FORCEDLABOURAFRICA
Forced labour: an Afro-European heritage in sub-Saharan Africa (1930-1975)?
| Coordinatore | HUMBOLDT-UNIVERSITAT ZU BERLIN
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| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Germany [DE] |
| Totale costo | 665˙550 € |
| EC contributo | 665˙550 € |
| Programma | FP7-IDEAS-ERC
Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) |
| Code Call | ERC-2009-StG |
| Funding Scheme | ERC-SG |
| Anno di inizio | 2010 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2010-09-01 - 2015-02-28 |
Partecipanti
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| 1 |
Centro de Estudos Africanos da Universidade do Porto
Organization address
address: Faculdade de letras da Universidade do Porto - Via Panoramica S/N contact info |
PT (Porto) | beneficiary | 93˙000.00 |
| 2 |
HUMBOLDT-UNIVERSITAT ZU BERLIN
Organization address
address: UNTER DEN LINDEN 6 contact info |
DE (BERLIN) | hostInstitution | 572˙550.00 |
| 3 |
HUMBOLDT-UNIVERSITAT ZU BERLIN
Organization address
address: UNTER DEN LINDEN 6 contact info |
DE (BERLIN) | hostInstitution | 572˙550.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'This project analyses the structures of colonial systems of forced labour, in an attempt to come to a comparison of the different trajectories of African populations under distinct European administrations. Through the interpretation of case studies from different West African and Central African territories, it will be possible to understand the techniques of organising an involuntary labour force, and their evolution until and beyond independence. The slow process of the abolition of forced labour from World War II did not exclude continuities in clandestine practices of forcing African (rural) populations to work without remuneration. Another form of continuity connects colonial practices to the postcolonial re-institution of systems of forced labour: many postcolonial African governments were inclined to rely themselves on respective practices under the impression of dire budgetary situations. The different case studies will highlight the existence of forced labour as an Afro-European heritage in the social structures of African societies, and link that heritage back to the experiences of African populations in the local arena. For cases from Ghana, Senegal, São Tomé e Príncipe, and a larger Central African region consisting of sub-cases from Angola, Gabon, and Zambia, the project will address the question how structures of and changes in forced labour had an impact on relations of power inside of the local societies. In particular, forced labour was, in the colonial period, not only a means for colonial officials to shape socio-economic realities in the colonies according to their ideas, but it also was an instrument in the hands of chiefs ( traditional rulers ) who were eager to employ it as a weapon to discipline any existing opposition among their populations. African voices, both from archival sources and from interviews, will be in the focus of this analysis: they will show the importance of the particular experience of forced labour for African social evolution'