“Inhabitants of this Black Ethiopia, Descendants of Ham” – Ham’s Curse in the Missionary Literature on the Central-Western Region of the African Continent (16th-17th Centuries)

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Autor(a) principal: Almeida, Carlos
Data de Publicação: 2018
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Estudos Ibero-Americanos
Texto Completo: https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/index.php/iberoamericana/article/view/29579
Resumo: The topic of Ham’s curse was an important tool in the construction of European thinking on the otherness of the African and, in particular, as a strategy for the justification of slavery and slave trade. The central-western region of the African continent was both the region most intensely involved in the slave trade and the one where the cultural relationship with Europe proved to be more lasting. This paper analise the use of the topos of the Ham curse in the missionary literature on the centralwestern region of the African continent. It sustains the idea that Ham’s curse, apart from being an instrument of legitimization of the slave trade, is an aggregate axis of the multiple facets of the social and cultural reality of the region which the missionaries considered to be proper of an uncivil living and which to eradicate as a fondamental requirement for the conversion of Africans.
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spelling “Inhabitants of this Black Ethiopia, Descendants of Ham” – Ham’s Curse in the Missionary Literature on the Central-Western Region of the African Continent (16th-17th Centuries)“Habitantes de esta negra Etiopía, descendientes de Ham” – la maldición de Ham en la literatura misionera sobre la región centro-occidental del continente africano (siglo XVI-XVII)“Habitantes desta negra Etiópia, descendentes de Ham” – a maldição de Ham na literatura missionária sobre a região centro-ocidental do continente africano (sécs. XVI-XVII)capuchin missionariesCentral Africaslaverytravel literature.capuchinosÁfrica Centralesclavitudliteratura de viajes.missionários capuchinhosÁfrica Centralescravaturaliteratura de viagens.The topic of Ham’s curse was an important tool in the construction of European thinking on the otherness of the African and, in particular, as a strategy for the justification of slavery and slave trade. The central-western region of the African continent was both the region most intensely involved in the slave trade and the one where the cultural relationship with Europe proved to be more lasting. This paper analise the use of the topos of the Ham curse in the missionary literature on the centralwestern region of the African continent. It sustains the idea that Ham’s curse, apart from being an instrument of legitimization of the slave trade, is an aggregate axis of the multiple facets of the social and cultural reality of the region which the missionaries considered to be proper of an uncivil living and which to eradicate as a fondamental requirement for the conversion of Africans.El tema de la maldición de Ham fue un instrumento central en la construcción del pensamiento europeo sobre la alteridad del africano y, en particular, como estrategia justificativa para la esclavitud y el tráfico atlántico. La región centrooccidental del continente africano fue al mismo tiempo la región más intensamente involucrada en el tráfico de esclavos y aquella donde la relación cultural con Europa se reveló más duradera. En el presente estudio se analiza el uso del topos de la maldición de Ham en la literatura misionera sobre la región centro-occidental del continente africano. Se sostiene la idea que, además de instrumento de legitimación del tráfico negrero, la maldición de Ham constituyó un eje agregador de las múltiples facetas de la realidad social y cultural de aquella región que los misioneros consideraban propias del vivir incivil y que buscaban erradicar con condición necesaria para la conversión de los africanos.O tópico da maldição de Ham foi um instrumento central na construção do pensamento europeu sobre a alteridade do africano e, em particular, como estratégia justificativa para a escravidão e o tráfico atlântico. A região centro-ocidental do continente africano foi, ao mesmo tempo, a região mais intensamente envolvida no tráfico de escravos e aquela onde a relação cultural com a Europa se revelou mais duradoura. No estudo presente analisa-se o uso do topos da maldição de Ham na literatura missionária sobre a região centro-ocidental do continente africano. Sustenta-se a ideia que a maldição de Ham constituiu um eixo agregador das múltiplas facetas da realidade social e cultural daquela região que os missionários consideravam próprias do viver incivil e que procuravam erradicar como condição necessária para a conversão dos africanos, e que só marginalmente foi usada como instrumento de legitimação do tráfico negreiro.Editora da PUCRS - ediPUCRS2018-12-21info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/index.php/iberoamericana/article/view/2957910.15448/1980-864X.2018.3.29579Estudos Ibero-Americanos; Vol. 44 No. 3 (2018): Dossier: Colors, Classifications and Social Categories: Africans in the Iberian Empires, 16th to the 19th Centuries; 409-420Estudos Ibero-Americanos; Vol. 44 Núm. 3 (2018): Dossier: Colores, clasificaciones y categorías sociales: los africanos en los imperios ibéricos, del siglo XVI hasta el XIX; 409-420Estudos Ibero-Americanos; v. 44 n. 3 (2018): Dossiê: Cores, classificações e categorias sociais: os africanos nos impérios ibéricos, séculos XVI a XIX; 409-4201980-864X0101-406410.15448/1980-864X.2018.3reponame:Estudos Ibero-Americanosinstname:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)instacron:PUC_RSporhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/index.php/iberoamericana/article/view/29579/17478Copyright (c) 2018 carlos almeidahttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAlmeida, Carlos2019-01-18T14:45:08Zoai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/29579Revistahttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/index.php/iberoamericanaPRIhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/index.php/iberoamericana/oaieditora.periodicos@pucrs.br||eia@pucrs.br1980-864X0101-4064opendoar:2019-01-18T14:45:08Estudos Ibero-Americanos - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv “Inhabitants of this Black Ethiopia, Descendants of Ham” – Ham’s Curse in the Missionary Literature on the Central-Western Region of the African Continent (16th-17th Centuries)
“Habitantes de esta negra Etiopía, descendientes de Ham” – la maldición de Ham en la literatura misionera sobre la región centro-occidental del continente africano (siglo XVI-XVII)
“Habitantes desta negra Etiópia, descendentes de Ham” – a maldição de Ham na literatura missionária sobre a região centro-ocidental do continente africano (sécs. XVI-XVII)
title “Inhabitants of this Black Ethiopia, Descendants of Ham” – Ham’s Curse in the Missionary Literature on the Central-Western Region of the African Continent (16th-17th Centuries)
spellingShingle “Inhabitants of this Black Ethiopia, Descendants of Ham” – Ham’s Curse in the Missionary Literature on the Central-Western Region of the African Continent (16th-17th Centuries)
Almeida, Carlos
capuchin missionaries
Central Africa
slavery
travel literature.
capuchinos
África Central
esclavitud
literatura de viajes.
missionários capuchinhos
África Central
escravatura
literatura de viagens.
title_short “Inhabitants of this Black Ethiopia, Descendants of Ham” – Ham’s Curse in the Missionary Literature on the Central-Western Region of the African Continent (16th-17th Centuries)
title_full “Inhabitants of this Black Ethiopia, Descendants of Ham” – Ham’s Curse in the Missionary Literature on the Central-Western Region of the African Continent (16th-17th Centuries)
title_fullStr “Inhabitants of this Black Ethiopia, Descendants of Ham” – Ham’s Curse in the Missionary Literature on the Central-Western Region of the African Continent (16th-17th Centuries)
title_full_unstemmed “Inhabitants of this Black Ethiopia, Descendants of Ham” – Ham’s Curse in the Missionary Literature on the Central-Western Region of the African Continent (16th-17th Centuries)
title_sort “Inhabitants of this Black Ethiopia, Descendants of Ham” – Ham’s Curse in the Missionary Literature on the Central-Western Region of the African Continent (16th-17th Centuries)
author Almeida, Carlos
author_facet Almeida, Carlos
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Almeida, Carlos
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv capuchin missionaries
Central Africa
slavery
travel literature.
capuchinos
África Central
esclavitud
literatura de viajes.
missionários capuchinhos
África Central
escravatura
literatura de viagens.
topic capuchin missionaries
Central Africa
slavery
travel literature.
capuchinos
África Central
esclavitud
literatura de viajes.
missionários capuchinhos
África Central
escravatura
literatura de viagens.
description The topic of Ham’s curse was an important tool in the construction of European thinking on the otherness of the African and, in particular, as a strategy for the justification of slavery and slave trade. The central-western region of the African continent was both the region most intensely involved in the slave trade and the one where the cultural relationship with Europe proved to be more lasting. This paper analise the use of the topos of the Ham curse in the missionary literature on the centralwestern region of the African continent. It sustains the idea that Ham’s curse, apart from being an instrument of legitimization of the slave trade, is an aggregate axis of the multiple facets of the social and cultural reality of the region which the missionaries considered to be proper of an uncivil living and which to eradicate as a fondamental requirement for the conversion of Africans.
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