Living the End of Empire
Politics and Society in Late Colonial Zambia
Jan-Bart Gewald, Marja Hinfelaar and Giacomo Macola (editors)
Leiden: Brill, Afrika-Studiecentrum Series; vol. 21, 2011.
ISBN 978-90-04-20986-2
Building on the foundational work of the Rhodes-Livingstone Institute, the
essays contained in Living the End of Empire offer a nuanced and complex
picture of the late-colonial period in Zambia. The present volume, based on
untapped archival material and sources that have emerged in recent years,
throws new light on some of the historical trajectories that the
teleological gaze of nationalist scholars tended to ignore or belittle. By
bringing to view the deep-rooted tensions underlying the Zambian nationalist
movement, the painful dilemmas faced by chiefly and religious institutions,
and the contradictory experiences of European and Asian minorities, Living
the End of Empire draws inspiration from – and contributes to – a growing
literature that is concerned with the study of social, political and
cultural forces that did not readily fit into the then dominant narratives
of united anti-colonial struggles.
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