Miscegenation, Identity and Status in Colonial 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.

Lawrence Mbogoni is Professor in the Department of Africana-World Studies at William Paterson University, USA.

1. Introduction 2. Miscegenation and Anglo-African Identity in Nyasaland (Malawi) 3. Miscegenation and "Coloured" Identity in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) 4. Miscegenation, "Coloured" Status and Identity in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) 5. Miscegenation and "Eurafrican" or "Coloured" Identity in Swaziland 6. Miscegenation and "Half-caste" Identity in Tanganyika (Mainland Tanzania) 7. Miscegenation and Identity of Persons of Euro-African Descent in Uganda 8. Goan-African Miscegenation in East Africa 9. Epilogue