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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe. Image cartographique : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Fabian, Steven (1973-....)
Titre(s) : Making identity on the Swahili coast [Texte imprimé] : urban life, community, and belonging in Bagamoyo / Steven Fabian
Publication : Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, [2019]
Description matérielle : xxi, 343 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Collection : African identities : past and present
Lien à la collection : African identities : past and present
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references p. 313-337 and index
Texte remanié de : Doct. Th. : Hist. : Dalhousie University : 2007
"Situated at a crossroads of trade in the late nineteenth century, and later the economic
capital of German East Africa, the thriving caravan and port town of Bagamoyo, Tanzania
is one of many diverse communities on the East African coast which has been characterized
as 'Swahili'. Seeking an alternate framework for understanding community and identity,
Steven Fabian combines extensive archival sources from African and European archives
alongside fieldwork in Bagamoyo to move beyond the category of 'Swahili' as it has
been traditionally understood. Revealing how townspeople - Africans, Arabs, Indians,
and Europeans alike - created a local vocabulary which referenced aspects of everyday
town life and bound them together as members of a shared community, this first extensive
examination of Bagamoyo's history from the pre-colonial era to independence uses a
new lens of historical analysis to emphasize the importance of place in creating local,
urban identities and suggests a broader understanding of these concepts historically
along the Swahili coast. Steven Fabian is an Associate Professor of History at the
State University of New York at Fredonia. Awarded two of Canada's most prestigious
scholarships by the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Trust Foundation and the Social Sciences
and Humanities Research Council of Canada, his research has appeared in journals such
as the International Journal of African Historical Studies, the Canadian Journal of
African Studies, and the Journal of Eastern African Studies. He was President of the
Tanzania Studies Association from 2015-2017 and currently serves as co-chair of Radical
History Review"--Provided by publisher
Sujet(s) : Swahili (peuple d'Afrique) -- Bagamoyo (Tanzanie) -- 1870-1914
Swahili (peuple d'Afrique) -- Identité collective -- Bagamoyo (Tanzanie) -- 1870-1914
Indice(s) Dewey :
967.8 (23e éd.) = Histoire - Tanzanie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781108492041. - ISBN 1108492045. - ISBN 9781108710046. - ISBN 1108710042. -
ISBN 9781108581929 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46503711g
Notice n° :
FRBNF46503711
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction ; Owners of the town: Shomvi, Zaramo, Nyamwezi, & Indians ; Owners
of the town: Baluchis, Omanis, & Spiritans ; Becoming Wabagamoyo: a local vocabulary
for a Swahili town ; The particularities of place: space, identity, and the coastal
rebellion of 1888-1890 ; Colonial power, community identity, and consultation ;
"Curing the cancer of the colony": undermining local attachments ; Epilogue.
