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The Lumumba Generation : African Bourgeoisie and Colonial Distinction in the Belgian Congo / Daniel Tödt.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Africa in Global History ; 5Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resource (VI, 428 p.)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783110709308
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No title; No titleLOC classification:
  • DT657 .T6313 2021
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Belgian colonial rule and lagging elite formation -- Elite periodicals between propaganda and empowerment -- Debating the évolué status (1944-1948) -- "Perfected Blacks" and malcontents (1945-1952) -- Associations and sociability between is and ought (1944-1953) -- The lives of others: selecting the Congolese elite (1948-1956) -- A community of unequals (1952-1956) -- Centrifugal forces of decolonization (1957-1960) -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Picture Credits -- Sources -- Bibliography -- Index
Dissertation note: Dissertation HU Berlin. Summary: How and why did the Congolese elite turn from loyal intermediaries into opponents of the colonial state? This book seeks to enrich our understanding of the political and cultural processes culminating in the tumultuous decolonization of the Belgian Congo. Focusing on the making of an African bourgeoisie, the book illuminates the so-called évolués' social worlds, cultural self-representations, daily life and political struggles. https://youtu.be/c8ybPCi80dc
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Dissertation HU Berlin.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Belgian colonial rule and lagging elite formation -- Elite periodicals between propaganda and empowerment -- Debating the évolué status (1944-1948) -- "Perfected Blacks" and malcontents (1945-1952) -- Associations and sociability between is and ought (1944-1953) -- The lives of others: selecting the Congolese elite (1948-1956) -- A community of unequals (1952-1956) -- Centrifugal forces of decolonization (1957-1960) -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Picture Credits -- Sources -- Bibliography -- Index

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How and why did the Congolese elite turn from loyal intermediaries into opponents of the colonial state? This book seeks to enrich our understanding of the political and cultural processes culminating in the tumultuous decolonization of the Belgian Congo. Focusing on the making of an African bourgeoisie, the book illuminates the so-called évolués' social worlds, cultural self-representations, daily life and political struggles. https://youtu.be/c8ybPCi80dc

Issued also in print.

funded by Humboldt-Universität Berlin

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