Slavery and Post-Slavery in South Yemen under British rule
This project sheds light on the history of slavery in Yemen and its lasting repercussions. During the British protectorate in South Yemen (1872 - 1963), Western and local concepts and practices of slavery and its abolition collided, with complex societal consequences. The aim of this project is to analyse how categories of (un)freedom, social hierarchy and race were formed and reinterpreted, and how these processes affected (formerly) enslaved people and their descendants. The interdisciplinary approach of this project combines methodological and theoretical tools from anthropology and history, as well as research on slavery, gender, and race. Intersectionality is central to my analysis of different factors of inequality in (post-)slavery experiences.