Policing the Post-Colonial Order: Surveillance and the African Immigrant Community in France, 1960-1979

2010 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gillian Glaes
Keyword(s):  
Immigrant Community ◽  
African Immigrant ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Colonial Order

The Monster That Hid Under A Desk? Zimbabwe and the West

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Gallagher
Keyword(s):  
Political Violence ◽  
Diplomatic Relations ◽  
National Union ◽  
Colonial Era ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Research Interviews ◽  
Commercial Farms ◽  
Colonial Order ◽  
Domestic Affairs ◽  
White Farmers

Zimbabwe’s diplomatic relations with Britain became exceptionally fractious from about 2000. Britain’s New Labour government publicly criticized the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) party for its violent seizure of white-owned commercial farms, political violence, and rolling back of democracy. ZANU-PF countered the British government’s accusation, describing it as unwarranted interference in Zimbabwe’s domestic affairs by an ex-colonial master. Such highly charged accusations between government elites of both countries have tended to animate scholarly debates about the nature of Zimbabwe–-Britain relations. This chapter does something different: it examines understandings of Zimbabwe–Britain relations, drawing on research interviews with Zimbabwean non-elites. The chapter argues that Zimbabwean and British political elites instrumentalized the diplomatic quarrel in order to position themselves as honourable wardens of their respective countries and particular norms such as human rights and sovereignty. However, the chapter further contends, non-elites’ comprehensions of the diplomatic argument reveal the limits of this instrumentalization and reflect the complicated and ambivalent appreciations of Zimbabwe–Britain relations. The diplomatic argument attained popular resonances and dissonances, which reflect a multifaceted existential entanglement with roots in the colonial era. Ideas of the expulsion of white farmers as a representation of ‘real independence’ and the display of the shortcomings of a post-colonial order on the other end, impress particular self-understandings and identities.

scholarly journals The African Immigrant Memory Loss Project: A University-Community Partnership

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 332-332
Author(s):  
Manka Nkimbeng ◽  
Hayley McCarron ◽  
Gabriela Bustamante ◽  
Wynfred Russell ◽  
Tetyana Shippee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Focus Groups ◽  
Memory Loss ◽  
African Immigrants ◽  
Advisory Board ◽  
Dementia Care ◽  
Immigrant Community ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Term Care ◽  
African Immigrant ◽  
Dementia Prevalence

Abstract The few studies on dementia prevalence in immigrant communities show that immigrants from diverse racial/ethnic backgrounds have a higher prevalence of dementia compared with their U.S.-born counterparts. However, this body of work is small, resulting in a lack of reliable estimates of dementia prevalence among African immigrants. The AIMLP is a partnership between the African Career, Education, and Resources, Inc. (ACER) and the Families and Long-Term Care Projects (FLTC) of the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Guided by an advisory board, the goal of this project is to develop culturally informed instruments, and use these to collect data to identify dementia care needs, knowledge, and resources in the African immigrant community. Study implementation started in August 2019, five advisory board meetings have been convened and 2 pilot focus groups have occurred. Twelve individuals participated in the focus groups. The majority (90%) were from Liberia and 60% were over the age of 55. Two participants currently care for a family member with dementia. Preliminary findings reveal a great need for education on dementia, and general lack of awareness on management, and limited access to services/supports. Focus groups will be finalized in March and the study survey will be developed and administered in the summer. These survey findings will be available and presented at the conference in November 2020. This is the first project to identify the extent of dementia care needs and resources among African immigrants; which will inform interventions for this population.

scholarly journals The African Immigrant Dementia Education Project: A Community-University Partnership

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 486-486
Author(s):  
Wynfred Russell ◽  
Joseph Gaugler ◽  
Manka Nkimbeng
Keyword(s):  
Mode Of Delivery ◽  
Advisory Board ◽  
Immigrant Community ◽  
Community Partner ◽  
African Immigrant ◽  
Education Project ◽  
Cultural Considerations ◽  
University Partnership ◽  
Evidenced Based ◽  
Dementia Education

Abstract The African Immigrant Dementia Education project is a community-university partnership with the goal of developing a culturally tailored dementia education program with African immigrants in Minnesota. In collaboration with our community partner (African Career, Education & Resource, Inc.), a project advisory board that features professionals and family members from the African immigrant community was assembled and its first meeting was held in February 2021. Preliminary discussions about content, mode of delivery and cultural considerations of an eventual dementia education intervention have begun. This presentation will offer details on the process of working with an advisory board and community partner to identify and culturally tailor an evidenced-based dementia education curriculum for a unique cultural group. Also, we will present challenges encountered during this process and offer suggestions and strategies to promote successful researcher-community partnerships.

Migrating with Colonial and Post-Colonial Memories: Dynamics of Racial Interactions within Zimbabwe’s Minority Communities in Britain

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Roy Zembe
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Race ◽  
Immigrant Community ◽  
Racially Diverse ◽  
Minority Communities ◽  
Interracial Interactions ◽  
Colonial Era ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Monolithic Group ◽  
Diverse Community ◽  
The Impact

Upon attaining independence on 18 April 1980, the Zimbabwean government was faced with the challenge of eradicating prejudices, which had been constructed during the colonial era. Whilst it is correct to accept that colonial Zimbabwe was beset with racial prejudices, which inhibited interracial interactions, it is also essential to recognise that post-colonial events triggered socialisation processes devoid of nation building. Therefore, by exploring the dynamics of interactions within Zimbabwe’s minority communities in Britain, the paper will unravel the impact of memories constructed during the different phases of Zimbabwe’s history. By focusing exclusively on Whites, Coloureds (mixed-race) and Asians, it will demonstrate that the Zimbabwean immigrant community in Britain is not a monolithic group of Blacks, but a racially diverse community. Analysing the diaspora interactions of communities considered more privileged than Blacks during the colonial era provides a perspective on the complexities of eradicating historically constructed racial prejudices.

scholarly journals The Tragedy of Forestland Sustainability in Postcolonial Africa: Land Development, Cocoa, and Politics in Côte d’Ivoire

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4611 ◽  
Author(s):  
Symphorien Ongolo ◽  
Sylvestre Kouamé Kouassi ◽  
Sadia Chérif ◽  
Lukas Giessen
Keyword(s):  
Cote D'ivoire ◽  
Côte D’Ivoire ◽  
Land Development ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Cote D’Ivoire ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Côte D'ivoire ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Colonial Order ◽  
Sustainability Standards

Tropical countries are often blamed for not managing their natural resources sustainably. But what if overexploitation is inherent in political structures and policies—rooted in foreign colonial order—and is consistently detrimental in the contemporary use of forestlands? This article argues that post-colonial land development policies and related political interests seriously impede the sustainability of forest ecosystems in Côte d’Ivoire. Methodologically, the study builds on a historic contextualisation of forestland use policies in Sub-Saharan Africa, with Côte d’Ivoire serving as a case study. The results indicate that the increasing development of so-called rent crops clearly follows the historical dynamics of ‘land grabbing’ and a post-colonial agrarian model. This situation benefits agribusiness entrepreneurs and, more recently, sustainability standards. The study discusses the findings based on recent literature and empirical evidence. In conclusion, the post-colonial heritage and the manipulation of the related patterns by elites and policy-makers largely explains the present-day unsustainable forestland conversions in Côte d’Ivoire.

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