Thomas J Biginagwa
Biographic Data
| ID | 4065288 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas J Biginagwa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas J |
| FAMILY NAME | Biginagwa |
| SIGNATURE | BIGINAGWA T J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Dar es Salaam |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5558-3838 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Herman Ogoti Kiriama: The Legacy of Slavery in Coastal Kenya: Memory, Identity, and Heritage
Archaeological and ethnographic perspectives on the meaning and consumption of glass beads in ancient Kilwa Kisiwani, southern Tanzania
Glass beads are among the celebrated archaeological finds along the Swahili coast in eastern Africa. These cultural materials have been used as evidence of mercantile trade between the Swahili coast and other communities globally. Glass beads are also chronological markers of archaeological sites and deposits at many Swahili sites. Although archaeologists recover glass beads from almost every excavation, only a few studies have reported on their …
They know more than we do, yet we appreciate them less than they deserve: Decoding local ontologies in heritage interpretation and preservation in Southern Tanzania
Many of the heritage sites researchers work on are reported to them by local people. Sometimes local people spend their meagre resources to protect such sites before researchers and heritage practitioners know about and visit them. Despite these roles, their (local people) skillsets and knowledge about the sites, including materials therein, are often ignored. A few researchers who value the contributions of local people give them temporary casua…
‘No Human Skeletons, No Shackles’: Revisiting Local Interpretations of Mtumbei Kitambi Site in Matumbi Hills, Southern Tanzania
Mtumbei Kitambi site in Matumbi Hills, southern Tanzania, has generated contradictory interpretations among the locals. Its famous alternate name, Kwa Akida Mwidau, literally means a settlement of Akida Mwidau in Swahili language. Yet, much more mystery is attached to the place than the name suggests. The local people hold that it was a place where troublesome Africans were hanged to death during the nineteenth-century colonial incursions. Some r…
Names of Contemporary Wooden Boats of Coastal East Africa: Origins and Meanings
The coast of eastern Africa, commonly referred to as the Swahili coast, has a rich artisanal heritage of boats — both in their building and use. This iconic history is marked by the presence of various boat types that have historically been used for fishing and transporting people and cargo between coastal settlements (of eastern Africa), the islands of Zanzibar, Pemba, Mafia, Comoros, Madagascar, and other distant parts of the Indian Ocean world…
Building a Ngalawa Double-Outrigger Logboat in Bagamoyo, Tanzania: A Craftsman at his Work
This article documents master logboat-builder Alalae Mohamed’s construction of a ngalawa fishing vessel in Bagamoyo, Tanzania. The ngalawa is an extended logboat with double outrigger and lateen sail used by low-income, artisanal fishers. It is the most common marine vessel type of the East African coast. This article follows the construction process from Alalae’s selection and the felling of the tree(s) to the launching of the vessel. It outline…
Local animal economies during the nineteenth-century caravan trade along the Lower Pangani, northeastern Tanzania: A Zooarchaeological Perspective
The expansion of the caravan trade in eastern Africa during the nineteenth century is considered to have had significant ecological, economic and social consequences. While available historical documentary and oral sources provide valuable evidence concerning the scale, timing and spatial extent of these, as well as information about some of the key actors and agents, there remain significant gaps that have the potential to be filled by targeted …
East Africa: Historical Archaeology
Development of Cultural Heritage Registration in Post-Colonial Tanzania
Although Tanzania is endowed with a significant amount of nationally and internationally renowned cultural heritage resources that span about 3.6 million years to the present, very few of them feature in the national heritage register. The government has only proclaimed and registered fifty-five heritage assets deemed to be of national significance since independence, almost six decades ago. Most of the registered heritage resources are built her…
Global post-medieval/historical archaeology: What’s happening around the world 2018
Settlement history of the islands on the Pangani River, northeastern Tanzania
