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1. Slavery, Emancipation, and Memory: Exploratory Notes on Western Ethiopia.

Author

Meckelburg, Alexander

Subjects
*SLAVERY, *COLLECTIVE memory, *EMANCIPATION of slaves, *MAO (African people), *KOMO (Nilo-Saharan people), *ETHIOPIANS, *HISTORY, *SOCIAL history, SOCIAL aspects, ETHIOPIAN history
Abstract

The article discusses the relationship between collective memory, the emancipation of slaves and slavery in western Ethiopia following the country's official abolishing of slavery in the 1850s. An overview of the impact of slavery on the Mao people and Komo people of Ethiopia, including their fleeing to Sudan to escape slavery in the mid 20th century, is provided.

Published
2015

2. The Quest for Honor and Citizenship in Post-Slavery Borgu (Benin).

Author

Komlavi Hahonou, Éric

Subjects
*SLAVERY, *HONOR, *CITIZENSHIP, *PROPERTY, *ETHNOLOGY, *HISTORY, *SOCIAL history, SOCIAL aspects
Abstract

The article discusses honor and citizenship in Borgu, Benin, in the post-slavery period following legal emancipation of slave in 1905 in Benin, with a particular focus of the impact of slavery on Benin. An overview of the categorization of the Gando people of Borgu as property, including in regard their status of slave descendants, is provided.

Published
2015

3. Female Seclusion in the Aftermath of Slavery on the Southern Swahili Coast: Transformations of Slavery in Unexpected Places.

Author

Becker, Felicitas

Subjects
*SWAHILI-speaking women, *SOCIAL conditions of women, *SOLITUDE, *COASTS, *SOCIAL status, *SLAVERY, *FREEDMEN, *TWENTIETH century, *HISTORY, *SOCIAL history, COLONIAL Africa
Abstract

The article discusses the practice of temporary female seclusion on the southern Swahili Coast in colonial East Africa during Interwar period of the 1920s and 1930s, including the impact of slavery on this practice. An overview of the social status of ex-slaves on the Swahili Coast, including the stigma attached to formerly being a slave, is provided.

Published
2015

4. Stereotypes of Past-Slavery and "Stereo-styles" in Post-Slavery: A Multidimensional, Interactionist Perspective on Contemporary Hierarchies.

Author

Pelckmans, Lotte

Subjects
*STEREOTYPES, *SOCIAL dominance, *SLAVERY, *ELITE (Social sciences), *HISTORY, SOCIAL aspects, SOCIAL conditions in Africa
Abstract

The article discusses stereotypes concerning the post-slavery period in Africa following the late 19th and early 20th centuries in West African countries. An overview of the impact of slavery on social hierarchies in West Africa is provided. An overview of the relationship between freeborn people and elites, is also provided.

Published
2015

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