Bibliography: #BIB30834

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reference type	Journal Article
title	“A Man of Africa”: Emotions and Political Kinship in Forming Transnational Connections
journal	The Journal of African History
author	Mougoué, Jacqueline-Bethel Tchouta
year	2026
date	2026
epub date	2026/02/10
volume	67
ISSN	0021-8537
abstract	This work explores the travels of Ugandan Enoch Olinga, as an example of a person who enjoyed connections with global minorities across national boundaries and as a unique lens into the Black international experience in the mid-twentieth century. I examine his internationalist experiences through the lens of emotions to emphasize different dynamics of global racial identities and transnational diasporic connections during the 1950s–1970s, an era of decolonization and civil rights movements. I argue that Olinga, a prominent Bahá'í who traveled worldwide during this era, advocated for unification among global minorities by emphasizing common racial and cultural heritages and expansive concepts of a politicized kinship. Through the Bahá'í Cause, he articulated his own ideas about striving for global harmony and racial unity, with a connection to Africa serving as the linchpin. Emotional analysis provides insights into how Olinga invoked diverse notions of family and kin to arouse particular emotions amongst people of color both within and beyond the unity offered by the Bahá'í Faith.
language	English
keywords	OLINGA, ENOCH; TRAVELS & JOURNEYS; CAMEROON; AFRICA; UGANDA; UNITY; RACE UNITY; INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
URL	https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/902ED383E537BE5E49DBCBBD4208EC8F
DOI	10.1017/S0021853726100760
pages	e5
illustrator	e5

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