Book
Colonialism in the Congo basin, 1880-1940
Ohio University Center for International Studies • (64) • Published In 1994 • Pages: xii, 279
By: Nelson, Samuel Henry.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book explores the history of the Mongo people of the Congo Basin from 1880s-1940s, as they suffered from, and adaptively responded to, the authoritarian rule of Belgian colonialists. Topics covered include forced labor on foreign rubber and palm oil plantations, changes in the power base of local leaders, and transformations in kinship system and community organizations. The book challenges earlier works by explorers and Eurocentric researchers which failed to recognize the agency of Africans in shaping historical trajectories.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External relations
- Community structure
- Cultural identity and pride
- Historical reconstruction
- External trade
- Labor supply and employment
- Labor relations
- Community heads
- Accumulation of wealth
- Status, role, and prestige
- Tillage
- Fishing
- Environmental quality
- Settlement patterns
- Sociocultural trends
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mongo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2008
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1982
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1880-1949
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- central Congo Basin, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Samuel H. Nelson
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-271) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 94018278
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mongo (African people)--History/Mongo (African people)--Economic conditions/Mongo (African people)--Social conditions/Subsistence economy--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Tshuapa/River Region/Imperialism/Oral tradition--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Tshuapa River Region/Tshuapa River Region (Congo)--History/Tshuapa River Region (Congo)--Economic conditions/ Tshuapa River Region (Congo)--Social conditions