从后殖民主义到国际化国家建设——二十一世纪非洲的英法“帝国英雄”（上）

非洲殖民地的独立使昔日的"帝国英雄"1变成了不受欢迎的记忆。然而,半个世纪之后,在当地宗教信仰、全球旅游业及后殖民国家身份建设新途径等相关因素的推动下,殖民时代欧洲"英雄"的万神殿似乎在撒哈拉以南非洲获得了新生。本文认为,"帝国英雄"在非洲的重生揭示了重建国家叙事的深刻过程——从后殖民主义走向后种族主义。

The independence of African colonies generally turned imperial heroes into unwanted memories of a bygone age. However, half a century later, the pantheon of European heroes of the colonial era seems to be enjoying a new lease of life in sub-Saharan Africa under the impulse of a variety of factors linked to local religious beliefs, global tourism or new approaches in the construction of post-colonial national identities. This article argues that the rebirth of imperial heroes in Africa reveals a deep process of renegotiation of nation-building narratives, moving away from post-colonialism and towards a postracial form of cosmopolitanism