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Book SynopsisLanguage and Collective Mobilization analyzes the origins of communal conflict in five phases of Zanzibar''s modern history. The first phase examines the implementation of British colonial control, focusing on the conversion of Zanzibar''s subsistence farming economy to a cash-crop plantation complex.This first phase of colonial rule disrupted a variety of indigenous political and social institutions which traditionally promoted peace and stability. During subsequent phases of colonial rule, the British government devised political, economic and educational policies that promoted elite Arab rule at the expense of the majority Swahili- speaking population. Colonial authorities rendered illegal any attempts by Swahilis to organize political resistance, a rule which exacerbated anti-Arab animosity. Colonial rule ended in 1964, when Swahili-speaking Zanzibaris led a violent revolution against English command and Arab control. Having forced a variety of wealthy Arab and Indian communitie
Trade ReviewNadra Hashim's book demonstrates that the most exciting research is being conducted across disciplinary boundaries. She has creatively applied a social psychological theory to provide a penetrating and highly readable account of modern Zanzibar, set in historical context. -- Fathali M. Moghaddam, Georgetown University
Table of ContentsChapter 1 A Preface to Zanzibar Chapter 2 Introduction: The Five Phase Model Chapter 3 Chapter I: Stratification Chapter 4 Chapter II: Disarticulation Chapter 5 Chapter III: Repression Chapter 6 Chapter IV: Resistance & Revolution Chapter 7 Chapter V: Inversion
