Forgotten Voices

<p>In <em>Forgotten Voices,</em> Ali Abdullatif Ahmida employs archival research, oral interviews and comparative analysis to rethink the history of colonial and nationalist categories and analyses of modern Libya.</p> Introduction: Listening to and Theorizing Libyan Society Chapter 1 Regionalism and State Formation Chapter 2 The Discovery of Awalad Muhammad in Fezn (1551 -1813) Sources and Significance Chapter 3 From Tribe to Class: The Origins and Politics of Class Formation in Colonial Libya Chapter 4 The Myth of Benign Italian Fascism: The views of the Libyans in the Colonial Concentration Camps Chapter 5 Engaging Modernity: Two views on Pedagogy and Urbanization from 20th Century Libya Chapter 6 Identity and Alienation in Post-colonial Libyan Literature Conclusion Qadhafi and Beyond: Social and Cultural Origins of the Jamihiriya State