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African Resistance To Colonialism in Adamawa

African Resistance To Colonialism in Adamawa AFRICAN RESISTANCE TO COLONIALISM IN ADAMAWA An example of political, ethnic and religious resistance-motives, as seen from Danish missionary archives 1 BY NIELS KASTFELT (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) I The establishment of colonial rule in African societies during the last decades of the nineteenth and the first decades of the twentieth century brought about a large variety of Af rican reactions. African reactions must be seen as expressions of African politics and they manifested themselves differently, reflecting local political differences. Some reacted by adapting themselves to and exploiting the political and economic possibilities of colonial rule. Others reacted by active protest and resistance movements against the establishment of colonial rule and the subsequent loss of independence, against the introduction of new forms of economic and political organization which did not correspond to the traditional forms of organization and the ethnic and religious conditions of the societies in question, against the intro- duction of new taxes, etc. 2 African reactions to colonial rule have been studied in a wider con- text of African political history. Adaptation and collaboration has been seen as a forerunner of one part of modern nationalism, while a direct 2 connexion has been established between http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Religion in Africa Brill

African Resistance To Colonialism in Adamawa

Kastfelt, Niels
Journal of Religion in Africa , Volume 8 (1): 1 – Jan 1, 1976
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Brill
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© 1976 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0022-4200
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1570-0666
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10.1163/157006676X00147
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AFRICAN RESISTANCE TO COLONIALISM IN ADAMAWA An example of political, ethnic and religious resistance-motives, as seen from Danish missionary archives 1 BY NIELS KASTFELT (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) I The establishment of colonial rule in African societies during the last decades of the nineteenth and the first decades of the twentieth century brought about a large variety of Af rican reactions. African reactions must be seen as expressions of African politics and they manifested themselves differently, reflecting local political differences. Some reacted by adapting themselves to and exploiting the political and economic possibilities of colonial rule. Others reacted by active protest and resistance movements against the establishment of colonial rule and the subsequent loss of independence, against the introduction of new forms of economic and political organization which did not correspond to the traditional forms of organization and the ethnic and religious conditions of the societies in question, against the intro- duction of new taxes, etc. 2 African reactions to colonial rule have been studied in a wider con- text of African political history. Adaptation and collaboration has been seen as a forerunner of one part of modern nationalism, while a direct 2 connexion has been established between

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Published: Jan 1, 1976

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