Author: John Evelyn Edmund CrasterPublisher:
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Category : Pemba
Languages : en
Pages : 428
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Pemba, the Spice Island of Zanzibar
Author: John Evelyn Edmund CrasterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pemba
Languages : en
Pages : 428
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Commerce and Industry
Author: Joseph Russell SmithPublisher:
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Category : Commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 626
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A History of the Arab State of Zanzibar
Author: Norman R. BennettPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315411156
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries the fertile islands of Zanzibar and Pemba became of central importance to East Africa’s growing contact with the international economy as the ruling dynasty encouraged trade in cloves, slaves and ivory. This book, first published in 1978, provides an account of the history of Zanzibar from those early days of trade up to independence and the Revolution that removed the Arab ruling class in 1964.
The Statesman's Year-Book
Author: J. Scott-KeltiePublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230270514
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1607
Book Description
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
Slavery and Emancipation in Islamic East Africa
Author: Elisabeth McMahonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107328519
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Examining the process of abolition on the island of Pemba off the East African coast in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this book demonstrates the links between emancipation and the redefinition of honour among all classes of people on the island. By examining the social vulnerability of ex-slaves and the former slave-owning elite caused by the abolition order of 1897, this study argues that moments of resistance on Pemba reflected an effort to mitigate vulnerability rather than resist the hegemonic power of elites or the colonial state. As the meaning of the Swahili word heshima shifted from honour to respectability, individuals' reputations came under scrutiny and the Islamic kadhi and colonial courts became an integral location for interrogating reputations in the community. This study illustrates the ways in which former slaves used piety, reputation, gossip, education, kinship and witchcraft to negotiate the gap between emancipation and local notions of belonging.
New Statesman and Nation
Author: The New Statesman
Author: Social Memory, Silenced Voices, and Political Struggle
Author: Cunningham BissellPublisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 9987083463
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
This volume focuses on the cultural memory and mediation of the 1964 Zanzibar revolution, analyzing its continuing reverberations in everyday life. The revolution constructed new conceptions of community and identity, race and cultural belonging, as well as instituting different ideals of nationhood, citizenship, sovereignty. As the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the revolution revealed, the official versions of events have shifted significantly over time and the legacy of the uprising is still deeply contested. In these debates, the question of Zanzibari identity remains very much at stake: Who exactly belongs in the islands and what historical processes brought them there? What are the boundaries of the nation, and who can claim to be an essential part of this imagined and embodied community? Political belonging and power are closely intertwined with these issues of identity and historyraising intense debates and divisions over precisely where Zanzibar should be situated within the national order of things in a postcolonial and interconnected world. Attending to narratives that have been overlooked, ignored, or relegated to the margins, the authors of these essays do not seek to simply define the revolution or to establish its ultimate meaning. Instead, they seek to explore the continuing echoes and traces of the revolution fifty years on, reflected in memories, media, and monuments. Inspired by interdisciplinary perspectives from anthropology, history, cultural studies, and geography, these essays foreground critical debates about the revolution, often conducted sotto voce and located well off the official stageattending to long silenced questions, submerged doubts, rumors and secrets, or things that cannot be said.
Best Designed Wellness Hotels
Author: Martin Nicholas KunzPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9783899860122
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
After three successful editions of the "best designed wellness hotels..." series, in Asia, Australia and the South Pacific; North and South America, Mexico and the Caribbean, as well as Europe, the author now showcases more beautiful wellness locations in Africa and the Arabian region. The journey leads us to the breathtaking beaches of Mauritius and the Seychelles, through Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia, and on to the bushlands of South Africa. Whether a simple lodge, or a famous grand resort, each of these properties displays a shared, holistic philosophy, expressed in its architecture, design, love of detail and individual service. This book is a selective guide to some of the world's most exquisite hotels, many of which remain well guarded secrets. Book jacket.
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