Jonathan Wyrtzen
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- August 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781501700231
- eISBN:
- 9781501704253
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9781501700231.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, African History
This chapter examines the creation of an autonomous anti-colonial political field in the Rif Mountains to block Spain's pacification campaign in the early 1920s. It focuses on Mohamed bin 'Abd ...
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This chapter examines the creation of an autonomous anti-colonial political field in the Rif Mountains to block Spain's pacification campaign in the early 1920s. It focuses on Mohamed bin 'Abd al-Krim al-Khattabi (Abd el-Krim), a charismatic leader of the Ait Waryaghar tribe, who defeated the Spanish at Anwal (Anoual) in 1921 and constituted an anti-colonial political field, the Republic of the Rif. This chapter begins by charting the relationship between state and nonstate space in the Rif before colonization and the impact of Spanish colonial intervention on this area in the early 1900s. It then considers the jihad and its transformation from an anti-state mode of resistance into an anti-state-building project under Abd el-Krim's leadership. It also explores the processes through which Abd el-Krim constructed a nascent anti-colonial political field having its own symbolic and organizational logics in response to accelerated Spanish pacification operations. The chapter concludes by explaining why the Republic of the Rif eventually fell to a joint Franco-Spanish offensive, eliminating Abd el-Krim's anti-colonial political field.Less
This chapter examines the creation of an autonomous anti-colonial political field in the Rif Mountains to block Spain's pacification campaign in the early 1920s. It focuses on Mohamed bin 'Abd al-Krim al-Khattabi (Abd el-Krim), a charismatic leader of the Ait Waryaghar tribe, who defeated the Spanish at Anwal (Anoual) in 1921 and constituted an anti-colonial political field, the Republic of the Rif. This chapter begins by charting the relationship between state and nonstate space in the Rif before colonization and the impact of Spanish colonial intervention on this area in the early 1900s. It then considers the jihad and its transformation from an anti-state mode of resistance into an anti-state-building project under Abd el-Krim's leadership. It also explores the processes through which Abd el-Krim constructed a nascent anti-colonial political field having its own symbolic and organizational logics in response to accelerated Spanish pacification operations. The chapter concludes by explaining why the Republic of the Rif eventually fell to a joint Franco-Spanish offensive, eliminating Abd el-Krim's anti-colonial political field.
Monique A. Bedasse
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- January 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781469633596
- eISBN:
- 9781469633619
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469633596.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, African History
This chapter begins in Jamaica where Rastafarians formulated the philosophy that sent them in search of Africa. It demonstrates Rastafari’s internal complexity by examining all facets of the ...
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This chapter begins in Jamaica where Rastafarians formulated the philosophy that sent them in search of Africa. It demonstrates Rastafari’s internal complexity by examining all facets of the worldview: from religious imaginaries and rituals to political commitments and strategies. It then goes on to situate the Rastas who went to Tanzania amid this plurality with a view to explaining who these particular Rastafarians were.Less
This chapter begins in Jamaica where Rastafarians formulated the philosophy that sent them in search of Africa. It demonstrates Rastafari’s internal complexity by examining all facets of the worldview: from religious imaginaries and rituals to political commitments and strategies. It then goes on to situate the Rastas who went to Tanzania amid this plurality with a view to explaining who these particular Rastafarians were.
Monique A. Bedasse
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- January 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781469633596
- eISBN:
- 9781469633619
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469633596.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, African History
This chapter examines the clash between Rastafarian diasporic dreams and African nation-state realities. Even as the Rastafarian notion of diaspora transcended the state, Rastas were at the mercy of ...
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This chapter examines the clash between Rastafarian diasporic dreams and African nation-state realities. Even as the Rastafarian notion of diaspora transcended the state, Rastas were at the mercy of the Tanzanian state apparatus. The state granted them official “right of entry” in 1985,but it was not codified into law, and this made for a less than smooth process. The fissures that came to the fore turned on the legal, economic, cultural, and religious realities of repatriation. Notwithstanding these difficulties, Rastafarians and Tanzanian state officials continued to trod diaspora and to make claims about the relationship between race and citizenship.Less
This chapter examines the clash between Rastafarian diasporic dreams and African nation-state realities. Even as the Rastafarian notion of diaspora transcended the state, Rastas were at the mercy of the Tanzanian state apparatus. The state granted them official “right of entry” in 1985,but it was not codified into law, and this made for a less than smooth process. The fissures that came to the fore turned on the legal, economic, cultural, and religious realities of repatriation. Notwithstanding these difficulties, Rastafarians and Tanzanian state officials continued to trod diaspora and to make claims about the relationship between race and citizenship.
