Wanawa: Afrika prekolonial, un introdukshon

by Rose Mary Allen

Wanawa Afrika Prekolonial: Un Introdukshon, ke pone atenshon riba historia i kultura di e kontinente afrikano den e époka promé ku kolonialismo oropeo a tuma lugá. Te ainda hopi hende ta asosiá Afrika solamente ku e historia di sklabitut transatlántiko i ta neglishá e echo ku e kontinente akí tabatin un historia riku i diverso. Historia di Afrika no a kuminsá ku e komèrsio di sklabitut transatlántiko, kaminda miónes di su habitantenan a keda transportá komo katibu pa e kontinente amerikano. Hopi biaha a pinta Afrika solamente komo víktima di kolonialismo, i no komo agente di su propio historia i kultura riku. Intenshon di e buki akí ta pa enfoká riba su diversidat históriko, ekonómiko, kultural i sosial pa asina amplia konosementu di esaki.

E buki ta un introdukshon kòrtiku na papiamentu di historia i kultura di Afrika prekolonial ku e intenshon tambe pa stimulá hende pa nan mes sigui profundisá den esaki. E ophetivo ta pa duna un bista global di naturalesa di e kontinente, kon estadonan grandi i chikí a desaroyá den transkurso di tempu, nan subida i tin biaha kaida, i tira lus riba personahenan di importansia den e historia, miéntras ta menshoná tambe kon esakinan tin biaha ta konektá ku historia di sklabitut transatlántiko. Ademas e buki ta duna un bista di e kultura diversifiká i heterogéneo di e kontinente.

136 pages, Paperback

Published January 10, 2022

About the author

Rose Mary Allen is a Curaçaoan anthropologist, who has published on the oral history of former enslaved people of the Dutch Caribbean islands. Her dissertation, Di ki manera? A Social History of Afro-Curaçaoans, 1863-1917, draws largely on the collected oral histories of Afro-Curaçaoans. She holds a PhD and is a lecturer at the University of Curaçao.

In 2011, Allen received the Boeli van Leeuwen Prize for her dissertation Di ki manera?. In 2015, she was awarded a knighthood in the Order of Orange-Nassau by the Netherlands and she also won the Cola Debrot Prize. In 2023, Allen was awarded the Krus di Mérito Kórsou.