Paths toward the nation : Islam, community, and early nationalist mobilization in Eritrea, 1941-1961 / Joseph L. Venosa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Venosa, Joseph L., author.

Series:

Research in international studies. Africa series ; no. 92.

Ohio University research in international studies. Africa series ; no. 92

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muslims--Political activity.

Islam and politics.

History.

Autonomy and independence movements.

Eritrea--History--20th century.

Eritrea.

Eritrea--History--Autonomy and independence movements.

Eritrea--Politics and government--1941-1952.

Politics and government.

Eritrea--Politics and government--1952-1962.

Islam and politics--Eritrea.

Muslims--Political activity--Eritrea.

Muslims.

Physical Description:

xix, 283 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Athens : Ohio University Press, 2014.

Summary:

In the early and mid-1940s, during the period of British wartime occupation, community and religious leaders in the former Italian colony of Eritrea engaged in a course of intellectual and political debate that marked the beginnings of a national consciousness across the region. During the late 1940s and 1950s, the scope of these concerns slowly expanded as the nascent nationalist movement brought together Muslim activists with the increasingly disaffected community of Eritrean Christians. The Eritrean Muslim League emerged as the first authentic pro-independence organization in the country to challenge both the Ethiopian government's calls for annexation and international plans to partition Eritrea between Sudan and Ethiopia. The league and its supporters also contributed to the expansion of Eritrea's civil society, formulating the first substantial arguments about what made Eritrea an inherently separate national entity. These early concepts were essential to the later transition from peaceful political protest to armed rebellion against Ethiopian occupation. Paths toward the Nation is the first study to focus exclusively on Eritrea's nationalist movement before the start of the armed struggle in 1961. Book jacket.

Contents:

Islam, community, and the cultural politics of Eritrean nationalism

Early rumblings : Muslim activism in British-occupied Eritrea, April 1941-November 1946

Founding success : the Muslim League and the early nationalist movement, November 1946-December 1947

Navigating rough seas : the Muslim League's internal challenges, January 1948-September 1949

Maintaining momentum : the Muslim League and its rivals, September 1949-December 1950

Holding the line : institutional autonomy and political representation on the federation's eve, December 1951-September 1952

Struggling for autonomy : the disintegrating federation, October 1952-December 1957

New beginnings at the federation's end : Muslim mobilization, popular resistance, and diaspora activism, January 1958-September 1961.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780896802896

0896802892

9780896804876

0896804879

OCLC:

861676484