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Introduction: Cities at the decolonial margins -- Al-Hoceima and Bata: local histories, global impacts -- Colonial imprints in African city formation -- Cities after colonial independence: the search for collective affirmation and decolonial contestation -- Conclusions: African cities asserting themselves in a global world.

"This book studies the Afro-European and Euro-African past and present from an interdisciplinary and comparative perspective. It addresses Africa as a whole, eschewing historical divisions between North and Sub-Saharan Africa. Its content exemplifies the extent to which the histories of Europe and Africa are intertwined, and the way European sources are usually privileged in the writing of historical accounts of cross-cultural encounters. Using Post/Decolonial Studies, our point of view is based on Anthropology, History, Ethnomusicology, and Film and Literary Studies. We argue that mutual experiences and imaginations have affected how cultural heritage and legacy are conceived and thought of, as well as memories and sociopolitical experiences. The aim is to establish and encourage a broader knowledge of Africa-Europe and Europe-Africa encounters, incorporating case studies of Euro-African and Afro-European legacies. The final goal is to favour a more relational point of view by comparing Euro-African and Afro-European realities. The book helps consolidate a line of research that focuses on the relationship between Africa and Europe reason why the whole work is recommended to social science scholars that want to examine the contemporary relationship between the two continents"--

Introduction -- Diversities, national identities, multicultural demands, democratic systems, and European challenges -- The management of the European nation-states' diversities : the reflection of colonial pasts and the Muslim challenge -- The labyrinth of managing religious, ethnic, and cultural diversity -- Final notes. sharing a common future : memories and citizenships -- Bibliography -- Index topics and names

This chapter approaches the Spanish colonization in Morocco and Equatorial Guinea through the experiences and emotions of the Spaniards who migrated to these countries. Emotions of colonial dreams emerged in the narratives of Spanish informants in search of an economic paradise that, with colonial independences, changed into bitterness and imperial nostalgia. These Spanish narratives are confronted with African voices to observe what reality paradise had for subaltern groups. The result of the comparison was shocking because some African voices remembered the colonial past with nostalgia. That point was interpreted as a powerful criticism to their unequal current political systems. ; My research has been supported by the Project "Enriching European Cultural Heritage from Cultural Diversity and Collaborative Participation" (2017–2018) (EUIN2017-85108), and by the Research and Development Project titled "African Memories: Reconstructing Spanish Colonial Practices and their Imprint in Morocco and Equatorial Guinea" (2016–2018) (HAR2015-63626-P, MINECO / FEDER, UE), both from the Ministry of Economy-Competitiveness of Spain, and both directed by Y. Aixelà-Cabré. ; Peer reviewed

This chapter approaches the Spanish colonization in Morocco and Equatorial Guinea through the experiences and emotions of the Spaniards who migrated to these countries. Emotions of colonial dreams emerged in the narratives of Spanish informants in search of an economic paradise that, with colonial independences, changed into bitterness and imperial nostalgia. These Spanish narratives are confronted with African voices to observe what reality paradise had for subaltern groups. The result of the comparison was shocking because some African voices remembered the colonial past with nostalgia. That point was interpreted as a powerful criticism to their unequal current political systems.

AbstractThis article analyses the causes and consequences of the sociocultural discrimination and exclusion of Equatoguinean women in Spain. The starting premise is that a notable familiarity with Spanish culture (language and religion) as a former African colony and a long period of settlement in Spain that dates back to the 1940s should have favoured greater social advancement of this group. However, the fieldwork shows that they have been held back by the marginalised position of Equatorial Guinea in Spain's current collective imaginary of its colonial past, as well as by the socio-laboural precariousness they have experienced since their arrival. Based on the body of thought of postcolonial theory, and from a predominantly anthropological and historical standpoint, this article analyses the heavy burden of social invisibility and unequal economic opportunities that these women carry. The paper concludes that migrant memories must be incorporated into the Hispano-African narrative to create a more trustworthy account of the shared Spanish and Equatorial Guinean past, and that there is an urgent need to implement policies in Spain that promote equality regardless of ethnicity, race, and gender.

