Description
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.
Author: Pierre-Philippe Fraiture
Publisher: Leuven University Press
Published: 12/15/2022
Pages: 440
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.31lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.87d
ISBN13: 9789462703575
ISBN10: 9462703574
BISAC Categories:
- History | Africa | Central
- Political Science | Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
About the Author
Pierre-Philippe Fraiture is a professor of French Studies at the University of Warwick.