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

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Sammy Baloji, Chokri Ben Chikha, Gaël Faye, François Kabasele, Alexis Kagame, Edmond Leplae, Valentin-Yves Mudimbe, , Fiston Mwanza Mujila, Joseph Ndwaniye, Sony Labou Tansi

Géographique

République démocratique du Congo, Belgique, Tervuren, Bujumbura, Virunga, Kongolo, Colwyn Bay

Thématique

mémoire

Disciplinaire

études culturelles, études littéraires, histoire

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Titre Unfinished Histories : Empire and Postcolonial Resonance in Central Africa and Belgium
Type de publication Livre
Langue principale de la publication anglais
Année de publication 2022
Editeur scientifique Pierre-Philippe FRAITURE
Nombre de pages 440
Éditeur Leuven University Press
Ville Leuven
Genre recueil d'études
Pays d'édition Belgique
ISBN (Forme EAN-13) 9789462703575
URL https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/59183
Résumé/Présentation "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, Gaël Faye, François Kabasele, Alexis Kagame, Edmond Leplae, VY Mudimbe, Fiston Mwanza Mujila, 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."
Référence complète Fraiture, Pierre-Philippe (ed.). Unfinished Histories : Empire and Postcolonial Resonance in Central Africa and Belgium. Leuven : Leuven University Press, 2022, 440 p., 234 × 156 mm - ISBN: 978-9-462-70357-5.