Utenzi, war poems, and the German conquest of East Africa: Swahili poetry as a historical source
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Swahili Poetry as a Historical Source
Jose Arturo Saavedra Casco
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Table of Contents
Preface vii
Acknowledgments ix
Maps xiii
Introduction 1
Chapter 1: The Origin and Development of Swahili Poetry 19
Characteristics of Swahili Poetry: The Shairi and the Utenzi
Genres 19
Importance of Poetry in Swahili Society; Muslim Historiography
and Their Links with Swahili Epic Poetry 29
Swahili Ulama: The Spread of Literacy and Development of
Poetry Promotes the Construction of Swahili Historiography 38
Swahili Poetry in the Nineteenth Century: From the Philosophical
and Nationalistic Poetry of Pate, Lamu and Siu to the Patriotic and
Historic Poetry of Mombasa 50
European Colonization of the Swahili Coast and the Collection
and Preservation of Swahili Poetry by Western Scholars 78
Historical Poetry: The German Conquest of East Africa and Its
Scholarship under Literary and Historical Approaches 97
Methodological Considerations: Proper Study of This Poetry from
a Historiographic Perspective 105
Chapter 2: Charms, Poetry, and the Narrative of die Fight
against die German Invasion: The Utenzi wa Vita vya
Wadachi Kutamalaki Mrima 143
Hemedi bin Abdallah el Buhry: His World and His Perception of
History 143
Utenzi, War Poems, and the German Conquest of East Africa
Magic, Charms and Omens as Weapons against European Power:
The War Viewed by a Swahili Mganga 158
Political Representation of the Utenzi: Sultan Khalifa and the War
against the Infidels 167
Chapter 3: Consolidation of German East Africa Recounted
by Swahili Poets 183
Muslim intellectuals, Colonial Bureaucracy, and the Transforma-
tion of Coastal Society: Swahili Poets under German Rule 183
A Critique of German Patronage: The Velten Collection and
Zache s Contribution 203
Episodes Depicted in the Poems: The Coastal War of the Northern
Coast (1888-1890); the Hehe Wars (1891-1898) and the Rebel-
lion of Hassan bin Omari Makunganya (1894-1895) 211
Commissioned Poetry: Is it a Useful and Objective Historical
Source? 228
Chapter 4: Abdul Karim Jamaliddini: The Poetical Account
of the Maji Maji War and the Contradictions of the Colonial
Regime 239
The Southern Coast of Tanganyika: The Waungwana-washenzi
Cqmplex, the Jamaliddini Family, and the Effects of the Maji Maji
War 242
The Utenzi wa Vita vya Maji Maji: A Condemnation of the
Violence and a Local Explanation of the African Defeat 255
Sufism, the Mecca Letter Affair, and the Final Days of Abdul
Karim 266
Conclusion The Historical Utenzi Genre after the German
Colonial Period 281
Glossary 295
Bibliography 299
Index 317
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A7WDTHE
OF EAST AFTLldA
Swahili Poetry as a Historical Source
Jose Arturo Saavedra Casco
Africa World Press, Inc
P O Sox 1892 li^™Sn P O Bo»4fl
Trenton N| 08607 ^ • C Asmara ERITREA
Table of Contents
Preface vii
Acknowledgments ix
Maps xiii
Introduction 1
Chapter 1: The Origin and Development of Swahili Poetry 19
Characteristics of Swahili Poetry: The Shairi and the Utenzi
Genres 19
Importance of Poetry in Swahili Society; Muslim Historiography
and Their Links with Swahili Epic Poetry 29
Swahili Ulama: The Spread of Literacy and Development of
Poetry Promotes the Construction of Swahili Historiography 38
Swahili Poetry in the Nineteenth Century: From the Philosophical
and Nationalistic Poetry of Pate, Lamu and Siu to the Patriotic and
Historic Poetry of Mombasa 50
European Colonization of the Swahili Coast and the Collection
and Preservation of Swahili Poetry by Western Scholars 78
Historical Poetry: The German Conquest of East Africa and Its
Scholarship under Literary and Historical Approaches 97
Methodological Considerations: Proper Study of This Poetry from
a Historiographic Perspective 105
Chapter 2: Charms, Poetry, and the Narrative of die Fight
against die German Invasion: The Utenzi wa Vita vya
Wadachi Kutamalaki Mrima 143
Hemedi bin Abdallah el Buhry: His World and His Perception of
History 143
Utenzi, War Poems, and the German Conquest of East Africa
Magic, Charms and Omens as Weapons against European Power:
The War Viewed by a Swahili Mganga 158
Political Representation of the Utenzi: Sultan Khalifa and the War
against the Infidels 167
Chapter 3: Consolidation of German East Africa Recounted
by Swahili Poets 183
Muslim intellectuals, Colonial Bureaucracy, and the Transforma-
tion of Coastal Society: Swahili Poets under German Rule 183
A Critique of German Patronage: The Velten Collection and
Zache's Contribution 203
Episodes Depicted in the Poems: The Coastal War of the Northern
Coast (1888-1890); the Hehe Wars (1891-1898) and the Rebel-
lion of Hassan bin Omari Makunganya (1894-1895) 211
Commissioned Poetry: Is it a Useful and Objective Historical
Source? 228
Chapter 4: Abdul Karim Jamaliddini: The Poetical Account
of the Maji Maji War and the Contradictions of the Colonial
Regime 239
The Southern Coast of Tanganyika: The Waungwana-washenzi
Cqmplex, the Jamaliddini Family, and the Effects of the Maji Maji
War 242
The Utenzi wa Vita vya Maji Maji: A Condemnation of the
Violence and a Local Explanation of the African Defeat 255
Sufism, the Mecca Letter Affair, and the Final Days of Abdul
Karim 266
Conclusion The Historical Utenzi Genre after the German
Colonial Period 281
Glossary 295
Bibliography 299
Index 317 |
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