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Series

• Kultur und Soziale Praxis Series [More in this series]
• Kultur und soziale Praxis

Restrictions note

Open access

Biographical/​Historical note

Urs Peter Ruf is at present working on questions of the socio-cultural identity of Moorish ex-slaves in the iron-ore industries of Mauritania and in rural Mali.

Summary note

• »Ending Slavery« offers insights into the »how« of practices of slavery that persist in parts of Mauritania up to the present day. It brings to the light the gendered structures of Moorish slavery, and examines their impact on strategies and tactics designed to bring this institution to an end. Underlying this study is empirical data gathered during two periods of field research in rural central Mauritania. The analysis of life histories of slaves and freed slaves, but also of tributaries and free Moors plays a key role in the book.
• »Dies ist eine gründlich recherchierte Studie über Sklaven, ehemalige Sklaven und ihre Nachkommen in einer hierarchischen Gesellschaft, die starkem Wandel unterworfen ist.Rufs Beitrag ist ein willkommener Beitrag zur Versachlichung einer Debatte, die auch außerhalb des Landes leidenschaftlich, in guter Absicht, doch oft in Unkenntnis der äußerst komplexen sozio-ökonomischen Verhältnisse in Mauretanien geführt wird.«
• Besprochen in:afrika spektrum, 2 (2000), Axel Harnet-SieversJournal of African History, 1 (2001), Martin KleinThe Maghreb Review, 25/3-4 (2000), John WrightOrient, 42/1 (2001), Ursel Clausen
• »In a study based on a convincing concept and amazingly rich in detail, the Bielefeld sociologist Urs Peter Ruf investigates the current situation of (former) slaves in the bizan society of Mauretania, their emancipation strategies as well as historical aspects of slavery in Mauretania. He combines biographical interviews and empirical studies (for instance on land ownership and local emancipation strategies) with well-researched details on the historical and economic background to a fascinating overall picture.«
• »Obviously, this is an important and original study, very much required for anyone concerned with Mauritania and its society.«
• »This is an excellent book.«
• Reviewed in:afrika spektrum, 2 (2000), Axel Harnet-SieversJournal of African History, 1 (2001), Martin KleinThe Maghreb Review, 25/3-4 (2000), John Wright

Notes

Originally presented as the author’s doctoral thesis: Bielefeld, 1998.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Rights and reproductions note

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license:

Language note

English

Contents

Frontmatter 1 Contents 5 Preface 9 Acknowledgements 15 Note on Transliteration 17 Introduction 19 Chapter 1. Approaching Slavery in Bn Society 27 Chapter 2. Changing Configurations of Hierarchy and Dependency 49 Chapter 3. Slave Women 93 Chapter 4. The Demography of Western Saharan Slavery 113 Chapter 5. Gender and Status in the Topography of Work 139 Chapter 6. The Historical Dynamics of Bn Economy 177 Chapter 7. Small Dams, Large Dams: Bn Land Tenure and Social Stratification 199 Chapter 8. The Difference in Identity 253 Chapter 9. Where Do They Go To? 285 Notes 295 Transliteration of Arabic Characters 395 Bibliography 397 Index 423

Other format(s)

Also available in print form.

Other title(s)

Ruf, Ending Slavery Hierarchy, Dependency and Gender in Central Mauritania

ISBN

• 9783839400494
• 383940049X

OCLC

• 1013963601
• 1029828166
• 1032692623
• 1037980991
• 1041994965
• 1046612403
• 1047013126
• 1049693564
• 1054869392
• 979887469
• 1110449025

Doi

• 10.14361/9783839400494

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