Threat of Liberation

Amrit Wilson was Senior Lecturer in Women's Studies/South Asian Studies at Luton University. She set up the first Asian women's refuge in London and works with 'Asian Women Unite'. She is author of Finding A Voice (Virago, 1978), which won the Martin Luther King award, and has written about black experiences in Britain, the politics of South Asia and gender issues. She is the author of Dreams, Questions, Struggles (Pluto, 2006) and The Threat of Liberation (Pluto, 2013).

• Introduction1. Anti-Colonial Struggles – the Early Days2. The British Transfer Power to the Sultan and his Allies3. The Zanzibar Revolution and Imperialist Fears4. The Union with Tanganyika5. Karume’s Despotic Rule6. Trial in Zanzibar’s Kangaroo Court7. Zanzibar in the Neoliberal Era8. Diplomats, Aid and US military InterventionsReferencesAppendix 1: Political Programme of the Umma PartyAppendix 2: Charge sheet for the Umma defendantsReferencesIndex

'Amrit Wilson has tapped a wide range of sources to tell a story of Zanzibar in modern times. As interesting as the narrative she puts together is the vantage point from which she tells it'