Gender, Migration, and the End of Slavery in the Region of Kayes, French Soudan

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ID23480132
AuthorsMarie Rodet (0000-0002-1129-3203, corresponding author)
Year2012
Pages319-330
Publication date2012-12-11
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueAfrican Voices on Slavery and the Slave Trade (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9781139022552.035
OpenAlexW1490454661
ISBN9781139022552
LanguageEN
References cited7

Zenneb was an enslaved woman from Dar Fur who became the female companion of M. Saint-André, a French pharmacist serving in the Egyptian army. Slavery was a very old institution in Egypt and the Sudan. Zenneb words and actions reveal her views, her range of self-presentation, and the complexity of her position as the slave companion of a European in a Muslim society. She could defend Saint-André against Musa's accusations by praising his treatment of her, which she contrasted to that of her earlier Muslim masters who had insulted and beaten her. Contesting versions emphasized superficial differences or deeper similarities between races. Aware of cultural differences in the perception of racial hierarchies and standards of beauty, she sought to present herself to her best advantage according to the culture of the places she was in.

Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Beauty · Ethnology · Genealogy · Institution · Presentation (obstetrics) · SAINT · Social science · Sociology · African history and culture studies · African Studies and Geopolitics · Gender Studies · History · Medicine

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