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The threat of liberation : imperialism and revolution in Zanzibar / Amrit Wilson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilson, Amrit, 1941- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Babu, Abdul Rahman Mohamed.
- Umma Party (Zanzibar).
- Revolutions--Tanzania--Zanzibar.
- Revolutions.
- Imperialism.
- Zanzibar--History--Revolution, 1964.
- Zanzibar.
- Zanzibar--Politics and government--1964-.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 175 p. : ill.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Pluto Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 'The Threat of Liberation' returns to the tumultuous years of the Cold War, when, in a striking parallel with today, imperialist powers were seeking to institute 'regime change' and install pliant governments. Using iconic photographs, declassified US and British documents, and in-depth interviews, Amrit Wilson examines the role of the Umma Party of Zanzibar and its leaders, the visionary Marxist revolutionary, Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu.
- Contents:
- Anti-colonial struggles-the early days
- The British transfer power to the Sultan and his allies
- The Zanzibar revolution and imperialist fears
- The union with Tanganiyka
- Karume's despotic role
- Trial in Zanzibar's kangaroo court
- Zanzibar and the mainland in the neoliberal era
- US interventions in Zanzibar on the mainland today.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-169) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781849649407
- 1849649405
- 9781849649391
- 1849649391
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