Pan-Africanism or pragmatism? : lessons of the Tanganyika-Zanzibar union / / Issa G. Shivji

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910788715803321
• Autore: Shivji Issa G.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ; ; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : , : Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA) : , : Mkuki Na Nyota Publishers, , 2008; ©2008
• ISBN: 1-283-00514-X; 9786613005144; 9987-08-105-3; 9987-08-147-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (338 p.)
• Disciplina: 967.804
• Soggetti: Pan-Africanism; Tanzania Politics and government 1964-; Zanzibar Politics and government 1964-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction; Chapter One - RACE, CLASS AND POLITICS ON THE EVE OF THE REVOLUTION; ZAMA ZA SIASA; GLIMPSES OF STATE AND CLASS FORMATION; Historical antecedents; The state and the ruling class; The ethnic cleavage; Classes; The regional cleavage; THE RISE OF NATIONALISMS; The argument; A decade of party politics; SUMMING UP; Class struggles and ethnic ideologies; The limits of nationalisms; Chapter Two - THE REVOLUTION; THE INSURRECTION; On the eve of the insurrection; The government camp; The 'rebel' camp; The international campTHE 100-DAY REVOLUTION; THE CHARACTER OF THE REVOLUTION; Babu: a social(ist) revolution?; Nyerere: a nationalist revolution?; WHAT WAS 'ZANZIBAR REVOLUTION'?; Chapter Three - THE UNION; THE CONTEXT: EAST AFRICAN UNITY; THE PUSH: IMPERIALIST PRESSURES; THE RESULT: A PRAGMATIC UNION; Signing of the Articles of Union; Ratification of the Articles of Union; THE INTERIM ; FRAMEWORK OF THE UNION; SUMMING UP: THE UNION'S SHAKY FOUNDATIONS; Chapter Four - NYERERE'S INTERIM CONSTITUTION AND KARUME'S EXTRA-CONSTITUTIONALITY; THE AFTERMATH OF THE UNION; THE RISE OF AN AUTOCRAT; The party-stateThe dismantling of the judiciary; Eliminating opponents; Economic populism; THE STATE OF THE UNION; The assassination of Karume; The second interim constitution; FINANCIAL AUTONOMY AND CONTROL; Zanzibar, Tanzania and the currency board; Bank of Tanzania and the People's Bank of Zanzibar; Chapter Five - NYERERE'S VISION AND JUMBE'S CONSOLIDATION: THE BIRTH OF A PERMANENT CONSTITUTION (1972-1977); JUMBE CONSOLIDATES POWER; Reforming the ASP structure; Jumbe's 'educated elite'; Judicial reforms; THE MERGER OF THE PARTIES; THE MAKING OF THE PERMANENT UNION CONSTITUTION; MAIN FEATURES OF THE 1977 CONSTITUTIONThe nomenclature; Single Party Supremacy; The Union parliament; The Government of Zanzibar; The Special Constitutional Court; CONCLUSION; Chapter Six - CONSTITUTIONAL OPENING AND CLOSURE: JUMBE'S DOWNFALL (1979-1985; CONSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATION; RESTRUCTURING THE GOVERNMENT; Revolutionary committees; The Judiciary; The 'military'; THE 1979 ZANZIBAR CONSTITUTION; The Making of the Constitution; THE DOWNFALL OF ABOUD JUMBE; The crisis years (1981-1985); The crisis of the Union (1983-1984); Zanzibar's case for three governments; Jumbe on 'trial'; THE 1984 CONSTITUTIONThe aftermath of 'pollution'; Salient features of the 1984 Constitution; CONCLUSION: A PRE-VIEW OF THE NEXT 20 YEARS; Conclusion - LESSONS FOR PAN-AFRICANISM; THE PAN-AFRICAN PROJECT; IMPERIALISM AND THE FORMATION OF THE UNION; CONTRADICTIONS OF NATIONALISMS; CONSTITUTIONALISM AND DEMOCRACY; Appendix 1 - Legislative Powers Law; APPENDIX 2 (i) - Constitutional Law Decree No. 5; APPENDIX 2 (ii) - Decree indefinitely postponing Constituent Assembly; Appendix 3 - Articles of Union; Appendix 4 - Ratification Law passed by Tanganyika Parliament; Appendix 5 - Ratification Law purportedly passed by Zanzibar Legislature
• Sommario/riassunto: The Pan-Africanist debate is back on the historical agenda. The stresses and strains in the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar since its formation some forty years ago are not showing any sign of abating. Meanwhile, 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, albeit in a distorted form of regional integration. It is in this context that the present study is situated.