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Intermediaries, Interpreters, and Clerks - African Employees in the Making of Colonial Africa (Paperback)
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Intermediaries, Interpreters, and Clerks - African Employees in the Making of Colonial Africa (Paperback)
Series: Africa and the Diaspora: History, Politics, Culture
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As a young man in South Africa, Nelson Mandela aspired to be an
interpreter or clerk, noting in his autobiography that "a career as
a civil servant was a glittering prize for an African." Africans in
the lower echelons of colonial bureaucracy often held positions of
little official authority, but in practice these positions were
lynchpins of colonial rule. As the primary intermediaries among
European colonial officials, African chiefs, and subject
populations, these civil servants could manipulate the
intersections of power, authority, and knowledge at the center of
colonial society. By uncovering the role of such men (and a few
women) in the construction, function, and legal apparatus of
colonial states, the essays in this volume highlight a new
perspective. They offer important insights on hegemony,
collaboration, and resistance, structures and changes in colonial
rule, the role of language and education, the production of
knowledge and expertise in colonial settings, and the impact of
colonization in dividing African societies by gender, race, status,
and class.
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