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African Development Seminar- PIA 2574

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

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  1. African Development Seminar- PIA 2574 Europe and Africa: The Emotional Issue?

  2. Discussion: The Debate About Ethnicity • Alex Thomson and Crawford Young • Max Gluckman • Clifford Geertz

  3. Max Gluckman (Herman) Max Gluckman (26 January 1911 – 1913 April 1975) was a South African and British social anthropologist. • .

  4. Case Studies: Bessie Head Bessie Emery Head(6 July 1937 - 17 April 1986) is usually considered Botswana's most influential writer

  5. Alex La Guma • Alex La Guma (20 February 1925 – 11 October 1985) was a South African novelist

  6. Barbara Kimanye Born in East Africa December 19 1929 and Died on September 18, 2012

  7. Settlers: • Question: Was Europe’s Relationship with Africa Different than with the Middle East, Asia and Latin America?

  8. One View

  9. 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

  10. Missionaries, Traders and Settlers: How to Assess • British Settlers • Missionaries and Settlers • East Africa, the Federation • Southern Africa • The special issue of Namibia

  11. 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?

  12. Blog:

  13. 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

  14. Reminder of “Francophonie”

  15. Settlers: Statistical Profile 1955-1970 • Algeria: 1,000,000 (1955) • Angola: 700,000 (1970) • Mozambique: 250,000 (1970) • Eritrea: 22,000 (Italians 1955)

  16. Eritrea- 1940s

  17. Asmara

  18. Francophone Africa (c. 1958) • Congo (Belgium): 110,000 (1958) • Burundi: 5,000 • Francophone: 30,000 (“colons”- estimated) • Indians and Arabs (60,000)

  19. French Colons in Algeria

  20. “Sarkozy admits France made mistakes over Tunisia” Nicholas Sarkozy and Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali

  21. West Africa • Role of the "Syrians" and "Lebanese“ (c. 120,000) • Arabs and Indians as "settlers?“ • People of mixed race? • Who are indigenous peoples?

  22. Ghana: A Lebanese Trader

  23. Mixed Race Political Leaders- Jerry Rawlings, Ghana and Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia

  24. East Africa: 1965 • Tanganyika • Whites: 23,000 • Indians 100,000 • Kenya • Whites: 78,000 • Indians: 110,000 • Uganda • Whites: 3,000 • Indians: 78,000

  25. 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

  26. 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

  27. 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

  28. Eastern and Southern Africa • Indians in Eastern and Southern Africa • Asians- The forgotten settlers • Amin, Mugabe and the indigenous people argument

  29. The Uganda Asians

  30. Indigenous People- Wa Arusha Masai

  31. Missionaries, Traders and Settlers, and now foreign aid • British Settlers • Missionaries and Settlers • East Africa, the Federation • Southern Africa • The special issue of Namibia

  32. Namibia Germans

  33. Mixed Race • Eastern and Central Africa • 80,000 people • Issue- Loyalty to the State and conflict with Indigenous Peoples

  34. Kenya • "White Mischief"- Settlers in Kenya • Land and Compromise • e. Post-colonial "whites"

  35. Popularizers: Ernest and Mary Hemmingway and Madonna (Stereotyped Images)

  36. The infamous story of Sir Jock Delves, Lady Diana Delamere and the Murder of Lord Errol in the Happy Valley of Kenya in 1941.

  37.  Still From The Film 'White Mischief'

  38. Kenya Settlers- 1952 • Origins of "Mau Mau"

  39. Ten Minute Break

  40. 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

  41. Traditional Leader in Northern Rhodesia- 1950s

  42. Rhodesian Army, c. 1975

  43. Bishop Abel Muzorewa, 1925-2010. Compromised with White Rulers (1978)

  44. Henry Kissinger, Ian Smith and John Vorster

  45. Zimbabwe- “White Africans?”

  46. Zimbabwe • Military demobilization and Rhodesia • "Home Rule"- UDI • Zimbabwe and Non-racialism • Indigenous Peoples and Land

  47. Land Economics In Zimbabwe

  48. 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

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