CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

A NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION

A NOTE ON MY PARTNERS IN CONVERSATION

A NOTE ON THE RESEARCH CONTEXT

ABBREVIATIONS

GLOSSARY

MAPS

FOREWORD - FALLING IN LOVE WITH ZANZIBAR

CHAPTER ONE - INTRODUCTION THE NEGOTIATION OF I SLAM IN AFRICA

CHAPTER TWO - ZANZIBAR: THE HISTORICAL SETTING

2.1. The Sultanate of Zanzibar

2.2. Colonial Times

2.3. Questions of Race

2.4. Zama za siasa—The Time of Politics

2.5. The Revolution in Zanzibar in 1964 and Beyond:mapinduzi daima?

CHAPTER THREE - TRADITIONS OF REFORM, REFORMS OF TRADITION

3.1. The Negotiation of Islamic Reform in East Africa

3.2. The Qādiriyya

3.3. The ' Alawiyya

3.4. The Salafiyya

3.5. ‘Medina Graduates’ and ‘watu wa bidaa’

CHAPTER FOUR - ISLAMIC EDUCATION IN ZANZIBAR: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CANON

4.1. The Negotiation of Islamic Education

4.2. Qurānic Schools, madāris and 'alab al-ilm in Zanzibar:From ubao to Blackboard

4.3. The Canon of ṭalab al-ilm-Studies: The Early 20th Century

4.4. The Canon of ṭalab al-ilm Studies: The Early 21st Century

CHAPTER FIVE - THE POLITICS OF EDUCATION IN THE COLONIAL PERIOD I: SCHOOLS

5.1. Introduction: The Pillars of the Colonial Education System

5.2. Mission Schools

5.3. ‘The Torch Bearers of Education’: The Indian Schools

5.4. The ‘Koran’ Schools: Only ‘Parrot Talk’?

5.5. Government Schools: The Wonders of Colonial Numerology

CHAPTER SIX - THE POLITICS OF EDUCATION IN THE COLONIAL PERIOD II: SYLLABUSES AND LANGUAGES

6.1. The Establishment of Kizungu Education

6.2. Rivers-Smith and the Quest for a Position (1905-1921)

6.3. Hendry and the Quest for a Syllabus (1921-1939)

6.4. From Foster to Hann: diāna Accomplished (1939-1963)

CHAPTER SEVEN - THE POLITICS OF EDUCATION IN THE COLONIAL PERIOD III: TEACHERS

7.1. Development of Staff, Recruitment and Training

7.2. Colonial Teachers I: Between Snubbery and Snobbery

7.3. Colonial Teachers II: Abdallāh Şālih al-Farsy

7.4. Colonial Teachers III: Sayyid Umar Abdallāh

CHAPTER EIGHT - THE MUSLIM ACADEMY

8.1. Zanzibar’s First mahad

8.2. 1954-1964: The era of Sayyid Umar Abdallāh

8.3. The Chuo Cha Kiislamu (CCK) 1972-2007

CHAPTER NINE - THE POLITICS OF ISLAMIC EDUCATION IN REVOLUTIONARY ZANZIBAR

9.1. The Legacy of the Revolution I: Islam in Revolutionary Zanzibar

9.2. The Legacy of the Revolution II: School Development

9.3. The Legacy of the Revolution III: The Qurānic Schools

9.4. The Legacy of the Revolution IV: Syllabus Development

9.5. Shule, madrasa and Montessori à la Zanzibarienne

CHAPTER TEN - CONCLUSION: THE LEGACY OF ISLAMIC EDUCATION IN ZANZIBAR

APPENDIX

I. Zanzibar’s Census Data

II. Governments and Administrations of Zanzibar

III. Zanzibar’s elections 1961, 1963, 1995 and 2000

IV. School Development Statistics

BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY

1. Prominent Zanzibaris

2. Employees in the Department of Education

3. Local teachers

SOURCES

a. List of Interlocutors and Locations of Conversations

b. Material Used in the Zanzibar National Archive (Nyaraka za Taifa, ZNA)

c. Material Used in the Public Record Office (PRO) London

d. Secondary Literature

e. General Reference

f. Periodicals

INDEX