Author: Salma Babu, Amrit Wilson
publisher name: Africa World Press
ISBN: 9780865438347
The provided text outlines a collection of seminal essays that span nearly forty years and focus on the life and work of Abulrahman Mohamed Babu. Babu, described as a writer, revolutionary, and politician, played a key role in leading the 1964 Zanzibar revolution and served as a cabinet minister in Tanzania until 1972, when he was imprisoned by President Nyerere. After spending six years in prison, he was released and subsequently moved to London, where he taught at Birkbeck College.
The text characterizes Babu as a committed Marxist and a passionate believer in a socialist, people's Pan-Africanism. This suggests that the essays likely explore Babu's multifaceted contributions to political and revolutionary movements, with a focus on his ideological convictions and experiences.
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