Gender and Decolonization in the Congo The Legacy of Patrice Lumumba Patrice Lumumba s legacy continues to fire the imagination of politicians activists and artists But women have been missing from accounts of the Congo s decolonization What new ideals of masculinity
Patrice Lumumba s legacy continues to fire the imagination of politicians, activists, and artists But women have been missing from accounts of the Congo s decolonization What new ideals of masculinity and femininity were generated in this struggle Were masculinist biases re inscribed in later depictions of the martyred nationalist Through analysis of Lumumba s writPatrice Lumumba s legacy continues to fire the imagination of politicians, activists, and artists But women have been missing from accounts of the Congo s decolonization What new ideals of masculinity and femininity were generated in this struggle Were masculinist biases re inscribed in later depictions of the martyred nationalist Through analysis of Lumumba s writings and speeches, the life stories of women activists, and literary and cinematic works, Gender and Decolonization in the Congo The Legacy of Patrice Lumumba challenges male centered interpretations of Congolese nationalism and illustrates how generic conventions both reinforced and undercut gender bias in representations of Lumumba and his female contemporaries.
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