Pan-Africanism or Pragmatism: Lessons of Tanganyika-Zanzibar Union

Name: Pan-Africanism or Pragmatism: Lessons of Tanganyika-Zanzibar Union
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The Pan-Africanist debate is back on the historical agenda. The stresses and strains in the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar since its formation some forty years ago are not showing any sign of abating. Meanwhile, imperialism under new forms and labels continues to bedevil the continent in ever-aggressive, if subtle, ways. The political federation of East Africa, which was one of the main spin-offs of the Pan-Africanism of the nationalist period, is reappearing on the political stage, albeit in a distorted form of regional integration.

It is in this context that the present study is situated. Backgrounding the major dramas of the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar this book studies the personalities involved and their politics, and includes an account of the Dodoma CCM conference that toppled President Jumbe. It is also a detailed legal analysis of the union incorporating powerful new material.

“Once again, Professor Shivji has come out with a compelling book that will force us to scratch our heads and think, a work so powerful and so insightful that it will be well nigh impossible for anyone who will have read it to engage in any discource about political and constitutional developments in Zanzibar, or nature, history and problems of the Union between Tanganyika and Zanzibar, without making reference to it…This book is a masterpiece, a must read.” — Africa Review of Books

SKU: BK6144 Categories: African Authors, African History, African Studies, Author Origin, Biographies & Memoirs, East African History, Historical Study & Educational Resources, History, Ideologies & Doctrines, International & World Politics, Leaders & Notable People, Nation building, Political Advocacy, Politicians, Politics & Government, Politics & Social Sciences, Postcolonial Theory, Presidents & Heads of State, Social Science, Sociology, Tanzania, Tertiary Textbooks, Textbooks, Urban Studies: Theory and Philosophy Tags: African, African Literature, African Studies, Andrew Burton, Bernard Calas, Black Interest, Critical Essays, Criticism, Culture, Dar es Salaam: Histories from an Emerging African Metropolis, Issa G. Shivji, James Brennan, Literature, Pan-Africanism or Pragmatism: Lessons of Tanganyika-Zanzibar Union, Tertiary Textbook, Tertiary Textbooks, Textbook, Textbooks, Yusuf Lawi

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Weight	0.650 kg
ISBN	9789987449996
Year Published	2008
Pages	336
Format	Paperback

Issa G. Shivji

Issa G. Shivji is one of Africa's leading experts on law and development issues. Shivji has served as advocate of the high court and the Court of Appeal of Tanzania since 1977 and advocate of the high court in Zanzibar since 1989. He has taught and worked in universities all over the world, including the University of Zimbabwe, the University of Warwick, the University of Hong Kong and El Colegio De Mexico.

He is a retired Professor of Public Law and first holder of the Julius Nyerere Professorial Chair in Pan-African Studies of the University of Dar es Salaam. He has published over a dozen books, including “Class Struggles in Tanzania” (1976), “The Concept of Human Rights in Africa” (1989) and “Pan-Africanism or Pragmatism: Lessons of Tanganyika-Zanzibar Union” (2008).

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