Title Mombasa, the Swahili, and the making of the Mijikenda / Justin Willis

Published Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1993

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 231 pages) : maps Series Oxford studies in African affairs Oxford studies in African affairs. Summary In this radical reinterpretation of the history of the Kenyan port city of Mombasa and its local hinterland, Justin Willis re-examines the role which the people now known as the Mijikenda played in Mombasa's development from the mid-nineteenth century to the 1930s. Dr Willis explores the institutions and social networks which both united and divided the people of the region in the nineteenth century. He traces the development of these institutions under British rule, when the demands of the colonial economy caused officials to attempt a social and physical restructuring of Mombasa; and shows how these attempts contributed to a re-making of ethnic identity on the coast. Based on thorough archival research and extensive interviewing, and incorporating the findings of other recent historical and anthropological work, this book 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 Analysis Ethnic groups Social life History Kenya Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-223) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Mijikenda (African people) -- History Ethnic relations Mijikenda (African people) Politics and government Swahili (volk) Mijikenda. SUBJECT Mombasa (Kenya) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85086653 Kenya -- Politics and government -- To 1963. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85072004 Mombasa (Kenya) -- Ethnic relations Subject Kenya Kenya -- Mombasa Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780191675782 0191675784

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