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This book investigates Euro-African cultural relations, considering their connected histories through material and immaterial forms of representation, commemoration, and memorialization. The book will be an important resource for researchers across the fields of global history, heritage studies, memory studies, and international relations.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface 1. Iconographies of Oppression? Material and Immaterial Legacies of Euro-African Encounters 2. The Khoekhoe, Vasco da Gama and the Limits of Written History 3. Style Congo: Heritage and Heresy: Reappraising Art Nouveau in Brussels 4. Looking for East Africa in Italian newspapers. The Press Coverage of the Vandalism of Montanelli's Statue 5. Unraveling Slave Sites in Europe: Reconsidering Europe as a Temperate, Slave Minority Site and African-Diasporic Space, Through Counter-Commemoration 6. 'L'Archive urbaine': How the Yataal Art Initiative Commemorates the History of French Senegal in Dakar's Médina Neighborhood of 1914 7. Rethinking Iconographies of Suffering and Hope for European Refugees in Uganda: A Case Study of Our Lady Queen of Poland Catholic Church Nyabyeya - Masindi 8. Colonial Impositions, Postcolonial Dilemmas and Contemporary Dynamics of Place Naming in Nairobi, Kenya 9. Unveiling Histories: Colonial Monuments and Street Names in Namibia's Public Space 10. Conclusions
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Marco Zoppi is an independent researcher. His works focus on Euro-African relations and European affairs, including migration and security. He has authored some 50 academic publications.
Zusammenfassung
This book investigates Euro-African cultural relations, considering their connected histories through material and immaterial forms of representation, commemoration, and memorialization. The book will be an important resource for researchers across the fields of global history, heritage studies, memory studies, and international relations.
