Sangalan Oral Traditions: History, Memories, and Social Differentiation
Sangalan Oral Traditions examines the relationship in the African French Guinea between the social relations and the struggle of the people of Sangalan, the Sangalankas, over memories and the history of their identities. The book is based on the politics of memory of different corporate groups (elites and subordinates, men and women), their shared philosophy of history and the individual, and the sociology of pre-colonial (1850-1920) and colonial (1920-1958) Sangalan (northeast of Guinea). It...
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Sangalan Oral Traditions examines the relationship in the African French Guinea between the social relations and the struggle of the people of Sangalan, the Sangalankas, over memories and the history of their identities. The book is based on the politics of memory of different corporate groups (elites and subordinates, men and women), their shared philosophy of history and the individual, and the sociology of pre-colonial (1850-1920) and colonial (1920-1958) Sangalan (northeast of Guinea). It focuses on the accounts of past events, which Sangalan corporate groups used not only to define themselves, but also to shape or reshape their relations with other corporate groups and outside forces.
Pt. ITheory and methodology15Ch. 1History, memories, and social differentiation : a theoretical approach17Pt. IISocial memories, class conflicts, and struggle for autonomy in pre-colonial Sangalan67Ch. 2Social memories and struggle for self-determination within the lineage and the village (1850-1887)73Ch. 3Memories and struggle for self-determination within Sangalan groups of villages and federation of groups of villages (1850-1887)95Pt. IIISocial memories, accounts of past events, class conflict and the making of colonial Sangalan (1887-1958)115Ch. 4Political and economic context of Sangalanka's struggle over memories (1887-1932)121Ch. 5Social memories, accounts of past events, and class struggle during the reign of Baba Nyakhasso (1920-1932)139Ch. 6Social memories, accounts of past events, and class conflicts during the reign of El Hajii Bacar Keita (1937-1958)163AppFull versions of accounts of the 1871 Foton War
