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Making martial races : gender, society, and warfare in Africa
Title
Making martial races : gender, society, and warfare in Africa / edited by Myles Osborne.
ISBN
9780821426180
0821426184
9780821426173
0821426176
9780821426197
Publication
Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2024]
Physical Description
ix, 337 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Summary
"Featuring contributions by new and established Africanist scholars, this volume is the first book-length treatment of "martial race" in Africa"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Making martial races Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2024
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 20, 2024
Series
War and militarism in African history
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction. Martial Races in African History / Myles Osborne
In Mombasa they are "Like Prisoners" to the Mijikenda: Martiality, Trade, and Inland Influences on a Swahili Port City / David Bresnahan
Martial Races in Alawite and French Protectorate Morocco: Black Soldiers, Slavery, and Women's Labor in the Abid al-Bukhari and Tirailleurs Sénégalais / Sarah Zimmerman
A Question of Interpretation: Warfare and Martial Race Theory in West Africa / Sarah Davis Westwood
"Black Skin, White Heart": The Construction of the Martial Race Category in French West Africa / Stéphanie Soubrier
Women, Militarism, and Martial Identities amongst the Acholi of Northern Uganda, 1800-1962 / Lucy Taylor
"To Cool the Hot Blood of a Martial Race . . .": Balancing Zulu Martiality and British Colonial Anxieties, 1879-1906 / Elizabeth Timbs
"Brotherhood that Binds the Brave": Sudanese Soldiers and the Paradox of Martial Identities in the Age of Empire / Ronald Lamothe and Michelle Moyd
From "Savage' to 'Serviceable": Changing Attitudes Towards a Martial African Society in German East Africa / Steven Fabian
The Yoruba as a "Martial Race": The History of an Idea and its Alternatives, 1890-1960 / Oliver Coates
From Martial Races to a People's Army: Decolonization and Martial Identity in Tanzania / Charles Thomas
Afterword. Martial Races in Africa and India / Heather Streets-Salter.
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