03294nam 2200649 a 450 991078197170332120230126202604.00-8214-4397-6(CKB)2550000000062202(EBL)1762847(OCoLC)760413471(SSID)ssj0000565756(PQKBManifestationID)11319165(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000565756(PQKBWorkID)10533188(PQKB)11254443(MiAaPQ)EBC1762847(MdBmJHUP)muse15913(Au-PeEL)EBL1762847(CaPaEBR)ebr10509940(EXLCZ)99255000000006220220110526d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOur new husbands are here[electronic resource] households, gender, and politics in a West African state from the slave trade to colonial rule /Emily Lynn OsbornAthens Ohio University Press20111 online resource (289 p.)New African histories seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8214-1966-8 0-8214-1983-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : households, gender, and politics in West African history -- Origins : the founding of Baté, 1650/1750 -- Growth : warfare and exile, commerce and expansion, 1750/1850 -- Conflict : warfare and captivity, 1850/81 -- Occupation : Samori Touré and Baté, 1881/91 -- Conquest : warfare, marriage, and French statecraft -- Colonization : households and the French occupation -- Separate spheres? : colonialism in practice -- Conclusion : making states in the Milo River Valley, 1650/1910. In Our New Husbands Are Here, Emily Lynn Osborn investigates a central puzzle of power and politics in West African history: Why do women figure frequently in the political narratives of the precolonial period, and then vanish altogether with colonization? Osborn addresses this question by exploring the relationship of the household to the state. By analyzing the history of statecraft in the interior savannas of West Africa (in present-day Guinea-Conakry), Osborn shows that the household, and women within it, played a critical role in the pacifist Islamic state of Kankan-Baté, enabling it to New African histories series.Mandingo (African people)GuineaKankan (Region)HistoryHouseholdsPolitical aspectsGuineaKankan (Region)WomenGuineaKankan (Region)Social conditionsKankan (Guinea : Region)HistoryKankan (Guinea : Region)Politics and governmentGuineaColonizationSocial aspectsFranceColoniesAfricaAdministrationMandingo (African people)History.HouseholdsPolitical aspectsWomenSocial conditions.966.52Osborn Emily Lynn1495651MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781971703321Our new husbands are here3719828UNINA