Zanzibar

The central aim of this dissertation is to examine the history of connections between Omanis and Zanzibaris from the point of view of non-elites. The principle actors of histories of movements and connections between East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula has, in past scholarship…

The strategic location of the Swahili people along the East African coast has placed them in the way of several newcomers, both local and foreign, who have come to the coast for various economic and political purposes. For this reason the Swahili have had to make adjustments to …

Transnational studies of schizophrenia that detected a differential prognosis for persons in developed versus developing countries and established the influence of family emotional environment on relapse, as well as the perceived efficacy of traditional treatment of mental illne…

Since the eighth century, the East African coast was part of the Indian Ocean system of economic and cultural exchange. The identity of the coastal people was, and still is, comprised of an ambiguous and shifting mix of Arab and African, ex-slave and freeborn. Controversy has su…

Much of the literature concerning Zanzibar's political history suggests that local conflict is the result of a struggle between two racial groups. Today in Zanzibar, as in the 1960s, the rivalry manifests itself as a struggle between two political parties threatening to bring th…

This dissertation traces the establishment, expansion, and experience of government girls' education in Zanzibar from the late 1920s to the mid 1950s. Using archival and oral research, I explore shifting perspectives on the purpose of educating girls in government schools. The e…

At the juncture of Arab and African histories lies the legacy of al-Busa'idi rule in Zanzibar. This dissertation aims at resurrecting aspects of that legacy, as they related to the politics of identity of the Omani elite in a time framework set between 1880s and 1930s. Relying o…

Islamic courts in Zanzibar, Tanzania, have jurisdiction over family and personal status matters. This consists of marriage and divorce disputes, some types of inheritance claims, and child custody cases. Islamic judges, called kadhis , and Islamic courts have been present in Zan…

This dissertation recovers the history of Zanzibar during three decades of nationalism, revolution, and nation building. Although scholars have explained conflicts in Zanzibar largely through race and class identities, this study focuses instead on generation. Revisiting the per…