Becker, Felicitas (2004) 'Traders, big men and prophets: political continuity and crisis in the Maji Maji rebellion in Southeast Tanzania.' The Journal of African History, 45 (1). pp. 1-22.
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Abstract
This article places the origins of the Maji Maji rebellion in Southeast Tanzania within the context of tensions between coast and interior, and between ‘big man’ leaders and their followers, which grew out of the expansion of trade and warfare in the second half of the nineteenth century. Without discounting its importance as a reaction against colonial rule, the paper argues that the rebellion was driven also by the ambitions of local leaders and by opposition to the expansion of indigenous coastal elites. The crucial role of the ‘Maji’ medicine as a means of mobilization indicates the vitality of local politics among the ‘stateless’ people of Southeast Tanzania.
Item Type: | Journal Article |
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Additional Information: | © Cambridge University Press |
SOAS Departments & Centres: | Legacy Departments > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Department of History |
ISSN: | 14695138 |
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021853703008545 |
Date Deposited: | 09 Dec 2007 13:16 |
URI: | https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/589 |
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