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Ivory and Slaves: Changing Pattern of International Trade in East Central Africa to the Later Nineteenth Century
- E. A. Alpers
- History
- 1 June 1975
Trade, State, and Society Among the Yao in the Nineteenth Century
- E. A. Alpers
- History, EconomicsThe Journal of African History
- 1 July 1969
Through their deep involvement in the long-distance trade of eastern central Africa, the Yao were increasingly exposed to the impact of Swahili traders and their culture. During the nineteenth…
'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…
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…
Ethnicity, Politics and History in Mozambique
- E. A. Alpers
- Political Science
- 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…
Muqdisho in the Nineteenth Century: A Regional Perspective
- E. A. Alpers
- HistoryThe Journal of African History
- 1 October 1983
During the nineteenth century Muqdisho experienced a significant revival in its fortunes after several centuries of gradual decline from its medieval heyday. While it remained on the periphery of the…
Ivory & slaves in East Central Africa: Changing patterns of international trade to the later nineteenth century
- E. A. Alpers
- History
- 1975
'A family of the state': bureaucratic impediments to democratic reform in Mozambique
- E. A. Alpers
- Economics
- 1 June 1994
University of the Witwatersrand
History Workshop Conference
Democracy: Popular Precedents,
Popular Practice and Popular Culture
13-15 July 1994.
Dynasties of the Mutapa-Rozwi Complex
- E. A. Alpers
- HistoryThe Journal of African History
- 1 April 1970
The two most obvious conclusions to be drawn from this material are that interlocking relationships and reasonably accurate dating are most reliably established for the very early and the very recent…
Becoming the Other, Being Oneself: Constructing Identities in a Connected World
- E. A. Alpers
- History
- 1 May 2011
Becoming the Other, Being Oneself: Constructing Identities in a Connected World. By Iain Walker. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010. Pp. xv, 286; maps, photographs,…
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