[EN] The aim of this article is to analyse Moroccan nationalism in the Spanish Protectorate between 1927 and 1936 in order to reveal the nationalist activities which took place over that period and which were made possible by the decision of the Spanish state to adopt a certain level of socio-political permissiveness to offset the costly «pacification» of the Protectorate. The nationalist actions commenced earlier than those in the French Protectorate. The most significant were: key meetings which proved crucial to the subsequent development of nationalism, the processing of demands to the Spanish government for socio-political reform in the Protectorate, the publication of an Arabic-language press, and the promotion of the nationalist cause through the commercialization of the press. In general, these activities in the Spanish Protectorate were relatively ignored in colonial historiography and as a result, this period in the history of Morocco was eventually reconstructed through the perspective of the colonial policies and practices of the French Protectorate rather than on the basis of the experiences in the Spanish Protectorate. This oversight ultimately led to a lack of awareness of nationalist mobilization in the Spanish Zone. ; [ES] El objetivo de este artículo es analizar el nacionalismo marroquí del Protectorado español entre 1927 y 1936 para hacer visibles las acciones nacionalistas que tuvieron lugar esa década, posibles gracias a la decisión del Estado español de adoptar una cierta permisividad sociopolítica que compensara la costosa «pacificación» del Protectorado español. Las acciones nacionalistas fueron tempranas respecto al Protectorado francés. Destaca la realización de alguna reunión clave para el posterior desarrollo del nacionalismo, la tramitación de peticiones de cambios sociopolíticos en el protectorado al gobierno español, la publicación de prensa en árabe, y la difusión de la causa nacionalista a través de la comercialización de prensa. En general, estas actividades en el Protectorado español fueron poco conocidas y valoradas en la historiografía colonial por lo que este período histórico de Marruecos se acabó reconstruyendo a partir de las políticas y prácticas coloniales del Protectorado francés y no tanto de las experiencias del español, lo que acabó ignorando también la movilización nacionalista de la Zona española. ; Esta investigación se ha llevado a cabo en el marco de los proyectos I+D «La gestión de la diversidad cultural y el impacto sociopolítico de las migraciones transnacionales en dos ex-colonias españolas: Guinea Ecuatorial y Marruecos» (IMF-CSIC) (HAR2011-22752) y «Memorias de África: reconstruyendo las practicas coloniales españolas y sus huellas en Marruecos y Guinea Ecuatorial. Hacia un patrimonio cultural hispanoafricano» (IMF-CSIC) (HAR2015-63626-P, MINECO/FEDER, UE), ambos dirigidos por Y. Aixelà-Cabré. ; Peer reviewed

(ES) El objetivo de este artículo es el de presentar una genealogía de las migraciones guineoecuatorianas desde mediados del siglo XX hasta la actualidad. La emigración guineana se inició a finales del período colonial y estuvo motivada por temas políticos y formativos, causas que continuaron vertebrándola tras la instauración de las dictaduras de Macías y de Obiang. Ambas se combinaron con las minoritarias migraciones laborales. El hallazgo de petróleo a mediados de la década de los 1990 actuó como "efecto reclamo" y marcó el inicio de flujos migratorios inversos, apreciables a partir del año 2000, en unas inmigraciones que en parte protagonizarían algunos de los guineanos que se habían asentado en España o algunos de sus descendientes. La integración de la población de Guinea era difícil, tanto en los nuevos contextos de asentamiento en el extranjero como cuando regresaron a su país, pero los que han regresado a Guinea Ecuatorial por la crisis económica mundial, principalmente de países en los que han disfrutado de la ciudadanía democrática, tienen que enfrentar vivir en un país que no respeta los "derechos" por el sistema político dictatorial. ; (EN) The aim of this paper is to present a genealogy of Equatorial Guinean migration from midtwentieth century to the present. Equatorial Guinean's emigration began in the late colonial period and was motivated by political issues and training, reasons that continued after the establishment of dictatorships of Macias and Obiang. Both were combined with the labor Migration. The discovery of oil in mid-1990 acted as a "claim effect" and signaled the start of reverse migration, observed from the year 2000, in part started by some of the Guineans who had settled in Spain or some of their descendants. The integration of Guinean people was difficult both in the new contexts of settlement abroad as when they returned to their country, but those who have returned to Equatorial Guinea by the global economic crisis, largely from countries where they have enjoyed democratic citizenship, live in a country that no respect to "rights" and "duties" by dictatorial political system. ; Peer reviewed

Las últimas elecciones legislativas celebradas en Marruecos, en 2007, crearon gran expectación tanto en el país como fuera de sus fronteras. En primer lugar, porque muchos vaticinaron erróneamente que el islamista moderado Partido de la Justicia y del Desarrollo ganaría las elecciones y, en segundo lugar, porque era una incógnita la manera en que los diferentes partidos políticos marroquíes iban a abordar el tema de las mujeres tras la reforma del Código de Familia de 2004 ; Peer reviewed

The aim of this paper is to show the vitality of Moroccan associationism in two identity vindications - sexual (women) and ethnical (Amazigh). These vindications have clearly materialized in the politics of the State at the beginning of the 21st century: women obtained a Family Code reform and the Amazighs some measures aimed at protecting their culture ; Peer reviewed

The aim of this article is to describe the social networks of the Maghrebis in Alicante, some of the problems they face in their daily life, and the role played by the "mosque" as a place not only of prayer but also of mutual help and support. At the same time, the analysis shows that Islamophobia has increased in the city, as it has done in other places in Spain and Europe following the Al-Qaeda terrorist attacks, with the resulting rejection of the Maghrebis clearly seen in their relationship with local inhabitants and in some of the local authorities' political decisions. ; Peer reviewed