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Article Dans Une Revue Encounters: The International Journal for the Study of Culture and Society Année : 2012

Remembering the Dark Years (1964-1975) in Contemporary Zanzibar

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The Revolution of 1964 and its aftermath (1964–1975) constitute a central episode in the history of Zanzibar, one that shapes contemporary representations of belonging and the nation. Several initiatives attest to the beginning of a new era since the mid-1990s, characterized by the dissemination in the public space of collective memories formerly transmitted privately, and associated with the rewriting of the history of the revolutionary period, which contests the official version long imposed by the state. In the context of past repression, occlusion, and the silencing of a murky past, today’s remembering of the 1964 violence and the subsequent years of repression triggers memory disputes, which are expressed along political and community lines. Instead of leading to a pacified memory and social reconciliation, the resurfacing and politicization of collective memories in contemporary Zanzibar reactivate shifting perceptions of autochthony and allochthony, of belonging and citizenship.

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halshs-00856968 , version 1 (12-04-2017)

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Marie-Aude Fouéré. Remembering the Dark Years (1964-1975) in Contemporary Zanzibar. Encounters: The International Journal for the Study of Culture and Society, 2012, 5, Memory and violence, pp.113-126. ⟨halshs-00856968⟩
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