The authors lead the reader into the insecure world of East Africa as freed slaves sought new ways of supporting themselves.
The authors lead the reader into the insecure world of East Africa as freed slaves sought new ways of supporting themselves.
IllustrationsAcknowledgments1Introduction12The Chikunda on the Prazos: An Overview, 1750-1850393Free Chikunda as Elephant Hunters, 1850-ca. 1900834Chikunda as Porters and Canoe Men, 1850-ca. 19001255Flight and the Search for Security: Chikunda as Transfrontiersmen, 1850-ca. 19001636Chikwasha's Chikunda: Transfrontier Communities and the Creation of Ethnicity, 1850-ca. 19001977Slave Hunting and the Chikunda Conquest States of the Middle Zambesi, 1870-1900: Kanyemba and the Other Warlords2338The Impact of Early Colonialism on the Chikunda, 1900-19302819Conclusion323Glossary of Select Local Terms337Bibliography345Index363