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UC Berkeley UC Berkeley Electronic Theses and Dissertations Title Beer, Blood, and the Bible: Economics, Politics, and Geolinguistic Praxis in Kongo-Ngola (Congo-Angola) Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/15b4x1sj Author Davis IV, Edward C Publication Date 2018 Peer reviewed|Thesis/dissertation eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California Beer, Blood & the Bible: Economics, Politics & Geolinguistic Praxis in Kongo-Ngola (Congo-Angola) By Edward C. Davis IV A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in African American Studies in the Graduate Division of the University of California, Berkeley Committee in Charge: Professor Sam Mchombo, Chair Professor G. Ugo Nwokeji Professor Laura Nader Spring 2018 Beer, Blood & the Bible: Economics, Politics & Geolinguistic Praxis in Kongo-Ngola (Congo-Angola) © 2018 Edward C. Davis IV ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1 Abstract Beer, Blood & the Bible: Economics, Politics & Geolinguistic Praxis in Kongo-Ngola (Congo-Angola) by Edward C. Davis IV Doctor of Philosophy in African American Studies Professor Sam Mchombo, Chair This dissertation argues that educational praxis rooted in local epistemologies can combat the erosion of ethno-histories and provide quotidian securities for quality, tranquil lives free of war and exploitative practices of extraction and overuse of the land for non-subsistence purposes, which deny basic human life to those on the ground. Colonial ethnocide, linguicide, and epistemicide serve as the central focus of this study, which uses mixed anthropological methods to investigate economic production, political history, and cultural transmission, with the goal of advancing language revitalization efforts concerning native epistemologies within the multidisciplinary fields of Africana, African, Black, African American, and African diaspora studies.
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