Coercion and Dissent: Sleeping Sickness "Concentrations" and the Politics of Colonial Authority in Ulanga, Tanganyika
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| Title: | Main Title: Coercion and Dissent: Sleeping Sickness "Concentrations" and the Politics of Colonial Authority in Ulanga, Tanganyika |
| Description: | Abstract: This article examines the means by which perceived threats of sleeping sickness epidemics were used to ‘justify’ extensive population resettlement through the formation of sleeping sickness ‘concentrations’ in Ulanga district, Tanganyika between 1940-45, and their subsequent implications. Underlying this specious spatial reordering of communities were ulterior motives that interpreted and pushed broader colonial ‘development’ agendas. The prominent role of leading colonial officers, notably A.T. Culwick, is emphasised and re-examined, especially in relationship to paternalism and the coercive aspects of closer settlement. This article explores the nature of legitimised coercion, contested meanings of the mandate, and highlights tensions within the administration. Local resistance to ‘concentration’ challenged colonial hegemony and the self-fashioned form of ‘benign autocracy’ constructed by officials like Culwick, who relied on a projection of prestige for political authority in his district and among his peers. ‘Concentration’ was therefore a contested and contingent process with dissent evidenced both against and within government. |
| Citation Advice: | Jackson, Jonathan M. 'Coercion and Dissent: Sleeping Sickness "Concentrations" and the Politics of Colonial Authority in Ulanga, Tanganyika', The Journal of African History (Forthcoming). |
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| Creator: | Jonathan Jackson (Author) |
| Funding Reference: | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG): CRC/TRR 228: Future Rural Africa: Future-making and social-ecological transformation |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publication Year: | 2021 |
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| TRR228 Topic: | Society + Culture |
| Related Subproject: | A2 |
| Subjects: | Keywords: History, African History |
| Geogr. Information Topic: | Society |
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| Filename: | A02JAHArticleCoercionJackson.pdf |
| Data Type: | Text - JOURNAL ARTICLE |
| File Size: | 1.5 MB |
| Date: | Accepted: 16.06.2021 |
| Mime Type: | application/pdf |
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| Language: | English |
| Status: | Completed |
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| General Access and Use Conditions: | According to the TRR228DB data policy agreement. |
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| Publication Status: | Accepted |
| Review Status: | Peer reviewed |
| Publication Type: | Article |
| Article Type: | Journal |
| Source: | Journal of African History |
| Source Website: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-african-history |
| Number of Pages: | 1 (1 - 1) |
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| Metadata Creator: | Jonathan Jackson |
| Metadata Created: | 16.06.2021 |
| Metadata Last Updated: | 16.06.2021 |
| Subproject: | A2 |
| Funding Phase: | 1 |
| Metadata Language: | English |
| Metadata Version: | V50 |
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