Colonial Encounters: Issues of Culture, Hybridity and Creolisation : Portuguese Mercantile Settlers in West Africa
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
3631527799
ISBN-13
9783631527795
Edition
New
Publisher
Peter Lang GmbH
Imprint
Peter Lang GmbH
Country of Manufacture
DE
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 13th, 2007
Print length
225 Pages
Weight
304 grams
Dimensions
15.00 x 26.20 x 1.40 cms
Product Classification:
HistoryChristian theologyCultural studiesReligious groups: social & cultural aspects
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Die Reihe "Studien zur interkulturellen Geschichte des Christentums" veröffentlicht Arbeiten aus den Bereichen Missions- und Religionswissenschaft, Ökumenik und Interkulturelle Theologie. In historischer, sozialwissenschaftlicher und theoretischer Erforschung verfolgt sie die Frage der Identität des lokalen und globalen Christentums. Sie tut dies in Anerkennung grundlegender Transformationen, der Bezugnahme auf Andersdenkende und Andersglaubende und im Blick auf die Zukunft der Menschheit.
This book explores the first encounter in the mid-fifteenth century between Western Europe and the West African Coast, arguing that it did not produce hostility, but rather a climate of beneficial mutual exchange. It examines West African pre-colonial social history and asserts that around the year 1500 West Africa became a safe haven for those fleeing political or religious persecution in Europe. Among them were mercantile settlers, Tangomãos or Lançados, known to have arrived on the West African Coast after the Portuguese explorers in 1446. They exchanged commodities, culture, religious ideas and practices with West African people. These events raise searching questions on the nature of identity and space.
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