Ties that Bind
The Long Emancipation and Status Ambiguity in Early Twentieth-Century Southwestern Tanzania
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2096706 |
|---|---|
| Authors | L W Marshall (0000-0002-1327-2756, DePauw University, corresponding author), Thomas John Biginagwa (University of Dar es Salaam) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 89 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 608-626 |
| Publication date | 2024-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/aaq.2024.47 |
| OpenAlex | W4408121045 |
| Language | EN |
In the 1890s, the slave and ivory trader Rashid bin Masoud established the settlement Kikole deep in what is now southwestern Tanzania. Kikole was strategically located near Lake Nyasa, a major slaving region. Masoud's followers residing at Kikole were typically referred to as his slaves by German colonists and missionaries. Local oral histories today, however, define these followers as askari (soldiers or guards) or mafundi (technicians or specialists; in this case, in using weaponry). This article considers how recent expanded excavations at Kikole can help us better understand Masoud's followers. Differences in housing investment and material access suggest status differences among residents: any single definition of Masoud's followers may be inadequate. A broader concern addressed in this article is how we define slavery itself
Ambiguity · Emancipation · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Tanzania · African history and culture studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Law · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |