The “Catechist War” in Interwar French Cameroon

Orosz, Kenneth J.

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“…Thus, the article advances existing scholarship on the colonial impact on the family, the importance of the domestic sphere in the colonial project, and contestations over modernity (cf. Chanock 1989;McClintock 1995;Geschiere and Rowlands 1996;Comaroff and Comaroff 1997;Stoler 2002;Awoh 2012;Orosz 2012;Bruner 2014;Sheik 2014;Nkwi 2015). In grappling with what Western modernity meant in an African context and struggling to align the mission civilisatrice with other considerations regarding religion, social order and labour needs, Kombo argues that violence was employed to 'domesticate' modernity and impose Western norms on intimate partner relationships.…”

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Violence and intimacy in colonial and postcolonial Africa

Herzog,

Tischler

2024

Africa

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Violence and intimacy in colonial and postcolonial Africa

Herzog,

Tischler

2024

Africa

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The colonial struggle over polygamy: Consequences for educational expansion in sub-Saharan Africa

Becker

2021

Economic History of Developing Regions

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Christian missions in colonial Africa have contributed significantly to the expansion of formal education and thereby shaped the continent's long-term economic and political development. This paper breaks new ground by showing that this process depended on local demand for education. It is argued that disagreements over norms, and in particular the struggle over polygamy, which resulted from missions' insistence on monogamy in traditionally polygamous areas, lowered African demand for education. Analyses of geocoded data from historical and contemporary sources, covering most of sub-Saharan Africa, show that the struggle is associated with worse educational outcomes today. Effects are not limited to formal attainments but carry over to informal outcomes, in particular literacy. The findings attest to considerable heterogeneity in missionary legacies and suggest that local conditions should be given greater consideration in future studies on the long-term consequences of colonial-era interventions.

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The “Catechist War” in Interwar French Cameroon

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Violence and intimacy in colonial and postcolonial Africa

Violence and intimacy in colonial and postcolonial Africa

The colonial struggle over polygamy: Consequences for educational expansion in sub-Saharan Africa

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