First Encounters: Native Voices on the Coming of the Europeans

First Encounters: Native Voices on the Coming of the Europeans......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 8
List of Sidebars......Page 12
Preface......Page 14
Acknowledgments......Page 18
Introduction......Page 20
Part One—First Encounters in Africa......Page 24
1 PRINCE MODUPE: I Was a Savage—Guinea......Page 28
2 MONGO BETI: Back to My Village—Cameroon......Page 36
3 CAMERON DUODU: Beatings at the Mission School—Ghana......Page 42
4 CHIEF MOJIMBA AND H. M. STANLEY: Confrontations—Congo......Page 46
5 CONGO REFUGEES: Rubber Forest Atrocities, Part I—Congo......Page 52
6 FIVE CONGOLESE GIRLS: Rubber Forest Atrocities, Part II—Congo......Page 58
7 OLAUDAH EQUIANO: I Survived the Middle Passage—Nigeria......Page 66
8 CHINUA ACHEBE: The White Man Arrives—Nigeria......Page 76
9 CHIEF MATUNGI: The Loss of Identity—Congo......Page 88
10 CHIEF KABONGO: The Coming of the Pink Cheeks—Kenya......Page 98
11 JOMO KENYATTA: The Gentlemen of the Jungle—Kenya......Page 106
12 WILLIAM CONTON: Coming Home—Gambia......Page 110
13 CHIEF AWOLOWO: Clash between Old and New—Nigeria......Page 116
14 KOFI AWOONOR: The School Inspector—Ghana......Page 122
15 FRANCIS OBIKA: The Return of the Soldier—Nigeria......Page 128
16 EDWARD ATIYAH: Coming of the Airplane—Sudan......Page 132
First Encounters Timeline: Africa......Page 136
Part Two—First Encounters in North America......Page 138
17 INDIAN CHIEFS: Arrival of the Dutch on Manhattan—New York......Page 142
18 MICMAC INDIAN SPOKESMAN: Ridiculing the French—Canada......Page 146
19 BASIL H. JOHNSTON: The Prophecy—Canada......Page 150
20 JANITIN: Janitin Is Named Jesus—California......Page 154
21 CHIEF JOSEPH: Address in Washington, D.C.—Oregon......Page 156
22 GEORGE BENT: The Invisible Killer—U.S. Midwest......Page 162
23 CHARLES EASTMAN: Their Wondrous Works and Ways—Minnesota......Page 164
24 BLANCHE J. CRISS: The Arrival of Bibles in Northwest Alaska—Alaska......Page 168
25 JEANNETTE ARMSTRONG: Literary Disempowerment—Canada......Page 170
26 AZTEC WITNESSES: The Conquistadors Arrive—Mexico......Page 176
First Encounters Timeline: North America......Page 186
Part Three—First Encounters in South America......Page 188
27 GARCILASO DE LA VEGA: Execution of an Incan Emperor—Peru......Page 190
28 TITU CUSI YUPANKI: Not Gods But Conquerers—Peru......Page 198
29 UNNAMED INCA: The Beheading of Emperor Amaru—Peru......Page 206
30 WAMAN PUMA: The Conquest of the Incas—Postscript—Peru......Page 208
First Encounters Timeline: South America......Page 212
Part Four—First Encounters in Greater Australia......Page 214
31 ALBERT KIKI: Growing Up in New Guinea—Papua New Guinea......Page 216
32 PAPUAN HIGHLANDERS: First Contacts—Papua New Guinea......Page 234
First Encounters Timeline: Greater Australia (Papua New Guinea)......Page 240
Part Five—First Encounters in Asia......Page 242
33 CHINESE EMPEROR QIAN LONG: Scornful Letter to King George III—China......Page 246
34 CANTON CITIZENS: Denunciation of the British—China......Page 252
35 WEI YUAN: Beware of Western Barbarians—China......Page 254
36 ABU TALEB: The Evil of Western Materialism—India......Page 256
37 RAMMOHUN ROY: Hinduism Is Not Inferior to Christianity—India......Page 262
38 HIRATU ATSUTANE: Japanese Are Superior, Dutch Are Inferior—Japan......Page 264
39 TOKUGAWA NARIAKI: War Is Preferable to Peace—Japan......Page 266
40 YI IK: Criticisms of Catholicism—Korea......Page 270
41 AN CHONGBOK: The Weakness of Catholicism—Korea......Page 272
42 YI HANGRO: China Is the Center of the Universe—Korea......Page 276
First Encounters Timeline: Asia......Page 280
Bibliography......Page 282
Index......Page 288