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Shuwari
Haji Gora Haji, born in 1933 on the island of Tumbatu, Zanzibar, represents a living archive of poetic and philosophical knowledge, which is transformed into verses with a characteristic voice enriched by dialectal features (from Tumbatu and Unguja). As a recognition of his life-long commitment to Swahili language and literature, the editors, Flavia Aiello and Irene Brunotti, with Nathalie Arnold Koenings for translation, decided to work hard on conceiving a publishing project of Shuwari, his poetical anthology or diwani, fashioned as a bilingual Swahili-English edition which, along with the poems, could offer some analytical insights into Haji Gora Haji's artistry.
My Grandpa's Garden
A presentation of a collection of poems, coupled with artistic photographs, produced by a brilliant Zanzibar-born artist, photographer, author and theatrical producer, Issak Esmail Issak. What started as individual Friday greetings to close friends and family, later became a treasure trove that had to be shared widely—hence this selected collection. Each photograph is a subtle, yet very eloquent, portrayal of the intricate cosmopolitan life in Zanzibar. Although each individual photograph already speaks volumes, the poem, alongside each, serves as a colorful embellishment. It is hoped that the reader will take the time to scrutinize each entry to try to read, understand and savor the creat...
In This Fragile World
The present volume is a pioneering collection of poetry by the outstanding Kenyan poet, intellectual and imam Ustadh Mahmmoud Mau (born 1952) from Lamu island, once an Indian Ocean hub, now on the edge of the nation state. By means of poetry in Arabic script, the poet raises his voice against social ills and injustices troubling his community on Lamu. The book situates Mahmoud Mau’s oeuvre within transoceanic exchanges of thoughts so characteristic of the Swahili coast. It shows how Swahili Indian Ocean intellectual history inhabits an individual biography and writings. Moreover, it also portrays a unique African Muslim thinker and his poetry in the local language, which has so often been ...
Zanzibar Was a Country
Zanzibar Was a Country traces the history of a Swahili-speaking Arab diaspora from East Africa to Oman. In Oman today, whole communities in Muscat speak Swahili, have recent East African roots, and practice forms of sociality associated with the urban culture of the Swahili coast. These "Omani Zanzibaris" offer the most significant contemporary example in the Gulf, as well as in the wider Indian Ocean region, of an Afro-Arab community that maintains a living connection to Africa in a diasporic setting. While they come from all over East Africa, a large number are postrevolution exiles and emigrés from Zanzibar. Their stories provide a framework for the broader transregional entanglements of decolonization in Africa and the Arabian Gulf. Using both vernacular historiography and life histories of men and women from the community, Nathaniel Mathews argues that the traumatic memories of the Zanzibar Revolution of 1964 are important to nation-building on both sides of the Indian Ocean.
Of Worlds and Artworks
The present volume brings together contributions which explore artworks – including literature, visual arts, film and performances – as dynamic sites of worlding. It puts emphasis on the processes of creating or doing worlds, implying movement as opposed to the boundary drawing of area studies. From such a processual perspective, Africa is not a delineated area, but emerges in a variety of relations which can reach across the continent, but also the Indian Ocean, the Atlantic or Europe. Contributors are: Thierry Boudjekeu, Elena Brugioni, Ute Fendler, Sophie Lembcke, Gilbert Ndi Shang, Samuel Ndogo, Duncan Tarrant, Kumari Issur, CJ Odhiambo, Michaela Ott, Peter Simatei, Clarissa Vierke, Chinelo J. Enemuo.
A Zanzibar architect’s unsung legacy
Ajit Singh, a Zanzibar architect who also was a painter, a man of the arts, whose signature is on many an edifice in Zanzibar, remains fairly unknown, little mentioned. Not even a street or building has officially been dedicated to his name. This book is a humble effort to make up for the lack of appreciation, a complimentary summary perhaps, to fill the information gap on his life and legacy. Hopefully it would spotlight his great dedication to and love for his adopted country Zanzibar. - Issak Esmail Issak
Nasema Kiswahili
Nasema Kiswahili “I speak Swahili”, is a fully integrated Kiswahili language learning manual from the Beginner level to the Intermediate and the Advanced levels. The grammar of the language is well and clearly described. Each chapter is enriched with exercises and practice sections. The book will be very useful to Kiswahili learners at home and, more specifically, to learners in Kenya and Tanzania that need a full course in a single and clear book. The e-book version will also be helpful for moving people, expats, travellers, business(wo)men, tourists and students.
Andamo
MUHTASARI WA KITABU Andamo ni diwani ya tungo za ushairi zilizoandikwa na Mohammed Ghassani kwa muongo mmoja kuanzia miaka ya mwanzoni ya 1990 hadi mwanzoni mwa miaka ya 2000. Ni tungo zinazoogelea pamoja naye kwenye bahari ya uzoefu wa mwanzo wa ujana kuelezea hadithi yake ya maisha, mtazamo wake juu ya yale yaliyokuwa yakitokea mbele ya macho yake na ufahamu wake kwa ulimwengu. Aliyekuwa Katibu wa Kamati ya Fasihi na Utamaduni ya Baraza la Kiswahili la Zanzibar (BAKIZA), Bwana Abbas Mdungi, wakati akikabidhi ripoti ya mswaada wa diwani hii mwezi Oktoba 2003, aliandika hivi: “....Mshairi ameibuni kazi yake kwa ustadi mkubwa kama kwamba ni mweledi katika utunzi ilhali hii ndiyo kazi yake y...
Mtu wa kazi
Muhtasari (Kiswahili): Mapenzi huponya. Mapenzi huangamiza. Kuwa makini. G aka Ganzi, kijana katili muuaji asiye na chembe ya huruma, anadondokea katika penzi zito la msichana mrembo aitwae Tausi. Miezi mitatu kabla, kijana huyo alikuwa hahitaji kuwa na rafiki wala mpenzi, akiongoza operesheni za kijambazi za kundi maarufu na katili liitwalo Mtaji wa masikini ni nguvu zake mwenyewe, lakini baada ya kutokea mrembo huyo, anajikuta akiwa amezama hasikii haoni kwa mrembo kiasi cha kujikuta akiamua kusaliti kundi hilo lililomlea na kumtajirisha na kuamua kumwaga damu ya yeyote anayetaka kumtenganisha na mrembo Tausi. Lakini asilolijua ni kwamba … Riwaya hii iliwahi kutamba sana kwenye magazeti ...
Maisha yangu
“MAISHA YANGU: KHAINI AU MUHANGA WA MAPINDUZI YA ZANZIBAR?” ni kitabu kinachoeleza historia ya Zanzibar ya hivi karibuni na vipi Muungano baina ya Zanzibar na Tanganyika ulivyoanzishwa hadi kuwepo taifa jipya la TANZANIA. Khamis Abdulla Ameir amejaribu kwa kadri ya uwezo wake kuweka sawa historia ya Muungano wa Tanzania katika njia iliokuwa sahihi kabisa, ili Watanzania wa leo na wa vizazi vijavyo, waweze kuelewa chanzo na malengo halisi ya Muungano huu. Kitabu hiki kinasimulia historia mpya ya kileo kuhusu vipi vyama vya siasa vilivyoanzishwa Zanzibar tokea mwanzoni mwa miaka ya 1950 na vipi vyama hivyo na vyama vya wafanyakazi vilivyodai uhuru wa Zanzibar kutoka kwa Balozi Mkaazi wa Ui...
