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"Fraudonomics" : Cartooning against Structural Adjustment in Togo

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Frisch, Robin:
"Fraudonomics" : Cartooning against Structural Adjustment in Togo.
In: International Review of Social History. Bd. 66 (2021) Heft S29 . - S. 139-160.
ISSN 1469-512X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020859021000171

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Abstract

This article offers a sensitive reading of oppositional political cartoons in Togo in the early 1990s, during the period of structural adjustment, which was accompanied by the swift reversal of democratizing trends and the restoration of authoritarian rule. Togolese satirists perceived this moment as a moment of “fraudonomics”, thus contesting rampant corruption and clientelism in politics. They poked fun at the president, local politicians, businesspeople, and bureaucrats of the international institutions. The article begins by examining the making of satirical newspapers with a focus on the biographies of the satirists. As students, they started out on the adventure of publication with their own money and learned most of their drawing and printing techniques as work progressed. Secondly, an analysis of the readership shows that, although the satirical newspapers were a crucial element of the media in the early 1990s, it was mostly an elitist and urban phenomenon. The third section analyses the changing visual repertoire of contention through in-depth analysis of four selected caricatures.

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Publikationsform: Artikel in einer Zeitschrift
Begutachteter Beitrag: Ja
Keywords: Structural Adjustment; Cartooning; Political History; Togo
Institutionen der Universität: Fakultäten
Fakultäten > Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Fakultäten > Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät > Professur Geschichte Afrikas
Titel an der UBT entstanden: Ja
Themengebiete aus DDC: 900 Geschichte und Geografie
900 Geschichte und Geografie > 960 Geschichte Afrikas
Eingestellt am: 11 Aug 2021 11:52
Letzte Änderung: 03 Nov 2022 09:38
URI: https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/66779