Michael Lofchie collection of Zanzibar Publications 1909-1965

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Michael Lofchie collection of Zanzibar Publications 1909-1965

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The collection includes predominantly pre-independent newspapers from Zanzibar, an island of Tanzania off the coast of East Africa, from 1909-1965. The collection holds about 120 volumes covering 22 titles of newspapers. In addition, the collection includes bulletins, journals or journal reprints/stand-alone articles, monographs, booklets, information sheets and meeting minutes. Languages used include English, Swahili, Gujarati and Arabic.

13 oversize boxes.

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University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

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Lofchie, Michael F.

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Professor Michael Lofchie (b. 1936) went to Zanzibar as a graduate student in 1962-63 to study political parties and their conflicts for his dissertation. Immediately after earning his doctorate from UC Berkeley, he returned to Zanzibar as a researcher during the summer of 1964 to do follow-up studies for his book, Zanzibar : background to revolution (Princeton University Press) that was published in 1965. The book provides an invaluable foundation for other scholars to assess dynamics of Zanzib...

University of California, Los Angeles. Dept. of Political Science

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