Footnote:
In English
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Description:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Belgian colonial rule and lagging elite formation -- Elite periodicals between propaganda and empowerment -- Debating the évolué status (1944–1948) -- “Perfected Blacks” and malcontents (1945–1952) -- Associations and sociability between is and ought (1944–1953) -- The lives of others: selecting the Congolese elite (1948–1956) -- A community of unequals (1952–1956) -- Centrifugal forces of decolonization (1957–1960) -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Picture Credits -- Sources -- Bibliography -- Index
How and why did the Congolese elite turn from loyal intermediaries into opponents of the colonial state? This book seeks to enrich our understanding of the political and cultural processes culminating in the tumultuous decolonization of the Belgian Congo. Focusing on the making of an African bourgeoisie, the book illuminates the so-called évolués’ social worlds, cultural self-representations, daily life and political struggles