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Title: | Trade, State, and Society among the Yao in the Nineteenth Century |
Author: | Alpers, Edward A. |
Year: | 1969 |
Periodical: | The Journal of African History |
Volume: | 10 |
Issue: | 3 |
Pages: | 405-420 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Malawi |
Subjects: | Yao mercantile history colonialism Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) History and Exploration |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/179674 |
Abstract: | During the 18th and 19th centuries the Yao were the greatest long-distance traders in East Central Africa. Through their involvement with the coast they were increasingly exposed to the impact of Swahili traders and their culture. In the 19th century the continued expansion of Yao trade and its changing nature led to a variety of important political and social changes, with which this paper is concerned. This paper begins by outlining the growth of Yao trade before the 19th century, then considers the nature of Yao political organization and the way in which the slave trade, in particular, facilitated the rise of large territorial chiefdoms. The last section deals with related social and cultural changes, including the growth of towns and the introduction of Islam. Ref. |