We are real slaves, real Ismkhan
Memories of the trans-Saharan slave trade in the Tafilalet of South-Eastern Morocco
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 3978614 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Cynthia Becker (0000-0002-9594-448X, University of St. Thomas - Minnesota, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2002 |
| Volumen | 7 |
| Número | 4 |
| Páginas | 97-121 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2002-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | The Journal of North African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 1362-9387 • E-ISSN: 1743-9345 |
| Editorial | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13629380208718485 |
| OpenAlex | W2101780242 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 13 |
| Referencias citadas | 8 |
Each year in south‐eastern Morocco, descendents of enslaved Sudanic Africans, called Ismkhan, hold a festival in honour of their ancestors. The festival overflows with people who wish to be healed by their baraka, or 'divine blessing'. In south‐eastern Morocco, memories of the trans‐Saharan slave trade are still vivid, and the descendents of people enslaved and carried across the Sahara continue to recognise their slave status by using the term Ismkhan, the plural form of the word 'ismkh' or 'slave' in Tamazight, to refer to themselves. This article focuses on the dress, dance, music and healing practices of the Ismkhan and includes personal recollections of the slave trade to demonstrate how the Ismkhan have taken the pejorative term 'slaves' and attempted to turn it into a term of positive empowerment. The article concludes that the Ismkhan are a diaspora population that uses language and material culture to create a sense of solidarity and an identity that is the same yet different from those responsible for their enslavement
Ancient history · Geography · African history and culture studies · African Studies and Ethnography · African Studies and Geopolitics · History
Looking into the border. Whiteness, (un)desirable encounters and research containment at the Spanish–Moroccan border
Spirits of displacement
Toward a theoretical framework of diaspora festivals
Introduction. ‘Who are the ḥarāṭīn ?’ Asking the right questions
Les ḥarāṭīn entre la baraka des esclaves par Bilȃl (sud du Maroc) et la science coranique (sud de la Mauritanie)
Slavery
Constructing a Diasporic Identity
Collard Greens (Brassica oleracea var. viridis) in the Moroccan Oasis
Sulla (ri)articolazione della “marocchinità” nel Marocco contemporaneo, tra festivalizzazione del dissenso giovanile e revival sufi
Sense of community and well-being in diaspora festivals
De soi à l'autre
There is no race here
(Un)making illegality
| Obras citantes distintas | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citas por año | 0,68 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2007 - 2025 (19) |
| Velocidad de citación | recent |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 13 |