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Abolitionism and Legacies of Slavery in Eastern Africa

Kenya, Somalia, Sudan and Ethiopia

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  • Prof. Samuel Nyanchoga The Catholic University of Eastern Africa
  • Melvine C. Lilechi The Catholic University of Eastern Africa
  • Daniel Worku Kebede Arba Minch University
  • Akalework Mengesha Wolaitta Sodo University
  • Mohamed A. G. Bakhit University of Khartoum

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48604/ct.438

Keywords:

abolitionism, slavery, Eastern Africa, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Ethiopia

Abstract

Slavery studies in eastern Africa are perceived as a peripheral subject of study with public acknowledgment of its non-existence or turning a blind eye to the manifestations of its legacies and mutability. Abolitionism was imaged magnanimously as the work of moral and diplomatic crusaders of what was described as a heinous crime and iniquitous practice against humanity. The consequence of the over-glorification of the foreign anti-slavery crusades led to historical inequality in reporting on the role of Africans in abolitionism. This book attempts to add an African voice to Abolitionism and post-abolition debates.

Author Biographies

Prof. Samuel Nyanchoga, The Catholic University of Eastern Africa

Samuel A. Nyanchoga is a professor of history and the current Director of Research and Innovation at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa, and a senior research fellow at the Nantes Institute of Advanced Studies, France. Research Fellow and academic associate at the Birmingham and Bath Spa University, UK; He has also served as the Dean of faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Director of the Institute for Regional Integration and Development; Director of academic programmes and HoD History department. He holds BA Hons, Nairobi University; MA (Hist), Nairobi University; PhD. Kenyatta University; Fulbright Scholar, Boston College, USA.

Melvine C. Lilechi, The Catholic University of Eastern Africa

Melvine C. Lilechi holds a PhD in history and is a lecturer of history at The Catholic University of Eastern Africa. She has been a research associate with SLAFNET network on slavery studies.

Daniel Worku Kebede, Arba Minch University

Daniel Worku completed his M.A. in History in 2013 at Addis Ababa University. He is now a history lecturer in Arba Minch University in the Department of History and Heritage Management. His main research interests are social and religious history.

Akalework Mengesha, Wolaitta Sodo University

Akalework Mengesha is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Wolaitta Sodo University, Department of Sociology, Ethiopia. He has been working in different higher educational institutions in Ethiopia. He has a good track record in research and publication of multi-disciplinary issues; slavery, marginalization/minority groups, vulnerabilities, and the health care system. He is a member of professional associations; the International Sociological Association, the North American Society of Social Philosophy Association, and the Socio-Legal Studies Association. He is a reviewer of international reputable journals: Multidisciplinary Health Care, East African Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, and Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences and  Language Studies (EJSSLS).

Mohamed A. G. Bakhit, University of Khartoum

Mohamed A. G. Bakhit has a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Bayreuth, Germany. He has been an Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Faculty of Economic and Social Studies, University of Khartoum, since August 2016. He has been the Head of Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Faculty of Economic and Social Studies, University of Khartoum since February 2017.

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2023-03-02

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