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Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Notes -- 1 The Ideology of Work and Colonization -- Motives for Colonization -- Paucity of Whites -- Moral Value of Work -- Transformation of African Society -- Definition of the Worker -- Indigenous Work -- Workers in France -- Summary -- Notes -- 2 Starting with West Africans -- Kru for All -- Senegalese for the French -- Summary -- Notes -- 3 Occupying with Soldier-Workers: The Belgian Militia -- Beginning with Zanzibari -- Other Parts of Africa -- Indigenization -- Personnel Numbers -- Work -- Behavior -- Summary -- Notes -- 4 Creating a "Tribe" of Workers: The Bangala -- Bangala Praised -- Arrival of Whites -- Bangala Homeland -- Recruitment -- Agricultural Work -- Taught New Skills -- Depopulation -- Summary -- Notes -- 5 Indenturing Slaves -- Antislavery as Propaganda -- Slavery on the Congo Coast -- Slavery in the Equatorial Region -- Cannibalism as Propaganda -- Muslim Slave Trade -- Muslims in Central Africa -- Muslims in the North -- Abolition of Slavery -- Summary -- Notes -- 6 Workers in Porterage -- The Record of Porterage -- A Critique of Romance -- Selective Service -- Recruitment -- Pay -- Slaves Again -- Ethnic Stereotypes -- External Politics -- Ubangi Basin -- Summary -- Notes -- 7 Workers on the Rivers -- Bondjo on the Lower Ubangi -- Gbanziri, the First Allies -- Sango on the Upper Ubangi -- The Money-Making Yakoma -- Boatmen -- Canoemen -- Summary -- Notes -- 8 Protestant Missions -- Getting Established -- Relation to the State -- Working for Protestants -- Schools and Children -- Summary -- Notes -- 9 Belgian Missions -- Beginnings of Catholic Missions -- Belgian Missions Arrive -- Work with Children -- School-Colonies -- Chapel Farms -- Children in Europe -- Summary -- Notes.