The Life and Times of Abdulwahid Sykes |
(1924-1968) |
The Untold Story of the Muslim Struggle Against British Colonialism in Tanganyika |
Mohamed Said |
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Table of Contents |
| Dedication |
| Acknowledgements |
| Table of Contents |
| Introduction |
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Part One |
Abdulwahid Sykes 1924-1968 |
| Chapter 1. The Sykes: Origins 1894-1929 |
| The Old Town of Dar es Salaam and its Elites |
| Kleist Sykes, Pioneer and Man of Ideas: 1894-1949 |
| World War One 1914-1918 |
| The Founding of the African Association and Al Jamiatul Islamiyya fi Tanganyika (Muslim Association of Tanganyika), 1929-1933 |
Chapter 2.The Second World War and Tanganyika’s Political Foundation, 1938-1945 |
| The Burma Infantry, 1942 |
| Chapter 3. Dar es Salaam Dockworkers Movement 1947-1950 |
| Dar es Salaam Port, 1947 |
| Erika Fiah |
| The Dockworkers’ Union, 1948 |
Chapter 4. The Genesis of Open Politics in Tanganyika 1950 -1954 |
| The Tanganyika African Association, 1950 |
| TAA Political Subcommittee, 1951 |
| Tanganyika as a Mandate Territory |
| Kenyan Nationalists in the Struggle of Tanganyika,1950 |
| TAA and KAU: Attempts at Linkage and Solidarity, 1950 |
| The Meru Land Evictions, 1950 |
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| Chapter 5. Julius Kambarage Nyerere |
| The Story of Julius Nyerere, 1952 |
| Tanganyika African National Union (TANU)-The Party of Independence, 1954 |
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| Chapter 6. The Pan African Congress of Northern Rhodesia, 1953 |
| Ally Kleist Sykes |
Part Two |
Mass Mobilisation and Independence 1954-1961 |
| Chapter 7. Mass Mobilisation 1954 |
| The Elders’ Council and Nyerere’s Visit to the United Nations, New York, 1954 |
| Idd Faiz Mafongo |
| The African Press-Ramadhani Mashado Plantan, 1950 |
| Ahmed Rashad Ali-Radio Free Africa (Radio ya Afrika Huru), 1952 |
| Propagandists-The Bantu Group,1955 |
| Incorporation of Swahili Women’s Societies into the Struggle, 1955 |
| Football As a Political Weapon |
| Chapter 8. The Formation of the Party in the Provinces |
| Central Province, 1955 |
| Southern Province, 1955 |
| Western Province, 1955 |
| Tanga Province, 1956 |
| TANU in Mombasa, Kenya, 1957 |
| Chapter 9. The Tabora Conference-The Road to Independence, 1958 |
| The Tanga Strategy, 1958 |
| The Debate for Tripartite Voting |
| Pan-African Movement of East and Central Africa (PAFMECA), 1958 |
| Independence, 1961 |
Part Three |
Conspiracy Against Islam 1961-1970 |
| Chapter 10. The Muslim Factor in Post-Independence Tanzania 1961-1970 |
| Islam: The Ideology of Colonial Resistance |
| The First Muslim Congress, 1962 |
| Resistance to Change |
| The Second Muslim Congress, 1963 |
| Proposal for an Islamic University, 1964 |
| The Politics of Islam, Church, State and the African Christian |
| Chapter 11. The East African Muslim Welfare Society (EAMWS) ‘Crisis’ |
| Fomentation of the BAKWATA ‘Crisis’ |
| Nyerere, Tewa, Bibi Titi Encounter, 1968 |
| The Islamic National Conference, 1968 |
| Omissions Analysed |
| Betrayal of Ideals |
| Conspiracy Theory |
| Epilogue |
| Bibliography |
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