Fugitive Modernities - Kisama and the Politics of Freedom Krug Jessica A.Paperback / softback
Fugitive Modernities - Kisama and the Politics of Freedom Krug Jessica A.Paperback / softback During the early seventeenth century, Kisama emerged in West Central Africa (present-day Angola) as…
Specifikacia Fugitive Modernities - Kisama and the Politics of Freedom Krug Jessica A.Paperback / softback
Fugitive Modernities - Kisama and the Politics of Freedom Krug Jessica A.Paperback / softback
During the early seventeenth century, Kisama emerged in West Central Africa (present-day Angola) as communities and an identity for those fleeing expanding states and the violence of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. In Fugitive Modernities Jessica A. The fugitives mounted effective resistance to European colonialism despite--or because of--the absence of centralized authority or a common language.
Those who became Kisama forged a transnational reputation for resistance, and by refusing to organize their society around warrior identities, they created viable social and political lives beyond the bounds of states and the ruthless market economy of slavery. Krug offers a continent- and century-spanning narrative exploring Kisama's intellectual, political, and social histories. Krug follows the idea of Kisama to the Americas, where fugitives in the New Kingdom of Grenada (present-day