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Despite its long history, few know about the German literature on African languages or the prominence of Germans in the discipline of African philology. Sara Pugach works to fill this gap, arguing that Afrikanistik was essential to the construction of racialist knowledge in Germany.

Table of Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Eleven Nigerian Students in Cold War East Germany: Visions of Science, Modernity, and Decolonization, 1949-1965
  • Chapter 2: Bumps in the Road: Uncertain Journeys to the GDR and Beyond, 1959-1964
  • Chapter 3: Getting In: From Ghana to the GDR, 1957-1966
  • Chapter 4: The Politics of Home Abroad: African Student Organizations in the GDR, 1962-1971
  • Chapter 5: African Students at the Intersection of Race and Gender
  • Conclusion
  • Works Cited
  • Index

    Africa in Translation A History of Colonial

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        Publisher: LUP - University of Michigan Press
        Publication Date: 8/16/2022 12:00:00 AM
        ISBN13: 9780472039074, 978-0472039074
        ISBN10: 0472039075
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        Description

        Book Synopsis
        Despite its long history, few know about the German literature on African languages or the prominence of Germans in the discipline of African philology. Sara Pugach works to fill this gap, arguing that Afrikanistik was essential to the construction of racialist knowledge in Germany.

        Table of Contents
        • Abbreviations
        • Preface and Acknowledgments
        • Introduction
        • Chapter 1: Eleven Nigerian Students in Cold War East Germany: Visions of Science, Modernity, and Decolonization, 1949-1965
        • Chapter 2: Bumps in the Road: Uncertain Journeys to the GDR and Beyond, 1959-1964
        • Chapter 3: Getting In: From Ghana to the GDR, 1957-1966
        • Chapter 4: The Politics of Home Abroad: African Student Organizations in the GDR, 1962-1971
        • Chapter 5: African Students at the Intersection of Race and Gender
        • Conclusion
        • Works Cited
        • Index

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