The third generation of Brazilians in Lagos. Moisés da Rocha and the cracks in the colonial domination
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https://doi.org/10.22456/1983-201X.87755Keywords:
Lagos. Nigeria. Brazilians. Lagos newspapers and Queen Victoria JubileesAbstract
During the 1880s and 1890s, the British colonial expansion towards the continent’s hinterland unfolded into new arrangements with regard to the political place held by some of the members of the so-called third generation of Brazilians established in Lagos. This political place was not unambiguous, but rather the result of specific historical contexts. The purpose of this article is to reflect on the variations of the political positionings adopted by the Brazilians established in Lagos during the 1880s and 1890s. The idea is to look into the existing dissents within the group regarding the British colonial activity in Lagos and in territories that were more distant from the coast. In order to do so, I selected the names of three newspapers that could provide clues about the arrangements operated according to the new emerging contexts. The first two newspapers were edited by Africans, printed in their own shops and circulated throughout the period comprised in this article’s temporal section (1880s and 1890s). They are: Lagos Observer and Lagos Weekly Record. The third newspaper is the Government Gazette, an official publication of the Colonial Office, whose editions provide us with some information about the occupations of a portion of the Brazilian community.
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