Memories of Colonization Commemoration, Preservation, and Erasure in an African Archive

In June 1995 the National Archives of Senegal organized the “Colloquium Commemorating the Centenary of French West Africa” in Dakar. On the face of it, this was a peculiar event: a proudly independent African nation celebrating the anniversary of its own colonization. The event itself was unlike any...

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Published inArchives, Documentation, and Institutions of Social Memory p. 257
Main Author Frederick Cooper
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published University of Michigan Press 02.03.2011
Subjects
African history
African studies
Anthropology
Applied anthropology
Archival conservation
Archival preservation
Archival science
Archives
Archivists
Behavioral sciences
Ceremonies
Colonialism
Commemorations
Cultural anthropology
Cultural customs
Cultural institutions
Economic disciplines
Economics
Employment
Ethnography
Ethnology
Government
Hegemony
Human geography
Information professionals
Information science
Labor economics
Library science
Occupations
Political communication
Political geography
Political science
Political sociology
Political speeches
Political systems
Rituals
Social sciences
Territories
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Summary:In June 1995 the National Archives of Senegal organized the “Colloquium Commemorating the Centenary of French West Africa” in Dakar. On the face of it, this was a peculiar event: a proudly independent African nation celebrating the anniversary of its own colonization. The event itself was unlike any other colloquium most of its academic participants had ever attended: we were guarded by men with automatic rifles, driven between sessions and social events in a caravan of buses and Mercedes, and escorted by policemen on motorcycles. We were addressed by the president of Senegal and the minister of cooperation of France,
ISBN:047211493X
9780472114931
DOI:10.3998/mpub.93171.31