Exchanges and Mobility in the Western Indian Ocean: Indians between Yemen and Ethiopia, 19th-20th Centuries
| hal.structure.identifier | Les Afriques dans le monde [LAM] | |
| dc.contributor.author | HARRE, Dominique | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2116-0813 | |
| dc.description.abstractEn | In the late 19th century Ethiopia was the last country to join the global trading network known by scholars as the Indian Ocean system. This direct involvement actively supported by the Emperor Menelik II has received little attention although Ethiopia played a significant part in the strong growth of capitalism going on in the region at that time. This article looks at the ‘human factor’ represented by the new wealth of contacts and exchanges that put Ethiopia more directly in relation with Aden, then the pivotal point of the Red Sea system. The focus is on Indians, one of the most active foreign communities to settle in increasing numbers along the Somaliland coasts, in Djibouti, and in Ethiopia. The question of the sources is at the heart of the paper, as exchanges between Aden and Ethiopia only emerge though scattered written records. The approach adopted here started with rare primary written documents emanating from Indians settled in Ethiopia. Additional sets of historical documents were put together from oral interviews I conducted in 2015–2016 with Indian families from Ethiopia as well as non-textual material that functions as documentary evidence for the influence that Indian builders and craftsmen had on architecture. The evidence gathered suggests that exchanges with Aden had a crucial role in the creation of a shared cultural and commercial space in the Horn of Africa. Trans-localities were created especially by the diffusion of the culture of the large trading companies operating between India, Aden, and the Horn of Africa. | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Anne Regourd | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/licences/publicDomain/ | |
| dc.subject.en | Ethiopia | |
| dc.subject.en | Yemen | |
| dc.subject.en | Dawoodi Bohra | |
| dc.subject.en | Indians | |
| dc.subject.en | firms | |
| dc.title.en | Exchanges and Mobility in the Western Indian Ocean: Indians between Yemen and Ethiopia, 19th-20th Centuries | |
| dc.type | Article de revue | |
| dc.subject.hal | Sciences de l'Homme et Société | |
| bordeaux.journal | Chroniques du Manuscrit Yéménite | |
| bordeaux.volume | special issue 1 | |
| bordeaux.peerReviewed | oui | |
| hal.identifier | halshs-03838691 | |
| hal.version | 1 | |
| hal.popular | non | |
| hal.audience | Internationale | |
| hal.origin.link | https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr//halshs-03838691v1 | |
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