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Becoming Muslim in Mainland Tanzania, ca. 1880-2000 : the spread of Islam beyond the Indian ocean coast Ghent University
Fading slave regimes and the reconstruction of patriarchal authority according to oral sources: Mingoyo, Southern Tanzania Ghent University
Routes to emancipation in East Africa Ghent University
Slaves, ex-slaves, and their descendants have taken multiple and complex routes toward emancipation in East Africa. Their experiences varied regionally, with status contests most clearly traceable in those areas where slavery had been most concentrated, especially on the coast. As scholars have established, the legal abolition of slavery did not lead directly to emancipation in East Africa, but it contributed to the quick erosion of ...