In the late nineteenth century, tens of thousands of porters carried ivory every year from the African interior to Bagamoyo, a port town at the Indian Ocean. In the opposite direction, they carried millions of meters of cloth, manufactured in the USA, Europe, and India. This book examines the centrality of the caravan trade, both culturally and economically, to Bagamoyo's development and cosmopolitan character, while also exploring how this history was silenced when Bagamoyo was instead branded as a slave route town in 2006 in an attempt to qualify it for the UNESCO World Heritage List.
In the late nineteenth century, tens of thousands of porters carried ivory every year from the African interior to Bagamoyo, a port town at the Indian Ocean. In the opposite direction, they carried millions of meters of cloth, manufactured in the USA, Europe, and India. This book examines the centrality of the caravan trade, both culturally and economically, to Bagamoyo's development and cosmopolitan character, while also exploring how this history was silenced when Bagamoyo was instead branded as a slave route town in 2006 in an attempt to qualify it for the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Jan Lindström is a teacher and researcher in social anthropology at the School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg. From 1980-1990 he held the post of Senior Anthropologist at the Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre, Ministry of Health, and from 1996-2002 he was Socio-Cultural Analyst at the Swedish Embassy in Tanzania.
Inhaltsangabe
List of Illustrations List of Maps and Figures Preface Introduction Part I: Heritage-Making, Branding, and Globalization Chapter 1. Bagamoyo: A History of Practices, Principles, and Partnership in Heritage-Making Chapter 2. Heritage-Making: The 2002 International Conference Chapter 3. Fractures in the Image of Bagamoyo: Despair or Joy? Chapter 4. World Heritage and Globalization: The Bagamoyo Case Part II: Commerce, Competition, and Consumerism: Bagamoyo and the Caravan Trade Chapter 5. Entrepreneurs and Explorers from the Heart of Africa Chapter 6. Pawned, Preyed Upon, Purchased, or Punished: Slaves and Slavery in Nineteenth-Century East Africa Chapter 7. Conflicts and Clashes in the Competition over the Caravan Trade on the Central Routes Chapter 8. Bagamoyo and the Caravan Trade: The Entrance to the Heart of Africa Chapter 9. Old Bagamoyo Chapter 10. Fluid Identities: Politics of Identity in Multicultural Bagamoyo Chapter 11. Conspicuous Competitive Consumption and Communication by Means of Cloth Chapter 12. Intruders and Terminators: The End of the Story Epilogue Glossary References Index
List of Illustrations List of Maps and Figures Preface Introduction Part I: Heritage-Making, Branding, and Globalization Chapter 1. Bagamoyo: A History of Practices, Principles, and Partnership in Heritage-Making Chapter 2. Heritage-Making: The 2002 International Conference Chapter 3. Fractures in the Image of Bagamoyo: Despair or Joy? Chapter 4. World Heritage and Globalization: The Bagamoyo Case Part II: Commerce, Competition, and Consumerism: Bagamoyo and the Caravan Trade Chapter 5. Entrepreneurs and Explorers from the Heart of Africa Chapter 6. Pawned, Preyed Upon, Purchased, or Punished: Slaves and Slavery in Nineteenth-Century East Africa Chapter 7. Conflicts and Clashes in the Competition over the Caravan Trade on the Central Routes Chapter 8. Bagamoyo and the Caravan Trade: The Entrance to the Heart of Africa Chapter 9. Old Bagamoyo Chapter 10. Fluid Identities: Politics of Identity in Multicultural Bagamoyo Chapter 11. Conspicuous Competitive Consumption and Communication by Means of Cloth Chapter 12. Intruders and Terminators: The End of the Story Epilogue Glossary References Index
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