Part of the history of human settlements on the islands along the Pangani River at Korogwe in northeastern Tanzania has been misconstrued. Eurocentric accounts claim that the islands were inhabited during the nineteenth century and that they were refuges for the Zigua from Maasai cattle raiders. Those accounts also claim that these settlements served as staging posts for trade caravans during the nineteenth century to provide food and security to…
Historical archaeology of the nineteenth-century caravan trade in northeastern Tanzania: A Zooarchaeological Perspective
Historical archaeology of the nineteenth-century caravan trade in northeastern Tanzania: a zooarchaeological perspective." Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, 47(3), pp. 405–406
Historical archaeology of the nineteenth-century caravan trade in northeastern Tanzania: A Zooarchaeological Perspective
Historical archaeology of the nineteenth-century caravan trade in northeastern Tanzania: a zooarchaeological perspective." Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, 47(3), pp. 405–406
Settlement history of the islands on the Pangani River, northeastern Tanzania
Part of the history of human settlements on the islands along the Pangani River at Korogwe in northeastern Tanzania has been misconstrued. Eurocentric accounts claim that the islands were inhabited during the nineteenth century and that they were refuges for the Zigua from Maasai cattle raiders. Those accounts also claim that these settlements served as staging posts for trade caravans during the nineteenth century to provide food and security to…
Building a Ngalawa Double-Outrigger Logboat in Bagamoyo, Tanzania: A Craftsman at his Work
This article documents master logboat-builder Alalae Mohamed’s construction of a ngalawa fishing vessel in Bagamoyo, Tanzania. The ngalawa is an extended logboat with double outrigger and lateen sail used by low-income, artisanal fishers. It is the most common marine vessel type of the East African coast. This article follows the construction process from Alalae’s selection and the felling of the tree(s) to the launching of the vessel. It outline…
Local animal economies during the nineteenth-century caravan trade along the Lower Pangani, northeastern Tanzania: A Zooarchaeological Perspective
The expansion of the caravan trade in eastern Africa during the nineteenth century is considered to have had significant ecological, economic and social consequences. While available historical documentary and oral sources provide valuable evidence concerning the scale, timing and spatial extent of these, as well as information about some of the key actors and agents, there remain significant gaps that have the potential to be filled by targeted …
They know more than we do, yet we appreciate them less than they deserve: Decoding local ontologies in heritage interpretation and preservation in Southern Tanzania
Many of the heritage sites researchers work on are reported to them by local people. Sometimes local people spend their meagre resources to protect such sites before researchers and heritage practitioners know about and visit them. Despite these roles, their (local people) skillsets and knowledge about the sites, including materials therein, are often ignored. A few researchers who value the contributions of local people give them temporary casua…
Names of Contemporary Wooden Boats of Coastal East Africa: Origins and Meanings
The coast of eastern Africa, commonly referred to as the Swahili coast, has a rich artisanal heritage of boats — both in their building and use. This iconic history is marked by the presence of various boat types that have historically been used for fishing and transporting people and cargo between coastal settlements (of eastern Africa), the islands of Zanzibar, Pemba, Mafia, Comoros, Madagascar, and other distant parts of the Indian Ocean world…
Development of Cultural Heritage Registration in Post-Colonial Tanzania
Although Tanzania is endowed with a significant amount of nationally and internationally renowned cultural heritage resources that span about 3.6 million years to the present, very few of them feature in the national heritage register. The government has only proclaimed and registered fifty-five heritage assets deemed to be of national significance since independence, almost six decades ago. Most of the registered heritage resources are built her…
Global post-medieval/historical archaeology: What’s happening around the world 2018
Historical archaeology of the nineteenth-century caravan trade in northeastern Tanzania: A Zooarchaeological Perspective
Historical archaeology of the nineteenth-century caravan trade in northeastern Tanzania: a zooarchaeological perspective." Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, 47(3), pp. 405–406
Global post-medieval/historical archaeology: What’s happening around the world 2018
Settlement history of the islands on the Pangani River, northeastern Tanzania
