Abstract
This chapter introduces the context of nineteenth-century clove plantations in Zanzibar. The key issue of global historical archaeology is introduced, with a discussion of the current state of African historical archaeologies. This introductory chapter lays out the reasons for the importance of creating frameworks for global historical archaeologies. In addition, this chapter also lays out the framework of the book and discusses methodologies used for the research.
Plantation owners…have not left documents telling us what they thought about slavery, and slaves have left few documents at all.
(Cooper 1981, p. 271)
When you play the flute in Zanzibar, all Africa, as far as the Lakes, dances Nineteenth-century East African proverb (This proverb is common, and is cited in Craster ( 1913 , p. 127) and Ingrams (1967/[1931], p. 6), among other works)
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Notes
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There are some important accounts collected in the early twentieth century, particularly by feminist oral historians, which do provide some first-person accounts (Curtin 1983; Mirza and Strobel 1989; Wright 1993). An important account is also that of Seyyida Salme who, having eloped to Germany, wrote an account of her early life as daughter of the Sultan (Reute 1998/[1886]).
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Zanzibar is used in several senses; it may refer to the islands that make up the polity of Zanzibar (properly Unguja and Pemba), the southern island of the political unit (also referred to as Unguja), and the capital city of the islands, located on Unguja. Where possible, I have inferred the context (i.e., “the islands of Zanzibar,” “the city of Zanzibar”) when using the name so as to make the object clear.
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