The Upper Guinea Coast in Global Perspective
Integration and Conflict Studies
Published in Association with the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale
Series Editor: Gnther Schlee, Director of the Department of Integration and Conflict at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology
Editorial Board: Brian Donahoe (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology), John Eidson (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology), Peter Finke (University of Zurich), Joachim Grlich (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology), Jacqueline Knrr (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology), Bettina Mann (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology), Stephen Reyna (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology)
Assisted by: Cornelia Schnepel and Viktoria Zeng (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology)
The objective of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology is to advance anthropological fieldwork and enhance theory building. Integration and conflict, the central themes of this series, are major concerns of the contemporary social sciences and of significant interest to the general public. They have also been among the main research areas of the institute since its foundation. Bringing together international experts, Integration and Conflict Studies includes both monographs and edited volumes, and offers a forum for studies that contribute to a better understanding of processes of identification and inter-group relations.
Volume 1
How Enemies are Made: Towards a Theory of Ethnic and Religious Conflicts
Gnther Schlee
Volume 2
Changing Identifications and Alliances in North-East Africa
Vol.I: Ethiopia and Kenya
Edited by Gnther Schlee and Elizabeth E. Watson
Volume 3
Changing Identifications and Alliances in North-East Africa
Vol.II: Sudan, Uganda and the Ethiopia-Sudan Borderlands
Edited by Gnther Schlee and Elizabeth E. Watson
Volume 4
Playing Different Games: The Paradox of Anywaa and Nuer Identification Strategies in the Gambella Region, Ethiopia
Dereje Feyissa
Volume 5
Who Owns the Stock? Collective and Multiple Forms of Property in Animals
Edited by Anatoly M. Khazanov and Gnther Schlee
Volume 6
Irish/ness is All Around Us: Language Revivalism and the Culture of Ethnic Identity in Northern Ireland
Olaf Zenker
Volume 7
Variations on Uzbek Identity: Strategic Choices, Cognitive Schemas and Political Constraints in Identification Processes
Peter Finke
Volume 8
Domesticating Youth: The Youth Bulge and its Socio-Political Implications in Tajikstan
Sophie Roche
Volume 9
Creole Identity in Postcolonial Indonesia
Jacqueline Knrr
Volume 10
Friendship, Descent and Alliance in Africa: Anthropological Perspectives
Edited by Martine Guichard, Tilo Grtz and Youssouf Diallo
Volume 11
Masks and Staffs: Identity Politics in the Cameroon Grassfields
Michaela Pelican
Volume 12
The Upper Guinea Coast in Global Perspective
Edited by Jacqueline Knrr and Christoph Kohl
The Upper Guinea Coast in Global Perspective
Edited by
Jacqueline Knrr and Christoph Kohl
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2016 Jacqueline Knrr and Christoph Kohl
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Knrr, Jacqueline, 1960 editor. | Kohl, Christoph, editor.
Title: The Upper Guinea coast in global perspective / edited by Jacqueline Knrr and Christoph Kohl.
Other titles: Integration and conflict studies ; v. 12.
Description: New York : Berghahn Books, 2016. | Series: Integration and conflict studies ; volume 12 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015026968| ISBN 9781785330698 (hardback : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781785330704 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: GlobalizationPolitical aspectsGuinea (Region) | Guinea (Region)Politics and government. | Guinea (Region)Social conditions.
Classification: LCC DT477 .U67 2016 | DDC 966.5dc23
LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015026968
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ISBN 978-1-78533-069-8 (hardback)
ISBN 978-1-78533-070-4 (ebook)
In Memoriam
This book is dedicated to the memory of Christian Kordt Hjbjerg (19612014).
Christian was an associate professor at the University of Aarhus (Denmark) and a long-time member of the research group Integration and Conflict along the Upper Guinea Coast at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle (Saale), Germany.
After studying at the University of Aarhus, Christian did graduate work at the cole des Hautes tudes en Sciences Sociales before obtaining his Ph.D. and his Habilitation in anthropology at the University of Copenhagen. His areas of specialization included Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Cte dIvoire and Mauritius. He published extensively on a range of subjects, including historical memory, ritual and social organization, conflict and emergent political orders, identity and difference, and the role of reflexivity in shaping both social change and theoretical change.
Throughout his work, Christian demonstrated mastery of many skills: he was a dedicated ethnographer, a critical and in-depth analyst, an inspirational teacher, a compassionate man and a fine scholar with an open and active mind. As a member of our research group, Christian made a great and valuable contribution to our work. We have lost a wonderful friend and colleague whom we will miss and keep in our hearts and minds as an inspiration for our lives and research.
On behalf of all contributors to this book and the members, associates and friends of the Research Group Integration and Conflict along the Upper Guinea Coast at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology,
Jacqueline Knrr and Christoph Kohl
Contents
Jacqueline Knrr and Christoph Kohl
Bruce L. Mouser
Christoph Kohl
Nathaniel King
Anita Schroven
Markus Rudolf
Pedro F. Marcelino
Heike Drotbohm
Wilson Trajano Filho
Joanna Davidson
William P. Murphy
Sylvanus Spencer
Susan Shepler
Christian K. Hjbjerg ()
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