Maji Maji : lifting the fog of war / edited by James Giblin and Jamie Monson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Giblin, James Leonard.

Monson, Jamie.

Series:

African social studies series ; v. 20.

African social studies series, 1568-1203 ; v. 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Maji Maji Uprising, 1905-1907.

Maji Maji Uprising, 1905-1907--Social aspects.

Maji Maji Uprising, 1905-1907--Sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Maji Maji war of 1905-07 in Tanzania was the largest African rebellion against European colonialism. This volume offers the fullest account of the war in the English language. Using oral accounts and little-used documentary evidence, contributors offer detailed histories of districts and localities as well as groups, such as African soldiers in the German army, elephant hunters and women, whose roles in war have been neglected. The contributors examine varieties of communication during wartime, including the circulation of rumor between Africans and Germans. They also offer new insight into the most famous aspect of the war – the use of medicine which was believed to provide invulnerability. The contributors are historians and an archaeologist recognized as authorities on Tanzanian history.

Contents:

Section 1: Contexts of communication

War of words : the narrative efficacy of medicine in the Maji Maji War / Jamie Monson

The Ngindo : exploring the center of the Maji Maji Rebellion / Lorne Larson

Section 2: Straddling boundaries

The war of the hunters : Maji Maji and the decline of the ivory trade / Thaddeus Sunseri

"All people were barbarians to the Askari ..." : Askari identity and honor in the Maji Maji War, 1905-1907 / Michelle Moyd

Section 3: At the apex of violence : Maji Maji in Songea

"Deadly silence predominates in this district" : the Maji Maji War and its aftermath in Ungoni / Heike Schmidt

Reexamining the Maji Maji War in Ungoni with a blend of archaeology and oral history / Bertram B.B. Mapunda

Section 4: Remembering the complexity of Maji Maji in Njombe

Were the Bena traitors? : Maji Maji in Njombe and the context of local alliances made by the Germans / Seth I. Nyagava

Taking oral sources beyond the documentary record of Maji Maji : the example of the "War of Korosani" at Yakobi, Njombe / James Giblin

Section 5: The aftermath : memory and underdevelopment

Sudden disaster and slow change : Maji Maji and the long-term history of southeast Tanzania / Felicitas Becker.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-78717-9

9786612787171

90-04-18539-9

OCLC:

667294768

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004183421.i-325 DOI