Dar es Salaam as a 'Harbour of Peace' in East Africa: Tracing the Role of Creolized Urban Ethnicity in Nation-State Formation

Deborah Fahy Bryceson

No wp-2010-019, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Dar es Salaam is exceptional in East Africa for having a record of relatively little ethnic tension, and remaining tranquil and true to its name, the 'harbour of peace'. This paper explores the interface between ethnic and national identities in Tanzania's capital city, focusing on its ethnic foundations and their malleability with regard to nationalism, asking how nationalist identities were negotiated vis-à-vis existing local ethnic identities.

Keywords: Colonies; Decolonization; Social conflict; Urban economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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