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

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dc.contributor.author Katundu, Mangasini A.
dc.date.accessioned 2024-08-27T12:06:27Z
dc.date.available 2024-08-27T12:06:27Z
dc.date.issued 2019
dc.identifier.citation Katundu M. A. (2019). Pan-Africanism or Pragmatism? Lessons of Tanganyika-Zanzibar Union. African Journal of Political Science and International Relations Vol. 13(1), pp. 1-3, en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1996-0832
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.mocu.ac.tz/xmlui/handle/123456789/1404
dc.description A full text article from the collection of Community and Rural Development en_US
dc.description.abstract In his book on, “Pan-Africanism or Pragmatism? Lessons of Tanganyika-Zanzibar Union”, Shivji presents an account of issues, dramas, and politics surrounding the Union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar. He also includes an account of the January 1984 Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM)’s Conference held in Dodoma that toppled President of Zanzibar, then Aboud Jumbe Mwinyi. This book brings back the debate on Pan-Africanism. Throughout the six chapters, the author emphasized that the stresses and tensions in the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar since its formation 54 years ago are not showing any sign of abating. He also argues that, 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, though in a distorted form of regional integration. In his words, Shivji argue that, “the Union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar was born in the midst of debates on Pan-Africanism and in the thick of cold war. To this day, the Union carries its birthmarks, more of the latter than the former. The Union is the only surviving example of a political association of African sovereign states. Friends and foes alike often cite it as an exemplar of Pan-Africanist unity or an illustration of its failure” en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher African Journal of Political Science and International Relations en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Vol. 13;1
dc.subject Pan-Africanism en_US
dc.subject Pragmatism en_US
dc.subject Tanganyika en_US
dc.subject Zanzibar en_US
dc.subject Union en_US
dc.title Pan-Africanism or Pragmatism? Lessons of Tanganyika-Zanzibar Union en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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