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Violent intermediaries : African soldiers, conquest, and everyday colonialism in German East Africa, Michelle R. Moyd

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The askari, African soldiers recruited in the 1890s to fill the ranks of the German East African colonial army, occupy a unique space at the intersection of East African history, German colonial history, and military history. Lauded by Germans for their loyalty during the East Africa campaign of World War I, but reviled by Tanzanians for the violence they committed during the making of the colonial state between 1890 and 1918, the askari have been poorly understood as historical agents. Violent Intermediaries situates them in their everyday household, community, military, and constabulary roles, as men who helped make colonialism in German East Africa. By linking microhistories with wider nineteenth-century African historical processes, Michelle Moyd shows how as soldiers and colonial intermediaries, the askari built the colonial state while simultaneously carving out paths to respectability, becoming men of influence within their local contexts. Through its focus on the making of empire from the ground up, Violent Intermediaries offers a fresh perspective on African colonial troops as state-making agents and critiques the mythologies surrounding the askari by focusing on the nature of colonial violence.--
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eng
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xxi, 328 pages
Contents
  • Becoming Askari : narratives of early Schutztruppe recruitment in context
  • Making Askari ways of war : military training and socialization
  • The Askari way of war
  • Station life
  • Askari as agents of everyday colonialism
  • Conclusion: making Askari myths
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9780821444870
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Violent intermediaries : African soldiers, conquest, and everyday colonialism in German East Africa
Title
Violent intermediaries
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African soldiers, conquest, and everyday colonialism in German East Africa
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Michelle R. Moyd
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Language
eng
Summary
The askari, African soldiers recruited in the 1890s to fill the ranks of the German East African colonial army, occupy a unique space at the intersection of East African history, German colonial history, and military history. Lauded by Germans for their loyalty during the East Africa campaign of World War I, but reviled by Tanzanians for the violence they committed during the making of the colonial state between 1890 and 1918, the askari have been poorly understood as historical agents. Violent Intermediaries situates them in their everyday household, community, military, and constabulary roles, as men who helped make colonialism in German East Africa. By linking microhistories with wider nineteenth-century African historical processes, Michelle Moyd shows how as soldiers and colonial intermediaries, the askari built the colonial state while simultaneously carving out paths to respectability, becoming men of influence within their local contexts. Through its focus on the making of empire from the ground up, Violent Intermediaries offers a fresh perspective on African colonial troops as state-making agents and critiques the mythologies surrounding the askari by focusing on the nature of colonial violence.--
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1968-
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Moyd, Michelle R.
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967.031
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  • illustrations
  • maps
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index present
Literary form
non fiction
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bibliography
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New African histories
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  • Mercenary troops
  • German East Africa
  • German East Africa
  • German East Africa
  • Germany
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Violent intermediaries : African soldiers, conquest, and everyday colonialism in German East Africa, Michelle R. Moyd
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Includes bibliographical references(pages 289-322) and index
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volume
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rdacarrier.
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent.
Contents
  • Becoming Askari : narratives of early Schutztruppe recruitment in context
  • Making Askari ways of war : military training and socialization
  • The Askari way of war
  • Station life
  • Askari as agents of everyday colonialism
  • Conclusion: making Askari myths
Control code
FIEb17581187
Dimensions
23 cm.
Extent
xxi, 328 pages
Isbn
9780821444870
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unmediated
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rdamedia.
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  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
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(OCoLC)861676382
Label
Violent intermediaries : African soldiers, conquest, and everyday colonialism in German East Africa, Michelle R. Moyd
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references(pages 289-322) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Contents
  • Becoming Askari : narratives of early Schutztruppe recruitment in context
  • Making Askari ways of war : military training and socialization
  • The Askari way of war
  • Station life
  • Askari as agents of everyday colonialism
  • Conclusion: making Askari myths
Control code
FIEb17581187
Dimensions
23 cm.
Extent
xxi, 328 pages
Isbn
9780821444870
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
(OCoLC)861676382

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