Miscegenation, Identity and Status in Colonial Africa

Intimate Colonial Encounters
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-138-06145-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 513 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Africa

Throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the colonial administrations in British East-Central African colonies considered inter-racial sexual liaisons to be a serious and recurrent "problem". Consequently, inter-racial sexual liaisons (concubinage and marriage) and the mixed race progeny that resulted from these liaisons led to protracted discussions and enactment of policies which addressed questions about concubinage, marriage, racial identity, sexual morality, and the status of persons of mixed race in British East-Central Africa.

Using archival sources and secondary literature, the author highlights how colonial inter-racial intimate encounters became intertwined with conceptions of ‘race’ and what it meant to be European, African ("native") and racially mixed. Intended for students and scholars interested in the study of ‘race’ and sexuality in colonial Africa, the book will provide an understanding of why inter-racial liaisons despite of rigid racial barriers were not easy to legislate against.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mbogoni, Lawrence

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Kolonialismus, Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Miscegenation and Anglo-African Identity in Nyasaland (Malawi) 3. Miscegenation and "Coloured" Identity in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) 4. Miscegenation, "Coloured" Status and Identity in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) 5. Miscegenation and "Eurafrican" or "Coloured" Identity in Swaziland 6. Miscegenation and "Half-caste" Identity in Tanganyika (Mainland Tanzania) 7. Miscegenation and Identity of Persons of Euro-African Descent in Uganda 8. Goan-African Miscegenation in East Africa 9. Epilogue

Über Autor(innen)

Lawrence Mbogoni is Professor in the Department of Africana-World Studies at William Paterson University, USA.