Party Conflict in Zanzibar

Bibliographic Data

ID4250374
AuthorsMichael F Lofchie (corresponding author), Michael Lofchie
Year1963
Volume1
Issue2
Pages185-207
Publication date1963-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Modern African Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-278X • E-ISSN: 1469-7777
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022278x00001051
OpenAlexW2063001626
LanguageEN
Citations received9

The British Protectorate of Zanzibar, comprising the two islands of Zanzibar and Pemba and a number of small adjacent islands, is progressing from Protectorate status towards self-government. In strict constitutional terms, Zanzibar is a multi-racial state with an Arab Sultan under the protection of the Government of Great Britain. Though the concept of protectorate implies a limited domestic role on the part of the protecting power, Great Britain has-through usage, agreement, and concession-come to occupy a position of decisive ascendancy within Zanzibar. The present policy of the British administration is to devolve full political power into local hands through a process of constitutional development which will result in a fully representative system of government. This policy has expressed itself in Zanzibar, as elsewhere in the British African territories, in the expansion of the unofficial side of the Legislative Council, in the gradual replacement of nominated and ex-officio members of the Legislative Council by members chosen on the basis of nation-wide common roll elections, and in the introduction of a ministerial system, which is now to be followed by internal self-government

Economics · Government (linguistics · Legislature · Political science · Politics · Position (finance · Power (physics · Protectorate · State (computer science · African history and culture analysis · African history and culture studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Law · Public Administration

Tools

Open DOISci-Hub