Speaking for themselves? Understanding African freed slave testimonies from the Western Indian Ocean, 1850s-1930s This article examines freed slave testimonies found in British admiralty, consular, and court records from the Western Indian Ocean. Unlike the better known accounts from the Atlantic sl...

Parler en son nom ? : Comprendre les témoignages d'esclaves africains originaires de l'océan Indien (1850-1930)

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Edward A. Alpers et al. (2008)

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Cet article examine des témoignages d’esclaves affranchis retrouvés dans les archives de l’amirauté britannique, dans celles des consulats ou des cours de justice de l’océan Indien occidental. À la différence des récits mieux connus concernant la traite atlantique, ces documents sont généralement br...

Recollecting Africa: Diasporic Memory in the Indian Ocean World, Edward A. Alpers, 2000.

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Laurence Buzenot (11 janv. 2021)

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Alpers, Edward A. “Recollecting Africa: Diasporic Memory in the Indian Ocean World.” African Studies Review, vol. 43, no. 1, 2000, pp. 83–99. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/524722. Accessed 11 Jan. 2021. Abstract The African presence in the Indian Ocean world represents one of the most neglected aspect...

Shihan de S. Jayasuriya and Richard Pankhurst (eds), The African Diaspora in the Indian Ocean (Eritrea: Africa World press, 2003).

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Laurence Buzenot (11 janv. 2021)

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par Manish Karmwar Shyam Lal College (Eve.), University of Delhi, Delhi Traduit pat LB, 11 janvier 2021 Abstract : Shihan De S. Jayasuriya and Richard Pankhurst edited book is a collection of scholarly work. Eight scholars, researching the African Diaspora in distinct geographical locations in the I...

TOC: African Islands: Leading Edges of Empire and Globalization

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Violaine Tisseau (21 juin 2019)

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A signaler la sortie de : African Islands. Leading Edges of Empire and Globalization, edited by Toyin Falola, R. Joseph Parrott et Danielle Porter Sanchez, Boydell & Brewer. Toute la deuxième partie est consacrée à l'océan Indien avec de belles contributions : PART 2. INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS Africa's I...

« The deep roots of the plantation economy on the Swahili Coast: productive functions and social functions of slaves and dependents, circa 1580-1820 »

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Thomas Vernet (2017)

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Announcing "The Indian Ocean in World History"

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chevaleyre (25 janv. 2014)

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Edward A. Alpers, The Indian Ocean in World History, Oxford University Press, 2013, 184 p. A new volume in the New Oxford World History The New Oxford World History is an innovative series that offers readers an informed, lively, and up-to-date history of the world and its people, representing a sig...

Providing for the Buddha: monastic centres in Eastern India

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Himanshu Prabha Ray

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This paper attempts to address one of the issues of the series, viz. patronage, not just the relationship between Buddhist monastic centres and kings, but more significantly the lay community and its continuing support of monks and nuns and sponsorship of ritual activities, as well as maintenance of...

Islam in the Service of Colonialism ? Portuguese Strategy during the Armed Liberation Struggle in Mozambique

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Edward Alpers (1999)

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Alpers Edward A. Islam in the Service of Colonialism ? Portuguese Strategy during the Armed Liberation Struggle in Mozambique. In: Lusotopie, n°6, 1999. Dynamiques religieuses en lusophonie contemporaine. pp. 165-184.

The French Slave Trade in East Africa (1721-1810)

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Edward Alpers (1970)

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Alpers Edward A. The French Slave Trade in East Africa (1721-1810). In: Cahiers d'études africaines, vol. 10, n°37, 1970. pp. 80-124.