Ethnicity and the colonial state : finding and representing group identifications in a coastal West African and global perspective (1850-1960) /

Ethnicity and the Colonial State analyses, through a comparison of three West African communities (Wolof, Temne, and Ewe), the ways in which ethnic labels and arguments are used (or omitted) in dealings with colonial administrations. It follows these strategies and choices over more than a century,...

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