Mombasa, the Swahili, and the Making of the Mijikenda
Series: Oxford Studies in African Affairs;
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Product details:
- Publisher Clarendon Press
- Date of Publication 11 February 1993
- ISBN 9780198203209
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages248 pages
- Size 223x143x21 mm
- Weight 459 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 6 maps 0
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Short description:
A history of the Kenyan city of Mombasa and its surrounding settlements from the mid-19th century to the height of colonial rule in the 1930s. The author examines the institutions and social networks which simultaneously united and divided the people of the region and traces the development of these institutions under British rule.
MoreLong description:
This is a history of the Kenyan city of Mombasa and its surrounding settlements from the mid-nineteenth century to the height of colonial rule in the 1930s. Justin Willis sets out to place the island and town of Mombasa in its African context, incorporating the findings of recent historical and anthropological research.
Dr Willis examines the institutions and social networks which simultaneously united and divided the people of the region before the colonial period, demonstrating both their interdependence and the creation of distinct population categories. He traces the development of these institutions under British rule, when the demands of the colonial economy caused officials to attempt far-reaching changes to the social structure and physically to remake the town of Mombasa.
This is a radical re-interpretation of the history of Mombasa and its hinterland, based on thorough archival research. It offers valuable insights into the nature of ethnic identity, and makes an important contribution to the growing body of scholarly work on the African city.
`Willis has a rich body of intrinsically interesting field and archival data, and, while remaining comfortably in command of his material, he is willing to let people speak for themselves, without deconstructing them into submission to some currently fashionable agenda. The result is a book which makes some quiet but well-judged revisions in a number of important areas.'
African Affairs
