Slavery and freedom in nineteenth century East Africa: The case of Waungwana caravan porters

African Studies

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-109

  Rockel, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caravan porters; East Africa; Itinerant wage labourers; Porterage; Slavery; Supraethnic; Transnational; Transregional; Waungwana

Indexed keywords

EID: 74549166091     PISSN: 00020184     EISSN: 14692872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00020180902827464     Document Type: Article

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