Conspiracy Narratives from Postcolonial Africa

Freemasonry, Homosexuality, and Illicit Enrichment

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

AvRogers Orock,Peter Geschiere

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Decoding conspiracy thinking at the nexus of sexuality, Freemasonry, and the occult. In this book, anthropologists Rogers Orock and Peter Geschiere examine the moral panic over a perceived rise in homosexuality that engulfed Cameroon and Gabon beginning in the early twenty-first century. As they uncover the origins of the conspiratorial narratives that fed this obsession, they argue that the public’s fears were grounded in historically situated assumptions about the entanglement of same-sex practices, Freemasonry, and illicit enrichment. This specific panic in postcolonial Central Africa fixated on high-ranking Masonic figures thought to lure younger men into sex in exchange for professional advancement. The authors’ thorough account shows how attacks on elites as homosexual predators corrupting the nation became a powerful outlet for mounting populist anger against the excesses and corruption of the national regimes. Unraveling these tensions, Orock and Geschiere present a genealogy of Freemasonry, taking readers from London through Paris to francophone Africa and revealing along the way how the colonial past shapes present-day anxieties linking same-sex practices to enrichment.

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Utgivningsdatum2024-10-09
Mått152 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt340 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor240
FörlagThe University of Chicago Press
ISBN9780226835860

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Rogers Orock is assistant professor of Africana studies at Lafayette College. He is a coeditor of Elites and the Politics of Accountability in Africa. Peter Geschiere is professor emeritus of the anthropology of Africa at the University of Amsterdam and Leiden University. He is the author of several books, including Witchcraft, Intimacy, and Trust: Africa in Comparison, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Introduction1. Anti-Masonism and Homophobia: Secrecy as Conspiracy2. From London via Paris to Africa: Freemasonry, Rosicrucianism, and Postcolonial DynamicsInterlude 1: Freemasonry in Present-Day Cameroon and Gabon3. Anusocratie: The Anus as the Source of Illicit EnrichmentInterlude 2: Gender, Secrecy, and Access4. The Return of Dr. Aujoulat: Decolonization and the Genealogy of a Homo-Masonic Complex5. “Witchcraft,” Wealth, and Same-Sex Intercourse: Tessmann and His EpigonesConclusionsAcknowledgmentsNotesReferencesIndex

“This captivating comparative ethnography of the predilections of the power elite in Cameroon and Gabon reveals that power is an ever-evolving concept, constantly reimagined through the creative and innovative approaches of those who seek it. Orock and Geschiere demonstrate how individuals adeptly adapt and embody a blend of material and mystical technologies of secrecy and sexuality, extending their influence in ways that manifest power and fuel conspiracy.”

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