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'Ordinary Household Chores': Ritual and Power in a Nineteenth-Century Swahili Women's Spirit Possession Cult
- E. A. Alpers
- History
- 1984
This paper concerns a women's spirit possession cult that was described at Zanzibar in 1869 by an Alsatian Catholic missionary.1 It is my contention that the ritual which he observed encapsulates… Expand
Trade, State, and Society Among the Yao in the Nineteenth Century
- E. A. Alpers
- History
- 1 July 1969
D URING the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the Yao were the greatest long-distance traders in East Central Africa. Through their involvement with the coast they became subject to external… Expand
Islam in the Service of Colonialism ? Portuguese Strategy during the Armed Liberation Struggle in Mozambique
- E. A. Alpers
- Political Science
- 1999
Apres des siecles d'une propagande et d'une action anti-musulmane vigoureuse, le regime colonial portugais prit, pendant la lutte armee de liberation au Mozambique, la decision strategique de… Expand
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Ethnicity, Politics and History in Mozambique
- E. A. Alpers
- Sociology
- 1974
On 7 September 1974 the government of Portugal and FRELIMO (Frente de LibertaSSo de MoSambique) signed an agreement at Lusaka, Zambia, which called for a ceasefire to begin the following day at 8:00… Expand
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Parler en son nom ? Comprendre les témoignages d’esclaves africains originaires de l’océan Indien (1850-1930)*
- E. A. Alpers, Matthew S. Hopper
- History
- Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales
- 1 August 2008
Résumé 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.… Expand
'A family of the state': bureaucratic impediments to democratic reform in Mozambique
- E. A. Alpers
- Political Science
- 1 June 1994
University of the Witwatersrand
History Workshop Conference
Democracy: Popular Precedents,
Popular Practice and Popular Culture
13-15 July 1994.
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Africa and the West: A Documentary History from the Slave Trade to Independence
- Curtis A. Keim, W. Worger, N. Clark, E. A. Alpers
- Political Science, History
- 30 January 2001
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