African Studies / History
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Intermediaries,
Interpreters, and Clerks
As a young man in South Africa, Nelson
Mandela aspired to be an interpreter or clerk, noting in his
autobiography that "a career as a civil servant was a glittering
prize for an African." Africans in the lower echelons of
colonial bureaucracy often held positions of little official
authority, but in practice the occupants of these positions functioned
as hidden lynchpins of colonial rule. As the primary intermediaries
among European colonial officials, African chiefs, and subject
populations, these men (and a few women) could manipulate the
intersections of power, authority, and knowledge at the center
of colonial society. "A truly diverse, collaborative, and
international effort. Assessing the role of African intermediaries
and focusing on the intersections of power and legitimacy, tradition
and modernity, this book interrogates important themes in the
history of colonial rule in Africa."–Olufemi Vaughan,
State University of New York–Stony Brook Contributors: Maurice Nyamanga Amutabi, Ralph Austen, Andreas Eckert, Ruth Ginio, Hervé Jezequel, Martin Klein, Benjamin Lawrance, Roger Levine, Saliou Mbaye, Thomas McClendon, Emily Lynn Osborn, David Pratten, Richard Roberts, and Brett Shadle. Benjamin N. Lawrance is assistant professor of history at the University
of California, Davis. Emily Lynn Osborn is assistant professor
of history at the University of Notre Dame. Richard L. Roberts
is professor of history and Director of the Center for African
Studies at Stanford University. Of related interest |
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