Oxana Ivanchenko
Biographic Data
| ID | 72665 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Oxana Ivanchenko |
| GIVEN NAMES | Oxana |
| FAMILY NAME | Ivanchenko |
| SIGNATURE | IVANCHENKO O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4343-9844 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Swahili and Peace”
From "Noble Cavaliers" to "The Plague of Africa
This paper presents a case study of the perception of one cultural group (in this case, medieval) by members of another culture during a time of cultural differences and increasing conflict of interests. The focus is on the attitudes of European colonialists towards the Arab and Arabized minority that dominated East Africa prior to European colonization. This region lies at the crossroads of what Europeans viewed as "black African" territory, con…
Abolition of the 19th Century Arab Slave Trade in the Current Views of Christian and Muslim Afro-Tanzanians
Memories of the so-called Arab slave trade are quite vivid in Tanzania. Those Tanzanians whose ancestors were enslaved or belonged to communities affected by the slave trade, as well as carriers of the oral history still tell about it. We present the results of recent field studies in Tanzania to reveal these memories of the slave trade and especially of its abolition, their impact on current Afro-Tanzanian approaches to Arabs, and the difference…
Arab contribution to the culture of Tanzania
The article highlights the results of 5 field studies conducted in Tanzania in 2018-2021 by the scholars of the Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and dedicated to the memories of the XIX century Arab slave trade and their influence on nowadays interethnic and interreligious relations in this country. More than 180 interviews were taken: formal, in accordance with pre-compiled question list, and informal ones, in a free f…
Participation of Tanzanian tribes and tribal chiefs in the 19th century slave trade
This article summarizes the results of three field studies conducted in Tanzania in 2018–2020 by A.A. Banshchikova, O.V. Ivanchenko and V.N. Bryndina. The research focused on Tanzanians’ memories about the 19th century Arab-Swahili slave trade and its possible impact on the contemporary interethnic relations in the country. More than 160 formal and informal interviews in English and Swahili were taken in Dar es Salaam, Bagamoyo, Kaole, Tanga, Pan…
Memory about the Arab Slave Trade in Modern-Day Tanzania
The article discusses the results of field research conducted in Tanzania from August 24 to September 14, 2018, which focused on the historical memory of the Arab slave trade in East Africa and the Indian Ocean in the 19th century, as well as its influence on the interethnic relations in the country today. Structured and nonstructured interviews (mostly in-depth) were conducted in Dar es Salaam, Bagamoyo and Zanzibar. In general, opinions were al…
Urbanization and Mutual Help Groups
The article is devoted to mutual help groups in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, as an input to the country's successful nation-building process. It summarizes the results of field researches conducted by Oxana V. Ivanchenko in 2011 The research targeted the practices of mutual help and self-organization among citizens of one of the most rapidly growing mega-cities in Africa, both its second-and third-generation old-timers and newcomers, usually the poor…
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Urbanization and Mutual Help Groups
The article is devoted to mutual help groups in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, as an input to the country's successful nation-building process. It summarizes the results of field researches conducted by Oxana V. Ivanchenko in 2011 The research targeted the practices of mutual help and self-organization among citizens of one of the most rapidly growing mega-cities in Africa, both its second-and third-generation old-timers and newcomers, usually the poor…
Memory about the Arab Slave Trade in Modern-Day Tanzania
The article discusses the results of field research conducted in Tanzania from August 24 to September 14, 2018, which focused on the historical memory of the Arab slave trade in East Africa and the Indian Ocean in the 19th century, as well as its influence on the interethnic relations in the country today. Structured and nonstructured interviews (mostly in-depth) were conducted in Dar es Salaam, Bagamoyo and Zanzibar. In general, opinions were al…
Participation of Tanzanian tribes and tribal chiefs in the 19th century slave trade
This article summarizes the results of three field studies conducted in Tanzania in 2018–2020 by A.A. Banshchikova, O.V. Ivanchenko and V.N. Bryndina. The research focused on Tanzanians’ memories about the 19th century Arab-Swahili slave trade and its possible impact on the contemporary interethnic relations in the country. More than 160 formal and informal interviews in English and Swahili were taken in Dar es Salaam, Bagamoyo, Kaole, Tanga, Pan…
Arab contribution to the culture of Tanzania
The article highlights the results of 5 field studies conducted in Tanzania in 2018-2021 by the scholars of the Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and dedicated to the memories of the XIX century Arab slave trade and their influence on nowadays interethnic and interreligious relations in this country. More than 180 interviews were taken: formal, in accordance with pre-compiled question list, and informal ones, in a free f…
Abolition of the 19th Century Arab Slave Trade in the Current Views of Christian and Muslim Afro-Tanzanians
Memories of the so-called Arab slave trade are quite vivid in Tanzania. Those Tanzanians whose ancestors were enslaved or belonged to communities affected by the slave trade, as well as carriers of the oral history still tell about it. We present the results of recent field studies in Tanzania to reveal these memories of the slave trade and especially of its abolition, their impact on current Afro-Tanzanian approaches to Arabs, and the difference…
From "Noble Cavaliers" to "The Plague of Africa
This paper presents a case study of the perception of one cultural group (in this case, medieval) by members of another culture during a time of cultural differences and increasing conflict of interests. The focus is on the attitudes of European colonialists towards the Arab and Arabized minority that dominated East Africa prior to European colonization. This region lies at the crossroads of what Europeans viewed as "black African" territory, con…
Swahili and Peace”
Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Ethnology (5 works) · Tanzania (5 works) · African history and culture studies (4 works) · Colonialism (3 works) · Demography (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works)