Beyond the Atlantic Paradigm
Beyond the Atlantic Paradigm
复制标题
超越大西洋范式
DOI：
10.1163/2405836x-00502005
复制
发表时间：
2020
影响因子：
0.3
通讯作者：
Benedetta Rossi
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
Benedetta Rossi
本文调查了西非萨赫勒地区尼日尔共和国塔华地区奴隶制恢复的原因。它将奴隶制的持久生命力归因于该地区奴隶制和废奴主义的半自主演变。它说明了在殖民法律废除之后，塔华的奴隶制开始受到挑战，但没有有效根除的历史进程。本文表明，尼日尔萨赫勒地区的奴隶制和废奴主义根植于不同的历史进程和话语谱系，而不是导致殖民废奴主义和关于奴隶制和贩运的国际法发展的历史进程和话语谱系。它主张在欧洲废奴主义最初与帝国主义联系在一起的地区，适当地将奴隶制相关现象的历史背景化。在这些地区，不同的群体对欧洲人对当地奴隶制的态度持批判态度。在非殖民化之后，尼日利亚废奴运动的兴起是由于融入国际人道主义网络和参与当地社会中普遍存在的特定形式的奴隶制。
This article investigates the causes of the resilience of slavery in the region of Tahoua in the Republic of Niger in the West African Sahel. It attributes slavery’s lingering vitality to the semi-autonomous evolution of slavery and abolitionism in this region. It illustrates the historical processes through which, following colonial legal abolition, slavery in Tahoua started being challenged, but not effectively eradicated. The article shows that slavery and abolitionism in the Nigerien Sahel are rooted in different historical processes and discursive genealogies than those that led to the development of colonial abolitionism and international law on slavery and trafficking. It advocates appropriate historical contextualization of slavery-related phenomena in regions where European abolitionism was initially tied to imperialism. In such regions different groups engaged critically with European attitudes toward local slavery. Following decolonization, the rise of Nigerien abolitionist movements was informed both by integration in international humanitarian networks and by engagement with the specific forms of slavery prevalent in local society.