Miscegenation, Identity and Status in Colonial Africa Intimate Colonial Encounters
Miscegenation, Identity and Status in Colonial Africa: Intimate Colonial Encounters by Lawrence Ezekiel Yona Mbogoni, published by Routledge in 2019, offers a detailed examination of inter-racial sexual liaisons in British East-Central Africa during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This 223-page book, written in English, explores how colonial administrations viewed these relationships as significant issues, leading to extensive discussions and policies regarding concubinage, marriage, and the status of mixed-race individuals.
Readers will find that the author utilizes archival sources and secondary literature to reveal the complexities surrounding inter-racial intimate encounters and their connection to concepts of race and identity. The book addresses the challenges of legislating against these relationships, despite the rigid racial barriers of the time. Aimed at students and scholars interested in the intersections of race, sexuality, and colonialism, this edition provides insights into the social history and political dynamics of the era.
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Throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the colonial administrations in British East-Central African colonies considered inter-racial sexual liaisons to be a serious and recurrent “problem”. Consequently, inter-racial sexual liaisons (concubinage and marriage) and the mixed race progeny that resulted from these liaisons led to protracted discussions and enactment of policies which addressed questions about concubinage, marriage, racial identity, sexual morality, and the status of persons of mixed race in British East-Central Africa.
Using archival sources and secondary literature, the author highlights how colonial inter-racial intimate encounters became intertwined with conceptions of ‘race’ and what it meant to be European, African (“native”) and racially mixed. Intended for students and scholars interested in the study of ‘race’ and sexuality in colonial Africa, the book will provide an understanding of why inter-racial liaisons despite of rigid racial barriers were not easy to legislate against.
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