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Subject to Colonialism: African Self-Fashioning and the Colonial Library PDF
212 Pages
2001
2.42 MB
EnglishPreview Subject to Colonialism: African Self-Fashioning and the Colonial Library
Subject to Colonialism gaurav desai SubjecttoColonialism This page intentionally left blank Subject to Colonialism AfricanSelf-FashioningandtheColonialLibrary gaurav desai dukeuniversitypress DurhamandLondon 2001 (cid:1)2001DukeUniversityPress Allrightsreserved PrintedintheUnitedStatesof Americaonacid-freepaper DesignedbyAmyRuthBuchanan TypesetinCarter&ConeGalliardby Wilsted&TaylorPublishingServices LibraryofCongressCataloging-in- PublicationDataappearonthelast printedpageofthisbook. ForPapaandAai This page intentionally left blank Lovelythings,Ithoughtmuchaboutyouinchildhood. BeforeIhadyouIwantedyoudearly Foryouaresobeautifulandhaveallmylove. Oh!Howbeautifulyouareandperfectlyshaped, Howcleanyouareandwellkept, Imarvelyoushinewithsuchbrightness... Iwouldneverhavethoughtyoucouldcausemesomuchpain. ApoemwrittenbyaUgandanschoolboyaddressinghisshoes,circa1950.Quoted inF.Musgrove,‘‘AUgandaSecondarySchoolasaFieldofCulturalChange’’ This page intentionally left blank
