Spanning a period of almost forty years of a,remarkable career, these seminal essays centre,around the life and work of Abulrahman Mohamed,Babu. Writer, revolutionary and politician, Babu,led the 1964 Zanzibar revolution and was a cabinet,minister in Tanzania until 1972 when he was,imprisoned by President Nyerere. He was eventually,released six years later and then moved to London,where he taught at Birkbeck College. A committed,Marxist, he was a passionate believer in a,socialist,...
More DescriptionSpanning a period of almost forty years of a,remarkable career, these seminal essays centre,around the life and work of Abulrahman Mohamed,Babu. Writer, revolutionary and politician, Babu,led the 1964 Zanzibar revolution and was a cabinet,minister in Tanzania until 1972 when he was,imprisoned by President Nyerere. He was eventually,released six years later and then moved to London,where he taught at Birkbeck College. A committed,Marxist, he was a passionate believer in a,socialist, people's Pan-Africanism.