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Colonial Encounters: Issues of Culture, Hybridity and Creolisation
José Lingna Nafafé
其他書名
Portuguese Mercantile Settlers in West Africa
出版
Lang
, 2007
主題
Business & Economics / International / General
History / General
History / Africa / General
History / Africa / West
History / Europe / Portugal
Religion / Christian Theology / General
Religion / Theology
Social Science / Anthropology / General
Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Social Science / Sociology of Religion
ISBN
3631527799
9783631527795
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=58lxAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
This book explores the first encounter in the mid-fifteenth century between Western Europe and the West African Coast, arguing that it did not produce hostility, but rather a climate of beneficial mutual exchange. It examines West African pre-colonial social history and asserts that around the year 1500 West Africa became a safe haven for those fleeing political or religious persecution in Europe. Among them were mercantile settlers, Tangomãos or Lançados, known to have arrived on the West African Coast after the Portuguese explorers in 1446. They exchanged commodities, culture, religious ideas and practices with West African people. These events raise searching questions on the nature of identity and space.