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Title:The Ascendance of Angoche: The Politics of Kinship and Territory in Nineteenth Century Northern Mozambique
Author:Bonate, Liazzat J.K.ISNI
Year:2003
Periodical:Lusotopie
Pages:115-140
Language:English
Geographic term:Mozambique
Subjects:social networks
slave trade
mercantile history
History and Exploration
Economics and Trade
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
External link:http://lusotopie.sciencespobordeaux.fr/bonate2003.pdf
Abstract:This paper attempts to reconstruct the history of the ascendance of the Angoche archipelago during the nineteenth century to the status of regional power in the territory of the modern northern Mozambican province of Nampula, which stretches from the coast up to Lake Nyassa in the mainland interior. The author argues that the success of Angoche was not only related to its geographical position, its involvement in the international slave trade and its relative independence from the control of the abolitionists. Its success was above all based on the ability of the Angoche rulers to create a network of allies among the chiefs of the interior who facilitated an increase of the number of slaves and control over the caravan routes. Contrary to Portuguese colonial reports and views held by many contemporary historians, the author argues that the Koti of Angoche and the hinterland Makwa shared common cultural, political and historical references. In particular, they employed the same political idiom centred on the dual principle of land (territory) and kinship. A skilful use of these shared cultural understandings enabled the Koti to win allies among the hinterland chiefs and this guaranteed their success. Notes, ref., sum. in English, French and Portuguese (p. 551). [Journal abstract]
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