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Rather than seeing ethnicity as an exogenous construction or as a product of persistent rivalries between groups, Bill Bravman focuses on the internal dimensions of ethnic identity, seeing the emergence of ethnicity as a reflection of debates within an African society. Proselytizing Christian missionaries, male labor migration, and British colonial impositions in the Taita area of Kenya presented challenges to the status quo as young men, Christian converts, and a number of women tried to evade the rule of elders and their control over resources. Elders and these progressive factions engaged one another in a struggle of cultural politics over definitions of proper "Taita" identity and behavior. Ethnicity became the means through which prior struggles were reframed and continued. Based on extensive archival research and substantial fieldwork in Kenya, Braveman's book is an important addition to scholarship on East African history. His book also challenges prevailing assumptions about ethnicity and ethnic identity in Africa and elsewhere.

About the Author :
Bill Bravman is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Maryland, College Park.

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-[A] thought-provoking account of the construction of ethnic identity among several groups of people with comparable languages and social organizations who migrated in the Taita hills of Kenya in the late 17th century....Throughout the book, Braveman has argued powerfully for the dynamic nature of ethnic identity. He has an impressive array of sources, both archival and, indispensable for this study, close to 170 oral interviews. Upper-division undergraduates and above.--Choice ?[A] thought-provoking account of the construction of ethnic identity among several groups of people with comparable languages and social organizations who migrated in the Taita hills of Kenya in the late 17th century....Throughout the book, Braveman has argued powerfully for the dynamic nature of ethnic identity. He has an impressive array of sources, both archival and, indispensable for this study, close to 170 oral interviews. Upper-division undergraduates and above.?-Choice "ÝA¨ thought-provoking account of the construction of ethnic identity among several groups of people with comparable languages and social organizations who migrated in the Taita hills of Kenya in the late 17th century....Throughout the book, Braveman has argued powerfully for the dynamic nature of ethnic identity. He has an impressive array of sources, both archival and, indispensable for this study, close to 170 oral interviews. Upper-division undergraduates and above."-Choice "[A] thought-provoking account of the construction of ethnic identity among several groups of people with comparable languages and social organizations who migrated in the Taita hills of Kenya in the late 17th century....Throughout the book, Braveman has argued powerfully for the dynamic nature of ethnic identity. He has an impressive array of sources, both archival and, indispensable for this study, close to 170 oral interviews. Upper-division undergraduates and above."-Choice


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  • ISBN-13: 9780325001043
  • Publisher: Heinemann USA
  • Publisher Imprint: Heinemann Educational Books,U.S.
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • ISBN-10: 0325001049
  • Publisher Date: 23 Oct 1998
  • Binding: Paperback
  • No of Pages: 284


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