Introduction: Rethinking Time and Gender in African History by Jonna Katto, Heike Becker

“…Even today, histories about gender in Africa often continue to be framed by Eurocentric teleological narratives of modernity. In this special issue – that brings together scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds, focusing on different time periods, and using different methodological approaches – we ask what would happen if we brought the notions of time and gender into a more critical focus. …”
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“Let Me Come to Tell You”: Rethinking Gender, Colonialism, and Narratives of Modernity from the Northern Namibian Sound Archive by Heike Becker

“…The argument thus extends to a broader reflection on the potential of historical sound recordings for challenging Eurocentric teleological narratives of gender and modernity. …”
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