Uzbek Oral Histories of Migration and War
Uzbek Oral Histories of Migration and War
Remembering the Early Twentieth Century in Northern Afghanistan
Chapter 8 turns to the oral historiography of the Uzbeks of northern Afghanistan as recorded in the early twenty-first century. In a powerful parting reminder of the partisan qualities of historical writing, Ingeborg Baldauf distinguishes written history from memory to show how Afghan Uzbeks remember their past as one of oppression by the ruling powers and their local ethnic affiliates. By finally focusing on narratives of migration into Afghanistan across the Amu Darya river, and the fraught sense of belonging they imply, these stories from the porous borders of Afghanistan remind us that the “who” and “where” of Afghan history are still very much in debate.
Keywords: Afghanistan, History, Central Asia, Uzbekistan, Uzbek, Oral history, Migration, Memory, Historiography, History-writing
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