Panel at the ECAS 9 conference in Edinburgh, 11-14 June 2019

From global history to globalization: Connections and disruptions in the African Indian Ocean [CRG Africa in the Indian Ocean]

Convener: Preben Kaarsholm (Roskilde)

Discussant: Marie-Pierre Ballarin (Paris and Nice)

Presentations:

Saada Wahab (Göttingen), 'The Historical Factors for the Development of a Gujarati Population in Zaznibar, c.1870-1963'

Francesco Genovese (Dar-es-Salaam), 'The Disruption of Myth, the Connection of History: First Portuguese Accounts from the African Indian Ocean'

James Kirby (Durham), 'An Ombudsman for Africa? Mauritius and the Spread of Human Rights Institutions in 1990s Africa'