A study of the development of Islamic traditions of learning in 20th century Zanzibar and the role of Muslim scholars in society and politics, based on extensive fieldwork and archival research in Zanzibar (2001-2007). The volume highlights the dynamics of Muslim traditions of reform in pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial Zanzibar, focussing on the contribution of Sufi scholars (Qadiriyya, 'Alawiyya) as well as Muslim reformers (modernists, activists, an'ar al-sunna) to Islamic education. It examines several types of Islamic schools (Qur'anic schools, madaris and Islamic institutes) as well as the emergence of the discipline of Islamic Religious Instruction in colonial government schools. 644pp, NETHERLANDS. BRILL.

A study of the impact of the dhow trade on the Zanzibari economy from slavery and colonial control to the rise of the oil states in the Persian Gulf. The author looks at how dhows hampered the Royal Navy's anti slave trade campaigns and the resilience of the dhow led economy with its ingenious evasions of government control and taxation. Illustrated with b/w photographs and maps. Index, bib, gloss, xiii, 176pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS, 0852554850

Essays, articles and speeches spanning almost forty years from the writer, revolutionary and politician who has been praised by thinkers of the calibre of Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Mahmood Mamdani and Samir Amin. Covers economic policies and development; pan-africanism; democracy and human rights; international relations and solidarity; national liberation in the era of neocolonialism; and Marxist theory. Notes, index, xxv, 350pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.

Essays on the culture, history and architecture of Stone Town looking in particular at efforts to conserve and preserve the crumbling structures describing the conflicting social and economic pressures. Well illustrated with b/w images and plans. Index, bib, notes, xiii, 151pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS, 0852557205

New edition. The memoirs of the daughter of the Sultan of Zanzibar who left for Europe at the turn of the century. Contains many insights on life in the second half of the nineteenth century including slavery, ivory trading, and women in a royal harem. It also examines the influence of western values in African cultures at that time. B/w illus & photos, 257pp, USA. DOVER PUBLICATIONS.

The memoirs of the daughter of the Sultan of Zanzibar who left for Europe at the turn of the century. Contains many insights on life in the second half of the nineteenth century including slavery, ivory trading, and women in a royal harem. It also examines the influence of western values in African cultures at that time. IN FRENCH. B/w illus, 210pp, ZANZIBAR. GALLERY.

Explores the first decades of the twentieth century from the perspective of the urban poor, highlighting the numerous and varied ways that recently freed slaves and immigrants to town struggled to improve their individual and collective lives and to create a sense of community in the new environment. 7 maps, 29 ill, bib, index, xvi, 370pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS, 0852557957

The current political impasse in Zanzibar 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 postindepend-ence trajectory and reveal how Zanzibaris continue to dispute their revolutionary heritage and remain divided over issues of ethnic identity. 320pp, USA. OHIO U P.

Now in paperback. A diplomat's eyewitness account of the bloody 1964 revolution in Zanzibar against the backdrop of Cold War intrigue. Index, notes, maps, b/w illus, xvii, 286pp, USA. WESTVIEW.

An historical survey of Zanzibar and its place in the local and world economy from 1770 1873, looking at the early stages of underdevelopment in East Africa. Index, sources, apps, notes, b/w illus, diags, tables, maps, gloss, xx, 297pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS.

An insider's account of political conflict as Zanzibar achieved independence. In late 1958 the political atmosphere in Zanzibar was heating up and racial tension was soaring dangerously as the Afro Shirazi Party (ASP) began to claim that Zanzibar was only for the black people and all other races were aliens. The Zanzibar Nationalist Party (ZNP) was demanding independence by 1960, and the ASP opposing it in fear of alleged Arab domination. The author became a government minister and was in prison for over ten years. 178pp, 20 illus, ZANZIBAR. GALLERY PUBLICATIONS, 9987667031

A new edition of Dr. Brode's highly readable biography which was first published in 1903. Tippu Tip is widely remembered as a slave trader, though he was also an ivory trader, the Sultan of Utetera and a regional governor in the early days of Belgian rule in the Congo. Brode describes his relationships with the explorers Livingstone, Cameron, Stanley and Wissmann and his role in the international expedition to rescue Emin Pasha. There are detailed accounts of Tippu Tip's dealings with Stanley and their disagreements. Translated from Arabic by H. Havelock and includes a preface by Charles Elliot. B/w illus, viii, 132pp, ZANZIBAR. GALLERY.

2000 1993 9987887767 Hardback

Across Africa and elsewhere, colonialism promised to deliver progress and development. In urban Zanzibar, the British vowed to import scientific techniques and practices, ranging from sanitation to urban planning, to create a perfect city. However, William Cunningham Bissell shows how these plans had to be remade over and over again. He offers a different view of colonialism, urban space, and power - one that is deeply marked by contradiction, confusion, and even chaos - by exploring the flawed attempts of colonial power to impose order on a complex Islamic city. 394pp, USA. INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS.

The Swahili coast of Africa is often described as a paragon of transnational culture and racial fluidity. Yet, during a brief period in the 1960s, Zanzibar became deeply divided along racial lines as intellectuals and activists, engaged in bitter debates about their nation's future, ignited a deadly conflict that spread across the island. War of Words, War of Stones explores how violently enforced racial boundaries arose from Zanzibar's entangled history. Jonathon Glassman challenges explanations that assume racial thinking in the colonial world reflected only Western ideas. He shows how Africans crafted competing ways of categorizing race from local tradition and engagement with the Atlantic and Indian Ocean worlds. 414pp, USA. INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS.

Zanzibar, with its Muslim and Swahili population, offers rich material for this study of identity, religion, and multiculturalism. This book focuses on the phenomenon of spirit possession in Zanzibar Town and the relationships created between humans and spirits; it provides a way to apprehend how society is constituted and conceived and, thus, discusses Zanzibari understandings of what it means to be human. Index, bib, 184pp, UK. BERGHAHN BOOKS.

Statistical and background information relating to Zanzibar. Illus, Bib, 128pp, ZANZIBAR. GOOD LUCK PUBLISHERS.

1994 9987893139 Paperback

The main focus is on the history of the nineteenth century and how the Omani Arab rulers consolidated their power. We read of the first arrival of the British, of in-trigues over the succession in the ruling house, and of the struggle against the slave trade. There is a poignant description of a slave auction in Stone Town about a year before the final closure of the market in 1873. Apart from the colouration of European racial attitudes towards Arabs, Indians and natives of a century ago, much of the writing is sensitive and acutely observant of the lifestyles, habits and attitudes of Zanzibaris and foreign residents in the early twentieth century. Reprint (first edition 1905), 268pp, 15 illus, ZANZIBAR. GALLERY PUBLICATIONS [ZANZIBAR], 9987667082

Reprint of a classic text on Zanzibar makes available again the remarkably comprehensive account of the Island of Cloves first published in 1931. An historical ethnography of Zanzibar, it describes local legends, and their important social function in recording and constituting the oral history of the island. Ingrams’ extensive observations and personal experiences, both on the main island of Unguja and Pemba and the smaller islands which make up Zanzibar, provide a detailed and lively account of society at the time. Index, bib, 526p, UK. STACEY INTERNATIONAL.

Illus, 69pp, ZANZIBAR. GOOD LUCK PUBLISHERS.

2004 9987893181 Paperback

Essays on changes in Zanzibar from the abolition of the slave trade in 1873, through colonialism's 'free labour' to the creation of a capitalist economy and resulting social contradictions leading to the insurrection of 1964. Illustrated with b/w photographs and statistical tables. Index, bib, notes, ix, 278pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS.