The Culture of Colonialism: The Cultural Subjection of Ukaguru

by T. O. Beidelman and Thomas Beidelman

Book Overview

What did it mean to be an African subject living in remote areas of Tanganyika at the end of the colonial era? For the Kaguru of Tanganyika, it meant daily confrontation with the black and white governmental officials tasked with bringing this rural people into the mainstream of colonial African life. T. O. Beidelman's detailed narrative links this administrative world to the Kaguru's wider social, cultural, and geographical milieu, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253002087
• ISBN13: 9780253002082
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
• Length: 414 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher