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Thomas Spear
Researcher at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Publications - 36
Citations - 1420
Thomas Spear is an academic researcher from University of Wisconsin-Madison. The author has contributed to research in topics: Swahili & Historiography. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 36 publications receiving 1390 citations. Previous affiliations of Thomas Spear include Williams College.
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Neo-traditionalism and the limits of invention in british colonial africa
TL;DR: The authors argued that the case for colonial invention has often overstated colonial power and ability to manipulate African institutions to establish hegemony, and that tradition was a complex discourse in which people continually reinterpreted the lessons of the past in the context of the present.
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Being Maasai: Ethnicity and Identity in East Africa
Thomas Spear,Richard Waller +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a Maasai woman in Mataparo is described as "the Eye that Wants a Per son, Where Can It Not See?': Inclusion, Exclusion, and a B oundary in Maasisai Identity by JG Galaty.
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The Swahili : reconstructing the history and language of an African society, 800-1500
Derek Nurse,Thomas Spear +1 more
TL;DR: The African background of Swahili is discussed in this paper, where the Emergence of the swahili-speaking peoples and the rise of the Swali Town-States are discussed.