西非区域意识、民族主义与独立运动

Regional Consciousness, Nationalism and Independent Movements in West Africa

西非区域意识先于西非领地性民族意识出现,二者在历史上既有重合的时候,也有此消彼长的时候,还有互为促进、共同发展的时候。二者的历史渊源相同,并共同促进了西非反抗殖民主义、争取独立的运动。西非知识分子既是这两种意识的代言人,也是西非独立运动的领导者,殖民主义统治加诸在这个阶层的殖民烙印,在特定的历史背景下,使他们难以拒绝以领地为基础的国家民族主义的诉求。

The regional consciousness in West Africa came before the territorial nationalism of the area and they had at times been coincided, mutually accelerated and developing in the history. They had been of the same historical origin and advanced together the movements of anti-colonialism and of making independence in West Africa. The West African intellectuals had not only been the mouthpieces of both the senses of regional consciousness and territorial nationalism, but the leaders of the West African independent movements. With the colonialist impact on them in some historical contexts, it was hard for the West African intellectuals to reject pursuing the territorial nationalism.