Slavery and Emancipation in Islamic East Africa - From Honor to Respectability

Informationen zum Autor Elisabeth McMahon is an Assistant Professor of History at Tulane University. Her work has appeared in the Journal of Social History, the Journal of Women's History, the International Journal of African Historical Studies, the Women's History Review and Quaker History. She received her PhD from Indiana University. Klappentext This book demonstrates the links between emancipation and the redefinition of honour among all classes of people on the island of Pemba. Zusammenfassung Examining the process of abolition on the island of Pemba off the East African coast in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries! this book demonstrates the links between emancipation and the redefinition of honour among all classes of people on the island. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Mzuri Kwao and slavery in eastern Africa; 3. Reputation and disputing in the courts; 4. Reputation, heshima, and community; 5. Mitigating vulnerability and kinship; 6. Magic, witchcraft, power, and vulnerability; Conclusion.

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• Authors: Elisabeth McMahon, Elisabeth (Tulane University Mcmahon, McMahon Elisabeth
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2013
• EAN: 9781107025820
• ISBN: 978-1-107-02582-0
• No. of pages: 293
• Series: African Studies (Hardcover); African Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Africa / General, Tanzania, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, East Africa, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, African History, Slavery & abolition of slavery, C 1900 - C 1914, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Slavery and abolition of slavery, Social groups: religious groups and communities