Memory as Theatre

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Rathbone
Keyword(s):  
Radical Politics ◽  
Cultural Meaning ◽  
Nationalist Party ◽  
Kwame Nkrumah

In 1995, the Asante people of central Ghana celebrated a sumptuous first-fruits festival, Odwira. Although the festival is held annually, this one was unusual in that it also marked the 25th year of the reign of their king, the Asantehene. The event was charged with political as well as cultural meaning. Asante and its king had been at the centre of opposition to the radical nationalist party led by Kwame Nkrumah which had taken Ghana into independence in 1957. That opposition had been ruthlessly suppressed and humiliated and this Odwira proved to be a very public opportunity for both an energetic re-assertion of Asante pride and for revenge against a brand of radical politics which remains significantly less popular in the region than it does in other parts of Ghana.

The Gold Coast

2020 ◽  
pp. 109-143
Author(s):  
Robert L. Tignor
Keyword(s):  
Gold Coast ◽  
Political Leader ◽  
People's Party ◽  
The Public ◽  
Nationalist Party ◽  
Public Arena ◽  
Kwame Nkrumah ◽  
Teaching Position ◽  
British Colonial ◽  
The Government

This chapter details how, at the end of 1952, shortly after returning from a tour of Asia where his intellectual breakthrough led to the article on unlimited supplies of labor, W. Arthur Lewis received an invitation to advise the government of the Gold Coast on industrialization. The invitation came not from British colonial offices in the Gold Coast, but the rising nationalist party, the Convention People's Party (CPP), led by its charismatic political leader, Kwame Nkrumah. The vitality of the Gold Coast nationalists impressed Lewis, and the opportunity to advise Africans, rather than British officials, was new and exciting. Although he spent only several months of 1952 in the Gold Coast, preparing the report, and immediately returned to his teaching position at Manchester, his stay linked him to the Gold Coast and its leaders. From then onwards, British officials and Gold Coast nationalists alike regarded him as the top expert on their economy and turned to him to evaluate economic projects. Ultimately, the decision to advise the Gold Coast on its industrial prospects led Lewis away from purely academic endeavors and placed him squarely in the public arena.

Radical Politics and the Syrian Social Nationalist Party

1988 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 303-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Pipes
Keyword(s):  
Arab World ◽  
Radical Politics ◽  
Nationalist Party

Until now, there has appeared no party in the Arab world that can compete with the SSNP for the quality of its propaganda, which addresses both reason and emotion, or for the strength of its organization, which is effective both overtly and covertly. By virtue of its organization, this party succeeded in creating a very powerful intellectual and political current in Syria and Lebanon.

Makna Budaya Nama Motif Kain Bentenan Minahasa

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvana Lahama
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Cultural Meaning ◽  
History Of ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive

Bentenancloth is a Minahasa traditional fabric cloth which is the only craft of weavingfrom Minahasa people that has a very long journey of history. The existence ofthis cloth cannot be separated from the cultural and historical activities ofMinahasa tribe, where this cloth reflects the symbol of social status andbecome the part of life principal acted by the Minahasa people.Theobjectives of this research are to describe : 1) The name of motifs and lingualmeaning of Bentenan  cloth, 2) Thecultural meaning behind the Bentenan cloth motifs.This research conduct in theform of qualitative-descriptive. The data taken from the books contains aboutthe history of Minahasa especially the Bentenan cloth, proposed by the formerresearchers and the culture expert of Minahasa. Fromthe result, it can be conclude that cultural meaning behind the name ofBentenan cloth motifs reflects the whole aspects of life especially theirbelieves on something considered being exist around them. The cultural meaningfromeach motifs carryingessential norm that people should know whether it isallowed to do and whether is not.KeyWords : The cultural meaning, The motifs in Bentenan cloth.

Makna Budaya Lagu Daerah Tontemboan

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Rawung
Keyword(s):  
Observation Point ◽  
Folk Songs ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cultural Meaning ◽  
Cultural Meanings ◽  
Deep Meaning ◽  
Traditional Songs ◽  
Descriptive Method ◽  
Power Of God

Kapoya village is located in SouthMinahasa precisely in the District Suluun-Tareran. Problems of this research,what is the folk songs in Tontemboan areas that exist in Kapoya village andwhat is the function, what cultural meanings contained in the Tontemboan folksongs, and why villagers of Kapoya still sing the Tontemboan folk songs basedon their reflected the mindset. The purpose of this study is to identify the Tontemboanfolk songs and explain its function, explains the cultural meaning of theTontemboan folk songs, and explain the reason for the villagers of Kapoya stillsing the Tontemboan folk songs based on their reflected the mindset.This study used descriptive method withqualitative approach. The observation point chosen five informants. The firstone as the main informant and the other as a companion. In this study,collected twenty-seven folk songs in Tontemboan.In terms of meaningful culturalTontemboan folk songs in the Kapoya village and their functions, which consistsof 27 traditional songs and their functions. In terms of cultural meaningscontained in Tontemboan folk songs have some deep meaning, such as the peopleof Kapoya village who believe in the power of God as the Creator, the publicbelieves that happen compassion into the new year is a joy to remember therelatives and siblings. In terms of folk songs sung reason thatis the mindset of the villagers of Kapoya, namely as guidelines, instructions,and the correct way for a person to live a life based onwhat he believes and meaningful bring compassion, happy, respectful, and proudof the life lived in the Kapoya village.Keywords: Culture, Tontemboan, Kapoya

Comments on the Ghost of the RAF

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaus Theweleit
Keyword(s):  
Radical Politics ◽  
The Given

The essay takes up the question of “radicality” in art in the context of the events of the so-called German Autumn. The author tries to show that it is the “claim to leadership of art,” and the fear of becoming caught up in the trivial, that pushes artists to align themselves with radical politics. He demonstrates that at the same time the most radical gestures – radical because they are based on an explicit acknowledgment of one’s own position in the given historical situation – are more likely to go unnoticed.

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