ABSTRACT This paper discusses the Polish Maritime and Colonial League’s ambitions to acquire colonies in Africa for Poland in the interwar period, using two cases of expeditions to Africa organised by the League: 1928 expedition to Angola and M/S Poznań’s 1935 trade expedition to West Africa. These cases serve as examples of newcomers in the race for colonies who attempted to carve their share in Africa’s resources by cooperation with Africans and European colonial powers, and the ways in which knowledge production and knowledge retrieval were used in the process. They reproduced European stereotypes about Africa and Africans, conceptualised Africa as terra nullius waiting to be cultivated by Europeans, and themselves as white Europeans destined to do this. Despite lack of lasting success of the League’s projects, they reveal a network of colonial and inter-colonial encounters in Africa encompassing the existing empires and Africans, but also aspiring colonials. Thus, rather than a marginal phenomenon, they appear as one having a global context, entangled in the circulation of ideas and peoples, networks of competition and cooperation across and beyond colonial empires.

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'Ad Maiorem Poloniae Gloriam！两次世界大战期间波兰在非洲的殖民地间遭遇

摘要 本文讨论了波兰海事和殖民联盟在两次世界大战期间为波兰在非洲获得殖民地的雄心，使用联盟组织的两个非洲远征案例：1928 年远征安哥拉和 M/S Poznań 1935 年远征西非. 这些案例是殖民地竞争中新来者的例子，他们试图通过与非洲和欧洲殖民大国的合作，在非洲的资源中占有一席之地，以及在此过程中使用知识生产和知识检索的方式。他们再现了欧洲对非洲和非洲人的刻板印象，将非洲概念化为等待欧洲人培养的无主地，而他们自己则是注定要这样做的白人欧洲人。尽管联盟的项目缺乏持久的成功，它们揭示了非洲的殖民和殖民间相遇网络，包括现有的帝国和非洲人，但也包括有抱负的殖民者。因此，它们不是一种边缘现象，而是一种具有全球背景的现象，纠缠于跨越和超越殖民帝国的思想和人民的流通、竞争与合作网络。