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African Development Seminar- PIA 2574. Europe and Africa: The Emotional Issue?. Discussion: The Debate About Ethnicity. Alex Thomson and Crawford Young Max Gluckman Clifford Geertz. Max Gluckman.
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African Development Seminar- PIA 2574 Europe and Africa: The Emotional Issue?
Discussion: The Debate About Ethnicity • Alex Thomson and Crawford Young • Max Gluckman • Clifford Geertz
Max Gluckman (Herman) Max Gluckman (26 January 1911 – 1913 April 1975) was a South African and British social anthropologist. • .
Case Studies: Bessie Head Bessie Emery Head(6 July 1937 - 17 April 1986) is usually considered Botswana's most influential writer
Alex La Guma • Alex La Guma (20 February 1925 – 11 October 1985) was a South African novelist
Barbara Kimanye Born in East Africa December 19 1929 and Died on September 18, 2012
Settlers: • Question: Was Europe’s Relationship with Africa Different than with the Middle East, Asia and Latin America?
Discussion: Overview Issues 1.The impact of Settlers (Both European, Middle Eastern and Asian) on “your" part of Africa. 2.Francophone Issue: the impact of France on the region as a part of a European image and the extent to which the French in West Africa are "settlers.“ 3.The New Settlers? Foreign Aid Workers and Missionaries
Missionaries, Traders and Settlers: How to Assess • British Settlers • Missionaries and Settlers • East Africa, the Federation • Southern Africa • The special issue of Namibia
Settlers • Impact on the Whole Continent • Different Definitions • Question: Was Europe’s Relationship with Africa Different than with the Middle East, Asia and Latin America? • The New Settlers: Foreign Aid Workers, Contractors and Missionaries?
Settlers: The Issue and the Problem- Start with the Demographics • Francophone Africa: • North Africa, Algeria and permanent association • The Importance of “Francophonie” on Culture and Values
Settlers: Statistical Profile 1955-1970 • Algeria: 1,000,000 (1955) • Angola: 700,000 (1970) • Mozambique: 250,000 (1970) • Eritrea: 22,000 (Italians 1955)
Francophone Africa (c. 1958) • Congo (Belgium): 110,000 (1958) • Burundi: 5,000 • Francophone: 30,000 (“colons”- estimated) • Indians and Arabs (60,000)
“Sarkozy admits France made mistakes over Tunisia” Nicholas Sarkozy and Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali
West Africa • Role of the "Syrians" and "Lebanese“ (c. 120,000) • Arabs and Indians as "settlers?“ • People of mixed race? • Who are indigenous peoples?
Mixed Race Political Leaders- Jerry Rawlings, Ghana and Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia
East Africa: 1965 • Tanganyika • Whites: 23,000 • Indians 100,000 • Kenya • Whites: 78,000 • Indians: 110,000 • Uganda • Whites: 3,000 • Indians: 78,000
A white couple, settlers and horse owners, together with their staff, standing directly behind them, watch a polo game at Nairobi Polo Club, a remnant of Kenya's colonial history, July 1, 2007
British Army's mission in Kenya. To fulfill this mission it has three main parts: • International Mine Action Training Centre (IMATC) - The IMATC is a joint British and Kenyan venture aimed at alleviating the suffering caused by landmines and Explosive Remnants of War by providing high quality Mine Action Training • Peace Support Training Centre (PSTC) • A presence in the Kenyan Defence Staff College
Goal to coordinate UK military assistance to armed forces in Eastern Africa in order to contribute to Security Sector Reform and to increase peacekeeping capacity “Shame of 200 British soldiers in 'tribal' bar brawl: Taunts between rival regiments explode into violence in Kenya” From Kenya Newspaper
Eastern and Southern Africa • Indians in Eastern and Southern Africa • Asians- The forgotten settlers • Amin, Mugabe and the indigenous people argument
Missionaries, Traders and Settlers, and now foreign aid • British Settlers • Missionaries and Settlers • East Africa, the Federation • Southern Africa • The special issue of Namibia
Mixed Race • Eastern and Central Africa • 80,000 people • Issue- Loyalty to the State and conflict with Indigenous Peoples
Kenya • "White Mischief"- Settlers in Kenya • Land and Compromise • e. Post-colonial "whites"
Popularizers: Ernest and Mary Hemmingway and Madonna (Stereotyped Images)
The infamous story of Sir Jock Delves, Lady Diana Delamere and the Murder of Lord Errol in the Happy Valley of Kenya in 1941.
Kenya Settlers- 1952 • Origins of "Mau Mau"
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, 1953-1963 • Federation: • Indians: 30,000 • Whites:310,000 • Northern Rhodesia: whites: 76,000 • Southern Rhodesia: whites: 223,000 (1975-270,000) • Nyasaland: 9,300 Whites
Bishop Abel Muzorewa, 1925-2010. Compromised with White Rulers (1978)
Zimbabwe • Military demobilization and Rhodesia • "Home Rule"- UDI • Zimbabwe and Non-racialism • Indigenous Peoples and Land
Southern Africa: The Other Settlers • Portugal and Portuguese • mass settlement and "provincial" status Over one million overseas Settlers 700,000 Angola, 250,000 Mozambique (eg. Teresa Heinz) • Belgians, Greeks, Germans, Italians, Dutch, Americans- • Indians (Asians), Arabs, Chinese