Why did some central African peoples embrace gun technology in the
nineteenth century, and others turn their backs on it? In answering
this question, The Gun in Central Africa offers a thorough
reassessment of the history of firearms in central Africa. Marrying
the insights of Africanist historiography with those of consumption
and science and technology studies, Giacomo Macola approaches the
subject from a culturally sensitive perspective that encompasses
both the practical and the symbolic attributes of firearms.
Informed by the view that the power of objects extends beyond their
immediate service functions, The Gun in Central Africa presents
Africans as agents of technological re-innovation who understood
guns in terms of their changing social structures and political
interests. By placing firearms at the heart of the analysis, this
volume casts new light on processes of state formation and military
revolution in the era of the long-distance trade, the workings of
central African gender identities and honor cultures, and the
politics of the colonial encounter.
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