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...Spirits, Bodies, and Performance in Belgian Congo This chapter uses archival documents as well as personal interviews to examine spirit-induced trembling (zakama) in the context of prophetic movements (kingunza) as a site of political contestation between the church, the colonial state...

... legitimacy gained from the religious realm to subvert Belgian colonial authority. Thus, Kongo bodies were used as key weapons of resistance against Western missionaries and an oppressive colonial state. Kimbangu prophets trembling missions Belgian Congo ...

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... medical censusing Belgian Africa colonial flânerie bar life fanfares brass bands Henri Bowane ...

... the voice of a West African deity, an instance of the indexicality of voice in historical sound recordings. Kudjabo volunteered for the Belgian army and recorded drum language in a POW camp. He also delivered a short dialogue, which speaks of the destruction of livelihoods in his home region after...

... boundary between what became British Tanganyika and Belgian Ruanda-Urundi. The chapter reveals the haphazard delineation of this border and the inability or unwillingness of colonial officials to take into account local conditions. Imperial debates around border making signaled the birth of a new type...

... boundary between what became British Tanganyika and Belgian Ruanda-Urundi. The chapter reveals the haphazard delineation of this border and the inability or unwillingness of colonial officials to take into account local conditions. Imperial debates around border making signaled the birth of a new type...

... This chapter analyzes the genealogy of Edward Hooper’s hypothesis that a vaccine trial in the African Belgian colonies caused the species-jump resulting in HIV. The confusing intentions, unclear lines of analysis, and powerful interests inflected in the subsequent discussions opens space...

... in the first place. The introduction highlights the song’s winding journey from its origin by Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel to Simone's riveting cover, to Shirley Bassey's English rendition "If You Go Away," and to other adaptations, such as Sasha Velour’s drag performance. The introduction details...

... Chapter 2 reveals that despite British and Belgian attempts to control migration in the region, trade and circulation across the new international borders increased, as neither colonizer was able to control the long stretches of borderland between their territories. Indeed, Rwandan and Burundian...

... movement, leading to disapproval from the colonial administration. prophets dance morality religion Belgian Congo ...

... in sparkling sessions with live bands, crowded dance floors, and beer. medical censusing Belgian Africa colonial flânerie bar life fanfares brass bands Henri Bowane ...

... written from a white Belgian man’s perspective, raising questions about authenticity and ownership. Her embodied emotions, piano playing, and occasional use of English distinguish her version from Brel’s, resonating with diverse audiences and fostering a sense of belonging. At the same time, Simone also...

... off by the sentry she refused. A standoff between a deranged rubber agent and a chief who gifted him a sick woman opens venereal and nervous dimensions. Three sources enable. Roger Casement’s report is reread for sounds and silence; nervous laughter emerges. A Belgian investigator’s diary is read...

... likely to raise the American rather than the Belgian flag at holiday time. Also under investigation was a Kimbangu-like man under hospital (psychiatric) observation and a métisse woman with a pleasure-seeking, dance and fashion association, Amicale. The security shakedown in Coquilhatville went...

... underwent arrest, becoming a rélegué who underwent security removal. Variants from archives and memory work include a spurned wife who underwent leopard attack (spirit possession) before producing crowds. A Belgian magistrate of letters aligned her with history, violence, porterage, and rape, psychiatric...

... gripping almost half the US population? American politics impasse genre paranoid style literature This chapter analyzes the genealogy of Edward Hooper’s hypothesis that a vaccine trial in the African Belgian colonies caused the species-jump resulting in HIV. The confusing intentions...