| Contents |
The Great Rift: empire and ideals -- The marriage question -- Art as the handmaiden of empire -- Karibu complexity: the unwelcome slavery dilemma -- Mission and church: struggle within -- The mission and the fort -- "Dusky brethren": consultation with the Africans -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Colonial personalities in order of appearance -- Appendix 2. Abolition time line--East Africa. |
| Summary |
"The Victorian encounter with Africa contains many micro-narratives that call for a questioning of an old consensus. Tentative assumptions as to the motives of early missionaries and colonial personnel often prove less than satisfactory due to stereotypes and unexplored archives. The need for new master narratives that move beyond the old paradigms of Western expansion and African victimization are being called for by scholars of the Global North and South--narratives that allow room for strong evidence of an egalitarian joint endeavor and African cultural vitality without avoiding the investment in imperialism practiced by colonial personnel. Based on extensive archival research, Walking the Rift advocates an alternative proposal--missionaries and administrators caught in the grinding of contradictory opposites. As a professional artist, Alfred Robert Tucker captured this tug-of-war on canvas, but similar dichotomies are found in his approach to marriage contracts, slavery, mission and church organizational structure, alliance with the colonial government and African partnership. Tucker is a representative figure--a prism to shine light on those involved in the British East African project. Like many in the early encounter with Africa, he was neither a consistent imperialist nor a complete egalitarian idealist, but operated in both spheres without creating a third." -- Publisher's description. |
| General note | Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Birmingham, 2007 under title: Walking the Rift : Alfred Robert Tucker in East Africa, idealism and imperialism, 1890-1911. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017303047 |
| ISBN | 9781532600746 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 1532600747 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 9781532600760 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 1532600763 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
