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Crossing Multiple Borders: “The Manyema” in Colonial East Central Africa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 May 2019

Katharina Zöller
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Abstract:

“The Manyema” are people who have roots in what is today known as eastern Congo and who moved towards the East African coast – and often back – since the time when their area of origin was under African-Arab domination. In separated East and Central African historiographies, the Manyema received only marginal attention so far. Tracing this highly mobile group across East and Central Africa discloses how Manyema actors, in relation to colonial and postcolonial contexts, have negotiated their mobility and identity across East and Central Africa as a single space.

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“Les Manyema” sont un peuple qui tire ses racines dans ce que l’on appelle aujourd’hui l’Est du Congo et dont les membres ont fait des aller-retours entre la côte est-africaine et leur région d’origine depuis le début de la domination afro-arabe de leur région. Dans les historiographies séparées d’Afrique centrale et d’Afrique de l’Est, les Manyema n’ont jusqu’à présent reçu qu’une attention marginale de la part des chercheurs. Suivre ce groupe très mobile en Afrique centrale et en Afrique de l’Est depuis le début de la période coloniale révèle la manière dont les acteurs Manyema ont négocié leur mobilité et leur identité à travers l’Afrique centrale et l’Afrique de l’Est dans un espace unique.

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Bridging Histories of East and Central Africa
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History in Africa , Volume 46 , June 2019 , pp. 299 - 326
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Copyright © African Studies Association 2019 

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