"The Empire Strikes Back": Communities, Catholic Missions, and Imperial Authority in Western Tanzania, 1934-1960
This article addresses dissent at the time of the encounter between communities and missionaries in Western Tanzania. It centers on the land question and culture as sources of contention between the people and missionaries. It shows that the people's opposition to eviction from their land and o...
| Published in: | The catholic historical review |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Catholic University of America Press
2019
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| In: |
The catholic historical review
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Tanzania
/ Catholic church
/ Mission
/ Real estate
/ Culture
/ Conflict
/ History 1934-1960
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| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KDB Roman Catholic Church RJ Mission; missiology SA Church law; state-church law |
| Further subjects: | B
Land tenure; History
B Resistance B Catholic Church History B Imperial Authority B Catholic Church; Relations; Protestant churches B Catholic missionaries B Eviction B Tanzania; History B Catholic missions B Western Tanzania B Catholic-Protestant Relations B Struggle for land |
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| Summary: | This article addresses dissent at the time of the encounter between communities and missionaries in Western Tanzania. It centers on the land question and culture as sources of contention between the people and missionaries. It shows that the people's opposition to eviction from their land and opposition to missionaries' interference of their culture called for dialogue between the people, missionaries, and imperial authority, and, accordingly, benefitted the parties involved. Using the perspective from below, the article contributes to the scholarship on dissent to show how ordinary peasants responded to the need of missionaries for land and control of the cultural aspects. The article also builds on the idea of 'long conversation' from studies on the encounter between communities and missionaries to show how dissent called for mutual discussion between communities, missionaries, and imperial authority. |
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| ISSN: | 1534-0708 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The catholic historical review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/cat.2019.0048 |