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Books by Jigal Beez

"With the emphasis of the anthropological perspective Jigal Beez succeeds in examining critic... more "With the emphasis of the anthropological perspective Jigal Beez succeeds in examining critically already established historical interpretations, like e.g. Gwassa's point of the non-religious character of the Maji Maji war. By dealing in a differentiated way with the ethnic very heterogene region of the war his book excceds an "inventory of already known socio-religious aspects" (p. 165) of the movement."
(Mit der Betonung der ethnologischen Perspektive gelingt es Jigal Beez, bereits etablierte historische Auffassungen, wie z.B. Gwassas Argument vom nicht-religiösen Charakter des MajiMaji-Krieges, kritisch zu beleuchten. Durch den differenzierten Umgang mit einem ethnisch äußerst heterogenen Kriegsgebiet geht sein Buch in jedem Fall über eine "Bestandsaufnahme der bisher bekannten sozio-religiösen Aspekte" (S. 165) der Bewegung hinaus.)
Katrin Bromber in: afrika spectrum 39,1 (2004)

"On the background of these connections it is necessary to take the Maji Maji more serious as part of the historical memory in Germany as it has been the case. Beez has (also) made a not unimportant and meritorious contribution to this point."
(Auch vor dem Hintergrund dieser Zusammenhänge ist es dringend notwendig, den Maji-Maji-Krieg auch als notwendigen Bestandteil des historischen Gedächtnisses in Deutschland weit ernster zu nehmen als das bisher der Fall gewesen ist. Beez hat (auch) dazu einen nach Lage der Dinge nicht unwichtigen und verdienstvollen Beitrag geleistet.)
Reinhart Kößler in: Peripherie 93/94 (2004)

"Jigal Beez delivers a well-argued analysis of the Maji Maji war in colonial Tanzania. The quotation-based ethnographic treatment of the subject helps the reader understand the beliefs of the people and why they rose up against German power and kept fighting despite initial setbacks."
Robert Munson in: International Journal of African Historical Studies 37,1(2004)

"According to the judgement of the reviewer this is the most comprehensive and detailed description of this movement in German language. ... The work of Beez will certainly have its relevance for colonial histriography as well as for religous studies and African historiography beyond the centannial occasion."
(Nach Einschätzung des Rezensenten handelt es sich hier um die bislang umfangreichste und detaillierteste Darstellung dieser Bewegung in deutscher Sprache. ... Die Arbeit von Beez wird mit Sicherheit über den Jahrhundert-Anlass hinaus sowohl für die Kolonialgeschichtsschreibung, als auch für die Religionswissenschaft und die afrikanische Historiographie von Bedeutung sein.)
Ulrich van der Heyden in: Zeitschrift für Mission 3/2005

Reviewers write about this book "Felicitas Becker and Jigal Beez, the editors of an excellent b... more Reviewers write about this book

"Felicitas Becker and Jigal Beez, the editors of an excellent book about this topic which has just been published by Chr. Links publishers Berlin"
Bartholomäus Grill in Die Zeit 27/2005

"This volume, comprehensible for laymen and fruitfully for scientists, draws a differentiated picture of the occurences and moreover shows how fruitfull it can be when perspectives procedures of various academic disciplines are coordinated in one project. Therefore the actions of the colonialists as well as the African peoples appear in a new light"
Ralph Erbar in Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung 9th September 2005

"The editors of this book, Felicitas Becker and Jigal Beez, have united a bunch of competent writers, who report with expertise and sense of responsibility the causes of the rising and the cruel colonial slaughter."
Ulrich van der Heyden in Neues Deutschland 20th July 2005

"Felicitas Becker and Jigal Beez have just edited a book in which they deliver a reliable inventory control of the anti-colonial Maji Maji rising and its consequences up to today."
Gaby Mayr in Süddeutsche Zeitung 20th July 2005

"If one wants to be comprehensivly informed about the Maji Maji war, one should read this volume."
Thomas Morlang in der Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaften 54, 4 (2006)

"The book provides a comprehensive and important reconstruction of a war that was already underrepresented in the contemporary reception and is nearly completely forgotten today."
Lukas Wieselberg in ORF 22nd June 2005

This work is a result of the research project „Irrigation at Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania,“ which wa... more This work is a result of the research project „Irrigation at Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania,“ which was embedded in the Humanities Collaborative Research Centre “Local Action in Africa in the Context of Global Influences” at Bayreuth University. The author investigates how the local population of the plains south of Mt. Kilimanjaro is dealing with the influences of the Japanese assisted “Lower Moshi Irrigation Project” (LMIP), which established paddy cultivation in that area. After the introduction of the multi-ethnic village Chekereni, which is the centre of the LMIP and the base of an 18 months field research, the author examines local irrigation knowledge, focussing on the Kahe, the Chagga and Pare but also taking other East African societies into account, which practice irrigation or paddy production. This local knowledge is used as a reference to compare local practices with the new influence of the LMIP. The establishment of local knowledge together with a detailed study of the various actors involved in the LMIP enables a sound analysis of the way the local population is dealing with the LMIP. The result is that there are as well contradictions between the local concepts of irrigation and the LMIP as forms of appropriation of different aspects of paddy cultivation in various domains of the local society. Contradictions can result in water conflicts, contradictions of different concepts of water management, economy or legal concepts. Appropriation can take the form of technical appropriation, social appropriation or even selective appropriation whereby the LMIP is considered as a form of booty. The contradictions and processes of appropriation are interpreted as two complementing parts of dealing with the new whereby the solving of contradictions can lead to appropriation or conflicts, depending on how the new influence effects the live of the local population and which means the local population has to pursue their interests.

Papers by Jigal Beez

Wasser ist Macht: Über Bewässerung und Politik in der Kilimanjaro-Niederung“ which was published in: Reinhard Kößler, Daniel Kumitz, Urike Schultz (eds.) (2005) Gesellschaftstheorie und Provokationen der Moderne: Gerhard Hauck zum 65. Geburtstag. PERIPHERIE-Sonderband 1. Münster:, 2005

On Irrigation and Politics in the Kilimanjaro Plain 1 by Jigal Beez (166) 2 Introduction At an al... more On Irrigation and Politics in the Kilimanjaro Plain 1 by Jigal Beez (166) 2 Introduction At an altitude of around 3,000 metres, roughly where the Kilimanjaro climbers take a rest day to acclimatise to the lack of oxygen, lie the sources of the Rau River. What initially only gurgles a little in the Afroalpine stage develops into a torrential stream on the way through the mountain rainforest, rushing through the Chagga landscape of Uru before meandering leisurely through the steppe of northeast Tanzania in the plain south of Africa's highest mountain and finally pouring into the Indian Ocean via the Ruvu and Pangani rivers. On this river, the Rau, about 20 kilometres southeast of the regional capital Moshi, lies the small village of Kahe. Kahe is not only a place in whose catchment area around 20,000 people live today, but also the name of the smallest ethnic group in the Kilimanjaro region. Over a hundred years ago, when travellers had to walk from the coast to Kilimanjaro, Kahe gained a reputation as a "charming oasis" (Baumann 1891: 254, see also Meyer 1890: 174), where people liked to rest after a march through the dry steppe. However, if you take a daladala, one of the Tanzanian mini busses, to Kahe today, you cannot understand the benevolent descriptions of 19th century travellers. The dusty village centre with its market, bars and shops makes a rather sleepy impression. The River Rau, which supplied Kahe with water, now only carries water sporadically in the rainy season and most of the irrigation channels that turned Kahe into an oasis have dried up. The reason for this is that more and 1 This text is an English version of the article "Wasser ist Macht: Über Bewässerung und Politik in der Kilimanjaro-Niederung" which

A German article about the conference at the University of Dar es Salaam to commemorate 100th ann... more A German article about the conference at the University of Dar es Salaam to commemorate 100th anniversary of the Maji Maji War.

Africa Spectrum, Jan 1, 2011

Page 1. Felicitas Becker - Jigal Beez (Hg.) Der Maji-Maji-Krieg in Deutsch-Ostafrika 1905-1907 Pa... more Page 1. Felicitas Becker - Jigal Beez (Hg.) Der Maji-Maji-Krieg in Deutsch-Ostafrika 1905-1907 Page 2. Page 3. Felicitas Becker, Jigal Beez (Hg.) Der Maji-Maji-Krieg in Deutsch-Ostafrika 1905-1907 Page 4. Page 5. DerMaji-Maji ...

In: Reinhard Kößler, Daniel Kumitz, Urike Schultz (Hrsg.) Gesellschaftstheorie und Provokationen ... more In: Reinhard Kößler, Daniel Kumitz, Urike Schultz (Hrsg.) Gesellschaftstheorie und Provokationen der Moderne: Gerhard Hauck zum 65. Geburtstag. PERIPHERIE-Sonderband 1. Münster: Westfälisches Dampfboot, 166-175. ISBN 3-89691-610-6. Einleitung In etwa 3.000 Metern Höhe, ungefähr dort, wo die Kilimanjaro-Bergsteiger einen Ruhetag einlegen, um sich an den Sauerstoffmangel zu gewöhnen, liegen die Quellen des Flusses Rau. Was in der afroalpinen Stufe zunächst nur ein wenig gluckst, entwickelt sich auf dem Weg durch den Bergregenwald zu einem reißenden Bach, der durch die Chagga-Landschaft Uru rauscht, bevor er in der Ebene südlich des höchsten afrikanischen Berges gemütlich durch die Steppe Nordosttansanias mäandriert und sich schließlich über den Ruvu-und den Pangani-

Die Ahnen essen keinen Reis I Bayreuth African Studies Working Papers Die Bayreuther Arbeitspapie... more Die Ahnen essen keinen Reis I Bayreuth African Studies Working Papers Die Bayreuther Arbeitspapiere "Bayreuth African Studies Working Papers" berichten über laufende Arbeiten, aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse und Materialien des Afrika Schwerpunkts der Universität Bayreuth. Es gibt keine festen Vorgaben für die Publikationssprache und die Länge der Beiträge. Beiträge zu dieser Reihe können direkt oder über Hochschullehrer/innen bzw. über Mitglieder des SFB/FK 560 eingereicht werden. Die Herausgeber entscheiden über ihre Aufnahme. Die Schriftenreihe "Bayreuth African Studies Working Papers" wird über den Opus-Service der Universitätsbibliothek erfasst. Jeder Band erscheint in elektronischer Version über die Homepage des IAS

Reviewers write about this book "Felicitas Becker and Jigal Beez, the editors of an excellent b... more Reviewers write about this book

"Felicitas Becker and Jigal Beez, the editors of an excellent book about this topic which has just been published by Chr. Links publishers Berlin"
Bartholomäus Grill in Die Zeit 27/2005

"If one wants to be comprehensivly informed about the Maji Maji war, one should read this volume."
Thomas Morlang in der Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaften 54, 4 (2006)

Africa Spectrum, Jan 1, 2011

Crossing borders: interdisciplinary approaches to …, Jan 1, 2004

In: Anne Schröder (ed.) 2004 Crossing Borders: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Africa.

KAS-Auslandsinformationen, Jan 1, 1999