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Maji Maji : Lifting the Fog of War

Giblin, James Leonard. (Added Author). Monson, Jamie. (Added Author).

Summary: This volume reexamines the Maji Maji war of 1905-07 in Tanzania, the largest African rebellion against European colonialism. Contributors provide histories of previously neglected localities and groups, and new insight into the use of protective medicines believed to provide invulnerability.

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  • ISBN: 9004183426
  • ISBN: 9789004183421
  • ISBN: 9004185399
  • ISBN: 9789004185395
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 325 pages) : illustrations, maps
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  • Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Section 1: Contexts of communication -- War of words : the narrative efficacy of medicine in the Maji Maji War / Jamie Monson -- The Ngindo : exploring the center of the Maji Maji Rebellion / Lorne Larson -- Section 2: Straddling boundaries -- The war of the hunters : Maji Maji and the decline of the ivory trade / Thaddeus Sunseri -- "All people were barbarians to the Askari-- " : Askari identity and honor in the Maji Maji War, 1905-1907 / Michelle Moyd -- Section 3: At the apex of violence : Maji Maji in Songea -- "Deadly silence predominates in this district" : the Maji Maji War and its aftermath in Ungoni / Heike Schmidt -- Reexamining the Maji Maji War in Ungoni with a blend of archaeology and oral history / Bertram B.B. Mapunda -- Section 4: Remembering the complexity of Maji Maji in Njombe -- Were the Bena traitors? : Maji Maji in Njombe and the context of local alliances made by the Germans / Seth I. Nyagava -- Taking oral sources beyond the documentary record of Maji Maji : the example of the "War of Korosani" at Yakobi, Njombe / James Giblin -- Section 5: The aftermath : memory and underdevelopment -- Sudden disaster and slow change : Maji Maji and the long-term history of southeast Tanzania / Felicitas Becker.
Source of Description Note:
Print version record.
Subject: Maji Maji Uprising, 1905-1907
Maji Maji Uprising, 1905-1907 -- Social aspects
Maji Maji Uprising, 1905-1907 -- Sources
HISTORY
Social aspects
Maji-Maji-Aufstand
Maji-Maji-Krieg -- Kongressbericht
Maji-Maji-Aufstand
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Sources.
Electronic books.

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