Postcolonial Transitions
Postcolonial Transitions
This chapter chronicles the political and demographic transformations of the early postcolonial period and the creation of self-consciously ethnic Muslims in Cotabato. It highlights the postcolonial migration of Cotabato Muslims to Cotabato City, and the continuation of traditional datu rule in postcolonial Cotabato despite political and economic changes. The chapter suggests that the investment in identity by the datu politicians was part of an effort to project an image of a unified and revitalized Muslim populace in order to gain purchase in a nation-state controlled by Christian Filipinos.
Keywords: postcolonial Cotabato, ethnic Muslims, postcolonial migration, datu rule, Cotabato City, identity, Christian Filipinos
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