Book contents
- The Politics of Poverty
- African Studies Series
- The Politics of Poverty
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Map
- Introduction
- 1 The End of Slavery, Famine, and Food Aid in Tunduru
- 2 Changing Configurations of Poverty in the Colonial Southeast and the Myth of Communalism
- 3 The Struggle to Trade
- 4 Independence and the Rhetoric of Feasibility
- 5 Villagisation and the Pursuit of Market Access
- 6 The Politics of Development in the Era of Liberalisation
- 7 Performing and Pursuing Development in Kineng’ene
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- African Studies Series
3 - The Struggle to Trade
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 June 2019
- The Politics of Poverty
- African Studies Series
- The Politics of Poverty
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Map
- Introduction
- 1 The End of Slavery, Famine, and Food Aid in Tunduru
- 2 Changing Configurations of Poverty in the Colonial Southeast and the Myth of Communalism
- 3 The Struggle to Trade
- 4 Independence and the Rhetoric of Feasibility
- 5 Villagisation and the Pursuit of Market Access
- 6 The Politics of Development in the Era of Liberalisation
- 7 Performing and Pursuing Development in Kineng’ene
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- African Studies Series
Summary
The tiny Swahili town of Mikindani, south of Lindi, receives a trickle of visitors, attracted by its connection to David Livingstone’s last journey and by the former German boma, which has been transformed into an upmarket hotel by a British businessman seeking to lower his taxes. Sometimes they are shown a market building with Arabising features, locally known by the tourist-friendly name of ‘old slave market’. It dates in fact from the German period, and was an attempt to strengthen the flow of agricultural produce from the hinterland to the town.1 Its environs had long delivered high-quality grains for export, some produced by slaves, and perhaps the erosion of planters’ control over their slave workforce in the German period had necessitated measures to encourage produce coming to market.2
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- The Politics of PovertyPolicy-Making and Development in Rural Tanzania, pp. 115 - 155Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019