1st Edition

Miscegenation, Identity and Status in Colonial Africa Intimate Colonial Encounters

By Lawrence Mbogoni Copyright 2019
236 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

Throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the colonial administrations in British East-Central African colonies considered inter-racial sexual liaisons to be a serious and recurrent "problem". Consequently, inter-racial sexual liaisons (concubinage and marriage) and the mixed race progeny that resulted from these liaisons led to protracted discussions and enactment of policies which... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Miscegenation and Anglo-African Identity in Nyasaland (Malawi)  3. Miscegenation and "Coloured" Identity in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)  4. Miscegenation, "Coloured" Status and Identity in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia)  5. Miscegenation and "Eurafrican" or "Coloured" Identity in Swaziland  6. Miscegenation and "Half-caste" Identity in Tanganyika (Mainland Tanzania)  7. Miscegenation and Identity of Persons of Euro-African Descent in Uganda  8. Goan-African Miscegenation in East Africa  9. Epilogue

Biography

Lawrence Mbogoni is Professor in the Department of Africana-World Studies at William Paterson University, USA.