The winds of history : life in a corner of rural Africa since the 19th century /
Based on extensive archival research in six countries and intensive fieldwork, the book analyzes the history of the village of Nkholongue on the eastern (Mozambican) shores of Lake Malawi from the time of its formation in the 19th century to the present day. The study uses Nkholongue as a microhisto...
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
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Berlin ; Boston :
de Gruyter Oldenbourg,
[2023].
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| Series: | Africa in global history ;
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Based on extensive archival research in six countries and intensive fieldwork, the book analyzes the history of the village of Nkholongue on the eastern (Mozambican) shores of Lake Malawi from the time of its formation in the 19th century to the present day. The study uses Nkholongue as a microhistorical lens to examine such diverse topics as the slave trade, the spread of Islam, colonization, subsistence production, counter-insurgency, decolonization, civil war, ecotourism, and matriliny. Thereby, the book attempts to reflect as much as possible on the generalizability and (global) comparability of local findings by framing analyses in historiographical discussions that aim to go beyond the regional or national level. Although the chapters of the book deal with very different topics, they are united by a common interest in the social history of rural Africa in the longue durée. Contrary to persistent clichés of rural inertia in Africa, the book as a whole underscores the profound changeability of social conditions and relations in Nkholongue over the years and highlights how people's room for maneuver kept changing as a result of the Winds of History, the frequent and often violent ruptures brought to the village from outside. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 479 pages) ; illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 422-468) and index. |
| ISBN: | 3110765004 9783110765007 9783110765052 3110765055 |
| ISSN: | 2628-1767 ; |