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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Ali Sultan Issa; Seif Sharif Hamad |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
G Thomas Burgess; Ali Sultan Issa; Seif Sharif Hamad |
| ISBN: | 9780821418512 0821418513 9780821418529 0821418521 9780821418574 0821418572 0804011095 9780804011099 |
| OCLC Number: | 769362698 |
| Description: | xii, 333 s., [12] s. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | Zanzibar has had the most turbulent postcolonial history of any part of the United Republic of Tanzania, yet few sources have emerged that explain the reasons why -- The current political impasse in the islands is a contest primarily over the question of whether to accept and sustain the Zanzibari Revolution of 1964. Defenders of the revolution speak the language of African nationalism and aspire to unify the majority of Zanzibaris through the politics of race -- Their opponents claim that the revolution undermined the islands' cosmopolitan cultural heritage and espouse the language of human rights -- Ali Sultan Issa was an early Zanzibari nationalist -- As a minister in the first revolutionary government he became one of Zanzibar's most controversial figures, responsible for some of the government's most radical policies -- Later imprisoned, he has reemerged as one of Zanzibar's successful property developers -- Seif Sharif Hamad came of age during the revolution, becoming disenchanted with its broken promises and excesses -- Having served in Tanzania's ruling party, he is now a leading figure in Zanzibar's opposition -- Together these memoirs trace Zanzibar's postindependence trajectory and reveal how Zanzibaris continue to dispute their revolutionary heritage and remain divided over issues of ethnic identity -- These memoirs, compiled with an introduction by G. Thomas Burgess, will provide scholars and teachers with highly readable first-person narratives in which two African postindependence leaders describe their public and personal achievements, conflicts, failures, and tragedies -- They will give students and scholars unique access to the life, culture, and politics of Zanzibar. |
| Responsibility: | G. Thomas Burgess. |
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- Human rights movements -- Zanzibar -- History.
- Revolutionaries -- Zanzibar -- Biography.
- Statesmen -- Zanzibar -- Biography.
- Politicians -- Zanzibar -- Biography.
- Human rights movements -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- History.
- Politicians -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- Biography.
- Revolutionaries -- Tanzania -- Zanzibar -- Biography.
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