From marginality to expansion : three polities on the East African central caravan route in the late pre-colonial era

• Authors: Pawełczak Marek
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

The article concerns the origins and political structures of three polities that emerged during the last decades of the pre-colonial era in the central part of present-day Tanzania. They are usually known under their leaders’ names: Mirambo, Nyungu-ya-Mawe, and Mkwawa. The article pinpoints structural differences between the polities and accounts for them in the light of political anthropology, especially drawing on the concepts of chiefdom and the early state but also taking into account the views of their critics. In conclusion, questions about their shared features are addressed.

Keywords

EN

Mirambo; Hehe; Chiefdom; State; 19th Century

• Publisher: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Studies in African Languages and Cultures
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 58
• Pages: 39-66

Contributors

author

Pawełczak Marek

• Uniwersytet Warszawski. Wydział Historyczny

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8608-2147

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Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.32690/SALC58.2