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Title: | History, memory and the legacy of Samori in southern Mali, c. 1880-1898 |
Author: | Peterson, Brian J. |
Year: | 2008 |
Periodical: | The Journal of African History |
Volume: | 49 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 261-279 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Mali |
Subjects: | traditional rulers Samori's polity imperialism rebellions anticolonialism oral traditions history memory 1880-1889 1890-1899 |
About person: | Samori (ca1830-1900) is Samori Touré |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/40206642 |
Abstract: | This article situates local oral traditions on Samori Touré within the contexts of both internal African empire building and French colonial conquest. It takes into account the experiences of the vanquished on the periphery of Samori's empire in an effort to reassess his legacy. It argues that local traditions not only provide a corrective to the nationalist historiography on Samori, they also complicate the notion of 'resistance' by demonstrating internal dissent and even rebellion against Samorian rule at a time of Samori's vaunted 'primary resistance' to French conquest. Finally, this article concludes by providing a contemporary reading of the southern Malian historical landscape, rooting local Samorian history and politics in particular 'sites of memory'. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] |