ISBN:
9783515111195
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (303 Seiten)
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Series Statement:
Transatlantische historische Studien Band 56
Series Statement:
Transatlantische historische Studien
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Engel, Elisabeth Encountering empire
Dissertation note:
Dissertation Freie Universität Berlin
DDC:
266.786
Keywords:
African American Missionaries
;
African Methodist Episcopal Church
;
Colonial Africa
;
Missionare
;
Transatlantische Geschichte
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Afrika
;
African Methodist Episcopal Church
;
Schwarze
;
Missionar
;
Kolonialismus
;
Geschichte 1900-1939
Abstract:
In Encountering Empire, Elisabeth Engel traces how black American missionaries – men and women grappling with their African heritage – established connections in Africa during the heyday of European colonialism. Reconstructing the black American 'colonial encounter,' Engel analyzes the images, transatlantic relationships, and possibilities of representation African American missionaries developed for themselves while negotiating colonial regimes. Between 1900 and 1939, these missionaries paved the way for the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the oldest independent black American institution, to establish a presence in Britain's sub-Saharan colonies. Illuminating a neglected chapter of Atlantic history, Engel demonstrates that African Americans used imperial structures for their own self-determination. Encountering Empire thus challenges the notion that pan-Africanism was the only viable strategy for black emancipation.
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite [275]-296
DOI:
10.25162/9783515111195
URN:
urn:nbn:de:101:1-20151015742
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