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Mombasa, the Swahili, and the Making of the Mijikenda (Hardcover)
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Mombasa, the Swahili, and the Making of the Mijikenda (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Studies in African Affairs
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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.
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