 A currency muddle: resistance, materialities and the local use of money during the East African rupee crisis (1919–1923)Karin Pallaver Journal of Eastern African Studies, 2019, vol. 13, issue 3, 546-564 Abstract: This article combines insights on colonial monetary policies and daily practices of money use, to discuss the impact of international monetary developments on the local usage of money during the rupee crisis in East Africa (1919–1923). To do so, the paper will follow two related lines of investigation. On one hand, it will analyse the protests against the depreciation of East African cents. Even if Africans were excluded from decision-making processes connected to currency, this organized protests offer an example of how Africans could make their voices heard in the official arena in which currency matters were discussed. On the other hand, the article will investigate individual acts of appropriation and rejection of colonial currencies that African societies developed during and after the rupee crisis. These acts partly altered the boundaries of subordination imposed by the colonial regime and made the process of colonial monetization a prolonged and negotiated transition that was, in part, shaped by monetary practices on the ground. Date: 2019 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:rjeaxx:v:13:y:2019:i:3:p:546-564 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1080/17531055.2019.1628103 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Eastern African Studies is currently edited by Jim Robert Brennan More articles in Journal of Eastern African Studies from Taylor & Francis Journals |
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