Part of the history of human settlements on the islands along the Pangani River at Korogwe in northeastern Tanzania has been misconstrued. Eurocentric accounts claim that the islands were inhabited during the nineteenth century and that they were refuges for the Zigua from Maasai cattle raiders. Those accounts also claim that these settlements served as staging posts for trade caravans during the nineteenth century to provide food and security to…
Development of Cultural Heritage Registration in Post-Colonial Tanzania
Although Tanzania is endowed with a significant amount of nationally and internationally renowned cultural heritage resources that span about 3.6 million years to the present, very few of them feature in the national heritage register. The government has only proclaimed and registered fifty-five heritage assets deemed to be of national significance since independence, almost six decades ago. Most of the registered heritage resources are built her…
East Africa: Historical Archaeology
Building a Ngalawa Double-Outrigger Logboat in Bagamoyo, Tanzania: A Craftsman at his Work
This article documents master logboat-builder Alalae Mohamed’s construction of a ngalawa fishing vessel in Bagamoyo, Tanzania. The ngalawa is an extended logboat with double outrigger and lateen sail used by low-income, artisanal fishers. It is the most common marine vessel type of the East African coast. This article follows the construction process from Alalae’s selection and the felling of the tree(s) to the launching of the vessel. It outline…
Local animal economies during the nineteenth-century caravan trade along the Lower Pangani, northeastern Tanzania: A Zooarchaeological Perspective
The expansion of the caravan trade in eastern Africa during the nineteenth century is considered to have had significant ecological, economic and social consequences. While available historical documentary and oral sources provide valuable evidence concerning the scale, timing and spatial extent of these, as well as information about some of the key actors and agents, there remain significant gaps that have the potential to be filled by targeted …
‘No Human Skeletons, No Shackles’: Revisiting Local Interpretations of Mtumbei Kitambi Site in Matumbi Hills, Southern Tanzania
Mtumbei Kitambi site in Matumbi Hills, southern Tanzania, has generated contradictory interpretations among the locals. Its famous alternate name, Kwa Akida Mwidau, literally means a settlement of Akida Mwidau in Swahili language. Yet, much more mystery is attached to the place than the name suggests. The local people hold that it was a place where troublesome Africans were hanged to death during the nineteenth-century colonial incursions. Some r…
Names of Contemporary Wooden Boats of Coastal East Africa: Origins and Meanings
The coast of eastern Africa, commonly referred to as the Swahili coast, has a rich artisanal heritage of boats — both in their building and use. This iconic history is marked by the presence of various boat types that have historically been used for fishing and transporting people and cargo between coastal settlements (of eastern Africa), the islands of Zanzibar, Pemba, Mafia, Comoros, Madagascar, and other distant parts of the Indian Ocean world…
They know more than we do, yet we appreciate them less than they deserve: Decoding local ontologies in heritage interpretation and preservation in Southern Tanzania
Many of the heritage sites researchers work on are reported to them by local people. Sometimes local people spend their meagre resources to protect such sites before researchers and heritage practitioners know about and visit them. Despite these roles, their (local people) skillsets and knowledge about the sites, including materials therein, are often ignored. A few researchers who value the contributions of local people give them temporary casua…
Herman Ogoti Kiriama: The Legacy of Slavery in Coastal Kenya: Memory, Identity, and Heritage
Archaeological and ethnographic perspectives on the meaning and consumption of glass beads in ancient Kilwa Kisiwani, southern Tanzania
Glass beads are among the celebrated archaeological finds along the Swahili coast in eastern Africa. These cultural materials have been used as evidence of mercantile trade between the Swahili coast and other communities globally. Glass beads are also chronological markers of archaeological sites and deposits at many Swahili sites. Although archaeologists recover glass beads from almost every excavation, only a few studies have reported on their …
Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (11 works) · History (10 works) · Archaeology (9 works) · Geography (9 works) · Tanzania (9 works) · History (8 works) · Ethnology (7 works) · Ancient history (5 works) · Art (5 works) · African history and culture studies (4 works)