African art and post-colony Belgium
| Titre | African art and post-colony Belgium |
|---|---|
| Type de publication | Article de périodique |
| Langue principale de la publication | anglais |
| Date de publication | 2020 |
| Auteur |  Matthew G. STANARD |
| Titre du périodique | Decolonising Europe ? Popular Responses to the End of Empire |
| Éditeur | Routledge |
| Ville | London = Londres |
| Genre | article scientifique |
| Pays d'édition | Royaume-Uni |
| Résumé/Présentation | "Opinions could not be more divided as to whether Belgians have come to terms with their colonial past. Whereas in 2004, then-Belgian foreign minister Louis Michel declared, ?Of all the former colonial powers, we are probably the nation which has been happiest to shed light, with no concessions or taboos, on our past history in Africa?, British journalist Michela Wrong averred, ?No colonial master has more to apologise for, or has proved more reluctant to acknowledge and accept its guilt, than Belgium?. 2 Although scholars have addressed numerous aspects of imperialism and decolonisation in the Congo, few have explored the colonial era?s cultural legacies in Belgium. 3 Some have taken the AfricaMuseum in Tervuren (the former Musée du Congo belge, or MRAC) to task for not coming to terms with the nature of the Leopoldian regime, atrocities, and the end of empire. Others have examined post-colonial migration, colonial influences on hip-hop, colonial street names, or empire?s built legacy in Belgium in the form of building projects or colonial monuments. 4 Most scholars likely would say Wrong is right, and that Belgium has remained stuck in the colonial era in myriad ways." |
| Référence complète | Stanard, Matthew G.. African art and post-colony Belgium. In : Decolonising Europe ? Popular Responses to the End of Empire. In : Decolonising Europe ? Popular Responses to the End of Empire. Edited by Berny Sèbe, Matthew G. Stanard. London : Routledge, 2020, 298 p. |
Auteurs
Matthew G. STANARD
Biographie : Associate Professor of History at Berry College where he is the 2014 recipient of the Mary S. and Samuel Poe Carden Award for outstanding teaching, scholarship, and service. He has published a number of books, journal articles, and book chapters on nineteenth- and twentieth-century European overseas empire. He has been a participant in the National History Center's Decolonization Seminar in Washington, D.C., a Wolfsonian-FIU Fellow in Miami Beach, Florida, and a Belgian American Educational Foundation Fellow in Brussels, Belgium. He lives in Rome, Georgia [...]. (https://congoinharlem.squarespace.com/bwana-kitoko/ - 2014.10)
