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Ethnicity, identity, and conceptualizing community in Indian Ocean East Africa / Daren E. Ray.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ray, Daren E., 1982- author.
- Series:
- Indian Ocean studies series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnicity--Africa, East--History.
- Ethnicity.
- Communalism--Africa, East.
- Communalism.
- Africa, East--Ethnic relations.
- Africa, East.
- Ethnic relations.
- Genre:
- History
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Other Title:
- Path to Open
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- "Drawing on archaeological, linguistic, ethnographic, and documentary evidence, this book uses a cis-oceanic framework to focus on littoral communities. It clarifies the relationship between ethnicity and other kinds of identities by framing research questions around a language family instead of an ethnic, religious, or diasporic group"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction. Disentangling Ethnicity from Its Ancestors in Littoral Kenya
- Ancestors in the Doorway: Claiming Kith and Kin in East Africa before 500 CE
- Making a Peaceful Home: Organizing Clans through Knowledge along Sabaki Frontiers, circa 150 BCE-1250 CE
- Dancing with Swords: Domesticating Commerce through Clan Confederations in the Western Indian Ocean circa 1000-1700 CE
- Polarizing Politics: Imperial Ventures in Dar al-Islam, 1498-1813
- Practicing Muslims, Marginalized Pagans: Accommodating Arab Orthodoxies in the Zanzibar Sultanate, 1813-1895
- Gazetting Identity: Assembling Tribes and Demarcating Districts in the British East Africa Protectorate, 1895-1920
- Historicizing Tribalism: A Kaleidoscope of Communities in the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya, 1921-1953
- Transcending Ethnicity?: Nationalist Sentiments and the Appeal of Autonomy during Kenyan Decolonization, 1953-1962
- Epilogue. Reconciling Ethnicity and Nationalism.
- Notes:
- Title from online title page (viewed on January 10, 2023).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Ray, Daren E., 1982- Ethnicity, identity, and conceptualizing community in Indian Ocean East Africa
- ISBN:
- 9780821426142
- 0821426141
- OCLC:
- 1373933894
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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