Paderborn, Universiẗat, Diss., 2004.

Issued also as inaugural dissertation, Bonn. / "Literatur und Quellen": p. [150]-153.

Zugl.: Jena, Univ., Diss., 2009

Diss. Univ. Konstanz, 2007.

Paderborn, Univ., Diss., 2004

Zugl.: Konstanz, Univ., Diss., 2007

There is a wide range of contemporary publications dealing with Maji Mai War in German East Africa (1905-1907) during which mor than 100000 people lost their lives as a consequence of brutal fighting, deliberate destruction and famine. Only three of these publications were written by Africans. The Swahili text reprinted here attests the view of Mzee bin Ramadhani, the headman (liwali) of Songea town, after colonial military had gained the upper hand in June 1906. It contains polemic statements against leaders and supporters of the Maji Maji movement and depicts aspects of mutual support of colonial officers and Swahili residents from a local perspective. His article as a whole presents the colonial regime as a non-interfering and supportive factor in regard to the Swahili Diaspora. Thus it is reasonable to assume that in his eyes succesful Swahili men were at least equal in many respects (e.g. linguistic competence, social experience, religious conviction) rather than inferior according to colonial understanding.

There is a wide range of contemporary publications dealing with Maji Mai War in German East Africa (1905-1907) during which mor than 100000 people lost their lives as a consequence of brutal fighting, deliberate destruction and famine. Only three of these publications were written by Africans. The Swahili text reprinted here attests the view of Mzee bin Ramadhani, the headman (liwali) of Songea town, after colonial military had gained the upper hand in June 1906. It contains polemic statements against leaders and supporters of the Maji Maji movement and depicts aspects of mutual support of colonial officers and Swahili residents from a local perspective. His article as a whole presents the colonial regime as a non-interfering and supportive factor in regard to the Swahili Diaspora. Thus it is reasonable to assume that in his eyes succesful Swahili men were at least equal in many respects (e.g. linguistic competence, social experience, religious conviction) rather than inferior according to colonial understanding.

Iba Ndiaye Diadji, a Senegalese professor of aesthetics, sees water as intrinsic to African ontology. He also argues that water is the most important substance to inspire African artists. (Diadji 2003: 273–275.) Water certainly has a significant role in Swahili poetry, written traditionally by people living on the coast of the Indian Ocean. Swahili poems have used aquatic imagery in expressing different ideas and sensations, in different contexts and times. Water imagery can be found in hundreds of years old Islamic hymns as well as in political poetry written during the colonial German East Africa. This article discusses water imagery in traditional Islamic Swahili poetry.

Fotografien aus den Kolonien sollten um 1900 auch in Sachsen die Realität in Deutschsüdwestafrika oder Deutschostafrika aufzeigen. Dabei wiederholten sich die Motive: Farmleben, koloniale Architektur, das Leben der Herrnhuter Brüdergemeinde in den Missionsstationen, aber auch Bilder der Chagga oder Motive aus Dörfern der Nyakyusa sollten zuhause Erfolg oder Notwendigkeit von Kolonisierung und Zivilisierung belegen. Diese klaren Deutungssrahmen wurden selten durchbrochen. In Sachsen wurden diese Bilder in illustrierten Zeitschriften und Rahmen von Reklame rekonstruiert und trugen damit zu einer Normalisierung des Kolonialismus bei. Aus kolonialhistorischer und postkolonialer Perspektive können diese stereotypen Darstellungen heute dekonstruiert und hinsichtlich ihrer Authentizität befragt werden.:1. Einleitung 2. Forschungsüberblick 2.1. Der Kolonialrevisionismus der Weimarer Zeit 2.2. Dekolonisierung und kritische Kolonialgeschichte 2.3. Geteilte Geschichte aus postkolonialer Perspektive 3. Postkoloniale Annäherungen an eine sächsische Perspektive 3.1. Über den Rand der Welt: afrikanische Grenzziehungen 3.2. Koloniales Wissenscharchiv und kulturelle Hegemonie 3.3. Zur Hybridität kolonialer Zeichen und Bilder 4. Koloniale Deutungsrahmen und ethisches Moment: eine bildtheoretische Herangehensweise 5. Fotos für das kolonialgeographische Institut der Universität Leipzig 5.1. Repräsentierte Orte: Das Beispiel Tanga 5.2. Voraussetzungen der Kolonialgeographie: Hans Meyers Kilimandscharo-Expedition und die DOAG 5.3. Hybride Fotos I: Hans Meyers Fotografien der Chagga 6. Fotografien der Herrnhuter Mission 6.1. Repräsentative Orte: Das Beispiel der Missionsstation Rungwe und der Dörfer der Nyakyusa 6.2. Die Herrnhuter Mission und der Kolonialismus 6.3. Hybride Fotos II: Fotos von Missionaren, Konvertiten und den Nyakyusa 7. Mediale Sensationen aus den Kolonien in der 'Leipziger Illustirten Zeitung' 8. Exotische Genussversprechen Dresdner Unternehmen 9. Schluss und Ausblick Verwendete Literatur Verwendete Zeitschriften Abkürzungsverzeichnis Abbildungsverzeichnis Selbstständigkeitserklärung