Black Morocco : a history of slavery, race, and Islam / Chouki El Hamel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

El Hamel, Chouki, author.

Series:

African studies series ; 123.

African studies ; [123]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ismāʻīl, Sultan of Morocco, -1727.

Ismāʻīl.

Gnawa (Brotherhood).

Black people--Morocco--History.

Black people.

Slavery--Morocco--History.

Slavery.

Concubinage--Morocco--History.

Concubinage.

Slavery and Islam--Morocco.

Slavery and Islam.

Soldiers, Black--Morocco--History.

Soldiers, Black.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 331 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Black Morocco: A History of Slavery, Race, and Islam chronicles the experiences, identity and achievements of enslaved black people in Morocco from the sixteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century. Chouki El Hamel argues that we cannot rely solely on Islamic ideology as the key to explain social relations and particularly the history of black slavery in the Muslim world, for this viewpoint yields an inaccurate historical record of the people, institutions and social practices of slavery in Northwest Africa. El Hamel focuses on black Moroccans' collective experience beginning with their enslavement to serve as the loyal army of the Sultan Isma'il. By the time the Sultan died in 1727, they had become a political force, making and unmaking rulers well into the nineteenth century. The emphasis on the political history of the black army is augmented by a close examination of the continuity of black Moroccan identity through the musical and cultural practices of the Gnawa.

Contents:

The notion of slavery and the justification of concubinage as an institution of slavery in Islam

The interplay between slavery, race and color prejudice

The trans-Saharan diaspora

Racializing slavery : the controversy of Mawlay Ismail's project

The black army's functions and the role of women

The political history of the black army : between privilege and marginality

The abolition of slavery in Morocco

The Gnawa and the memory of slavery.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-23641-X

1-139-61074-0

1-139-61260-3

1-139-62562-4

1-139-60902-5

1-139-61632-3

1-139-19878-5

1-283-87058-4

1-139-62190-4

OCLC:

823724244