Slavery and Emancipation in Islamic East Africa : From Honor to Respectability.
Material type: TextSeries: African StudiesPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.Description: 1 online resource (306 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
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- Slavery -- Africa, Eastern -- History
- Slavery -- Tanzania -- Pemba -- History
- Slaves -- Emancipation -- Africa, Eastern -- History
- Slaves -- Emancipation -- Tanzania -- Pemba -- History
- Slavery -- Religious aspects -- Islam
- Esclaves -- Affranchissement -- Afrique orientale -- Histoire
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Slavery
- Slavery -- Religious aspects -- Islam
- Slavery
- Slaves -- Emancipation
- Eastern Africa
- Sklaverei
- Freigelassener
- Emanzipation
- Sozialer Wandel
- Bewältigung
- Tansania
- Pemba
- 306.3/6209676 306.36209676
- HT1326 .M36 2013
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Cover; Slavery and Emancipation in Islamic East Africa; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Glossary; Slavery and Emancipation in Islamic East Africa; 1 Introduction; Slavery on the East African Coast; From Honor to Respectability; Going To the Courts; SOURCES; Chapter Outlines; 2 Mzuri Kwao and Slavery in East Africa; The Slave Trade on the East African Coast; Slavery and Emancipation; Vulnerability; Conclusion; 3 Reputation and Disputing in the Courts; Courts on Pemba; Judges and Interlocutors in the Courts; Evidence and Oaths.
Disputes in the CourtsPublicizing Reputation; Conclusion; 4 Reputation, Heshima, and Community; Reputation; Leisure and Labor; Displaying Heshima; Heshima and Islam; Reputation, Contracts, and the Courts; Conclusion; 5 Changing Landscapes of Power; Reordering Heshima; Fighting for Honor, Disputing for Respect; "Civilizing" Power; Invisible Landscape of Power; Uchawi on Pemba; Reinterpreting the Archives; Conclusion; 6 Mitigating Vulnerability through Kinship; Friendship and Networked Kin; Family Ties Among Ex-Slaves; Concubines; Claiming and Denying Kinship; Conclusion; Conclusion.
Resistance or Vulnerability among WomenShifting Landscapes of Power; Witchcraft, Power, and Slavery; Why Pemba?; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Interviews; House of Commons, Parliamentary Papers; Newspapers; Friends House Library, London (FIM); National Archives (Formerly the Public Records Office), London (PRO); Rhodes House, Oxford (UMCA); Zanzibar National Archives, Tanzania (ZNA); Pemba Branch of Zanzibar National Archives (PNA); Published Reports; Secondary Sources and Published Primary Sources; Index; Series.
Demonstrates the links between emancipation and the redefinition of honour among all classes of people on the island of Pemba.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
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