Slaves into workers : emancipation and labor in Colonial Sudan / Ahmad Alawad Sikainga.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sikainga, Ahmad Alawad, author.

Series:

Modern Middle East series (Columbia University. Middle East Institute) ; Number 19.

Modern Middle East Series ; Number 19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor--History--Sudan.

Labor.

Working class--Sudan--History.

Working class.

Enslaved persons--Sudan--Emancipation.

Enslaved persons.

Great Britain--Colonies--Africa.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Austin, Texas : University of Texas Press, 1996.

Summary:

In the Sudan, native Sudanese slaves served Sudanese masters until the region was conquered by the Turks, who practiced slavery on an institutional scale. When the British took over the Sudan in 1898, they officially emancipated the slaves, yet found it impossible to replace their labor in the country's economy. This pathfinding study explores the process of emancipation and the development of wage labor in the Sudan under British colonial rule. Ahmad Sikainga focuses on the fate of ex-slaves in Khartoum and on the efforts of the colonial government to transform them into wage laborers. He probes into what colonial rule and city life meant for slaves and ex-slaves and what the city and its people meant for colonial officials. This investigation sheds new light on the legacy of slavery and the status of former slaves and their descendants. It also reveals how the legacy of slavery underlies the current ethnic and regional conflicts in the Sudan. It will be vital reading for students of race relations and slavery, colonialism and postcolonialism, urbanization, and labor history in Africa and the Middle East.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

List of Tables and Maps

A Note on Transliteration

Abbreviations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

CHAPTER 1. Slavery and Labor in Precolonial Sudan

CHAPTER 2. Slavery and Labor in the Sudan, 1898-1919

CHAPTER 3. Slavery and Labor in Khartoum, 1898-1919

CHAPTER 4. Emancipation and the Legacy of Slavery, 1920-1956

CHAPTER 5. The Development of the Labor Force, 1920-1956

CHAPTER 6. Ex-Slaves and Workers in Khartoum, 1920-1956

Conclusion

Appendices

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-292-76396-4

OCLC:

1286806120