Belgium

Unfinished Histories: Empire and Postcolonial Resonance in Central Africa and Belgium

Paperback

African HistoryGeneral Political ScienceGeneral Racism & Ethnic Studies

ISBN10: 9462703574
ISBN13: 9789462703575
Publisher: Leuven University Press
Published: Dec 15 2022
Pages: 440
Weight: 1.31
Height: 0.87 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Belgian colonialism was short-lived but left significant traces that are still felt in the twenty-first century. This book explores how the imperial past has lived on in Belgium, but also in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Burundi. The contributing authors approach colonial legacies from an interdisciplinary perspective and examine how literature, politics, the arts, the press, cinema, museal practices, architecture, and language policies - but also justice and ethics - have been used to critically revisit this period of African and European history. Whilst engaging with significant figures such as Sammy Baloji, Chokri Ben Chikha, Alexis Kagame, Edmond Leplae, Joseph Ndwaniye, and Sony Labou Tansi, this book also analyses the role of places such as the AfricaMuseum, Bujumbura, Colwyn Bay, Kongolo, and the Virunga Park to appraise the links between memory and the development of a postcolonial present.

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