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| Title: | The Legacy of Slavery and Slave Trade in the Western Bahr al-Ghazal, 1850-1939 |
| Author: | Sikainga, Ahmad Alawad |
| Year: | 1989 |
| Periodical: | Northeast African Studies |
| Volume: | 11 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Pages: | 75-95 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Sudan |
| Subjects: | slavery Darfur polity History and Exploration Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) |
| External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/43660276 |
| Abstract: | In recent years, the Bahr al-Arab region of the Sudan has witnessed an intensification of tribal conflicts and a revival of slavery and slave trade. To a large extent, these developments are legacies of the past. For many centuries this area has been a scene of ethnic conflicts and slave raiding. This paper sheds light on the background of these events and examines their historical roots, particularly the question of slavery and slave trade. The enquiry specifically focuses on the western Bahr al-Ghazal in the southwestern corner of the Sudan. It covers the period from the late 19th to the early 20th centuries. Since the 18th century, this area had become part of a wider and ever expanding system, namely the trans-Saharan and the Nilotic trading networks. The rise of a large-scale State in Darfur early in the 17th century, its role in the trans-Saharan trade, and its internal economy all encouraged the extraction of resources such as copper, ivory, and slaves from the southern hinterlands. The later part of the 19th century was a period of increasing violence, which brought about structural changes in the local societies and shaped the pattern of interaction between various communities in this region. In 1898, the Sudan was conquered and placed under the Anglo-Egyptian administration. For several reasons the colonial regime tolerated the existence of slavery for several decades. Notes, ref. |
