African Testimony in the Movement for Congo Reform: The Burden of Proof

ISBN-13: 9780367589172 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 186 str.

Robert Burroughs

Opis

Combining archive research with attention to recent debates on the relation between imperialism and humanitarianism, this book examines the conditions in which colonised peoples were able to speak about their subjection, and those in which attempts at testimony were thwarted.

Spis treści

List of Figures

Acknowledgements

Note on Place Names

Map

Introduction: The Burden of Proof

1. Humanitarianism and Diplomacy: West African Migrants in the Congo Free State (c.1890–1903)

2. Behind the Casement Report (1903–4): Guides, Interpreters, and Interviewees

3. Before the Commission of Inquiry (1904–5): Travellers and Testifiers

4. The Silencing of Witnesses: The Stannard Trial (1906) and the Sheppard Trial (1909)

5. ‘Bringing hands to the English’: Injured Bodies as Evidence

Conclusion: A Humanitarian History from Below

Bibliography

Index

O autorze

Robert Burroughs is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Cultural Studies and Humanities, Leeds Beckett University, UK.