XVIIIᵉ siècle – XIXᵉ siècle
Pangani valley and the area between Pangani and Bagamoyo, Tanzania
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The Zigula were a people whose commercial and political influence expanded in the Pangani valley during the nineteenth century. A famine around 1836 drove many into enslavement, but some escaped from Zanzibar and returned with knowledge of long-distance commerce. By the mid-century, Zigula traders dominated the region between Pangani and Bagamoyo, and several leaders established new political hegemonies.
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Le récit
The Zigula played a leading role in the early development of trade along the Pangani valley. Their position was shaped by a devastating famine around 1836, which caused many people to sell themselves into slavery in order to survive. Some were taken to Somalia by Brava traders, while many others were transported to Zanzibar and employed on plantations.
A number of enslaved Zigula escaped from Zanzibar and returned to the mainland. Their experience had taught them the value of long-distance commerce in enslaved people and ivory, and those who came back helped pioneer trading activities in the Pangani valley. Commercial knowledge gained through forced displacement thus contributed to a later expansion of Zigula influence.
By the middle of the nineteenth century, the Zigula dominated the region between Pangani and Bagamoyo. Their control of trade enabled several leaders to build political hegemonies that had not previously existed. These new states varied in durability, but the polity founded by Kisabengo near present-day Morogoro survived until the period of German invasion.
XVIIIᵉ siècle – XIXᵉ siècle
Pangani valley and the area between Pangani and Bagamoyo, Tanzania
Traduction non disponible · Original (anglais) · français indisponible
The Zigula were a people whose commercial and political influence expanded in the Pangani valley during the nineteenth century. A famine around 1836 drove many into enslavement, but some escaped from Zanzibar and returned with knowledge of long-distance commerce. By the mid-century, Zigula traders dominated the region between Pangani and Bagamoyo, and several leaders established new political hegemonies.
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Le récit
The Zigula played a leading role in the early development of trade along the Pangani valley. Their position was shaped by a devastating famine around 1836, which caused many people to sell themselves into slavery in order to survive. Some were taken to Somalia by Brava traders, while many others were transported to Zanzibar and employed on plantations.
A number of enslaved Zigula escaped from Zanzibar and returned to the mainland. Their experience had taught them the value of long-distance commerce in enslaved people and ivory, and those who came back helped pioneer trading activities in the Pangani valley. Commercial knowledge gained through forced displacement thus contributed to a later expansion of Zigula influence.
By the middle of the nineteenth century, the Zigula dominated the region between Pangani and Bagamoyo. Their control of trade enabled several leaders to build political hegemonies that had not previously existed. These new states varied in durability, but the polity founded by Kisabengo near present-day Morogoro survived until the period of German invasion.
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