Pastimes and Politics

Culture, Community, and Identity in Post-abolition Urban Zanzibar, 1890-1945

• Author(s): Laura Fair,
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Pages: 370
• ISBN_10: 0852557965
  ISBN_13: 9780852557969
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Collections / African , Psychology / General , Psychology / Social Psychology , Social Science / General , Social Science / Customs & Traditions , Social Science / Popular Culture , Social Science / Sociology / General ,

Description:... In post-abolition Zanzibar ex-slaves re-created their individual and collective class, gender and ethnic identities as they struggled for social and economic empowerment. This study opens up new areas of enquiry regarding the interplay of gender, culture and social change in urban Africa.