Translated via Google – In the book “The Ismailis of Mozambique – Economic life in colonial times,” Joana Pereira Leite and Nicole Khouri tell us the history and legacy of these traders, who traveled from India to East Africa and played a decisive role in boosting local commerce, from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
The Ismailis, a branch of the Islamic religion they profess, are often looked at without due care and taken as a community from India with inclination to trade. Joana Pereira Leite, researcher at the Centre of African Studies and Development (CESA), demystifies this idea not because it is true that most of the families who arrived from India has developed a strong business.
The difference is that in this work the authors interviewing members of different families and “the Ismailis are considered as subjects and not just as an abstract entity.”
Source: http://www.lusomonitor.net/?p=1039 – Google Translate
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