XVIIIᵉ siècle – XIXᵉ siècle
Southern Lake Victoria region
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Bukerebe was a nineteenth-century island state in the southern Lake Victoria region that reorganized agricultural production and became a major intermediary in regional exchange. It promoted maize, cassava, and new strains of sorghum and millet, generating food surpluses for neighbouring areas. Its market and transport networks connected Bukerebe with Buzinza, Usukuma, Busoga, and the wider eastern lake circuit before being displaced by Buganda and coastal-linked traders.
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The Bukerebe state occupied a central position in the southern sector of the eastern Lake Victoria exchange circuit. Its agricultural transformation was associated with the organization of new crops, including maize and cassava, as well as the introduction of new strains of sorghum and millet. Institutional changes involving unfree labour contributed to a substantial increase in output.
Bukerebe’s surpluses supplied mainland markets and helped address periodic food shortages in neighbouring Buzinza and Usukuma. In return, Buzinza metalware and Usukuma cattle entered the regional circuit through Bukerebe. The island state therefore linked areas with contrasting productive capacities and converted agricultural abundance into commercial influence.
Bukerebe traders and transporters initially held a predominant middleman position in the southern lake region. Their system was attractive enough to draw in Waswahili and Arab traders operating from Unyamwezi and the East African coast. These newcomers encouraged the production of slaves and ivory, eventually eclipsing Bukerebe’s food-centred exchange system.
Bukerebe’s influence was also challenged from the north and east by Buganda’s expansionist programmes. Buganda’s penetration cut deeply into transport structures created by the Bukerebe state and the Basuba, using military force rather than a new marketing organization. The resulting displacement connected the southern lake region more directly to the coastal trade in firearms, slaves, and ivory.
XVIIIᵉ siècle – XIXᵉ siècle
Southern Lake Victoria region
Traduction non disponible · Original (anglais) · français indisponible
Bukerebe was a nineteenth-century island state in the southern Lake Victoria region that reorganized agricultural production and became a major intermediary in regional exchange. It promoted maize, cassava, and new strains of sorghum and millet, generating food surpluses for neighbouring areas. Its market and transport networks connected Bukerebe with Buzinza, Usukuma, Busoga, and the wider eastern lake circuit before being displaced by Buganda and coastal-linked traders.
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Le récit
The Bukerebe state occupied a central position in the southern sector of the eastern Lake Victoria exchange circuit. Its agricultural transformation was associated with the organization of new crops, including maize and cassava, as well as the introduction of new strains of sorghum and millet. Institutional changes involving unfree labour contributed to a substantial increase in output.
Bukerebe’s surpluses supplied mainland markets and helped address periodic food shortages in neighbouring Buzinza and Usukuma. In return, Buzinza metalware and Usukuma cattle entered the regional circuit through Bukerebe. The island state therefore linked areas with contrasting productive capacities and converted agricultural abundance into commercial influence.
Bukerebe traders and transporters initially held a predominant middleman position in the southern lake region. Their system was attractive enough to draw in Waswahili and Arab traders operating from Unyamwezi and the East African coast. These newcomers encouraged the production of slaves and ivory, eventually eclipsing Bukerebe’s food-centred exchange system.
Bukerebe’s influence was also challenged from the north and east by Buganda’s expansionist programmes. Buganda’s penetration cut deeply into transport structures created by the Bukerebe state and the Basuba, using military force rather than a new marketing organization. The resulting displacement connected the southern lake region more directly to the coastal trade in firearms, slaves, and ivory.
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