The Makua are an ethnic group living in northern Mozambique. Makua chiefs and merchants participated in the slave trade, linking local political authority and commercial activity to wider regional systems of enslavement.
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The Makua are an ethnic group associated with northern Mozambique. Their presence in the region forms part of the diverse social and political landscape of northern Mozambique, where communities were connected to coastal commerce and inland exchange.
Makua chiefs and merchants were involved in the slave trade. This participation indicates that sections of Makua political and commercial society occupied active positions within regional systems that supplied enslaved people to wider markets.
The glossary’s brief description places the Makua within the history of northern Mozambique and the slave-trading economy. It also highlights the importance of distinguishing between communities as a whole and the specific chiefs and merchants whose activities are described.
The Makua are an ethnic group living in northern Mozambique. Makua chiefs and merchants participated in the slave trade, linking local political authority and commercial activity to wider regional systems of enslavement.
Continue exploring
The Story
The Makua are an ethnic group associated with northern Mozambique. Their presence in the region forms part of the diverse social and political landscape of northern Mozambique, where communities were connected to coastal commerce and inland exchange.
Makua chiefs and merchants were involved in the slave trade. This participation indicates that sections of Makua political and commercial society occupied active positions within regional systems that supplied enslaved people to wider markets.
The glossary’s brief description places the Makua within the history of northern Mozambique and the slave-trading economy. It also highlights the importance of distinguishing between communities as a whole and the specific chiefs and merchants whose activities are described.