Date of Award
2021
Document Type
Thesis
Abstract
This essay will explore the power dynamics between the state and these new workers in early-independence Zanzibar, drawing on interviews and surveys conducted on the island. It begins with the colonial background, analyzing how the British created semi-proletarianized and transient classes to facilitate market production. Then, I will explore how the developmental regime took over hollowed out colonial institutions and used surplus labor to fulfill their ambitions, which will be followed by a social history of working conditions for these laborers. Next, I take a brief look at land reform movements and instabilities in this political economy, and conclude by examining how the state utilized ideology to glue this system together.
Recommended Citation
Benjamin, Adam, "Labor-Power as It’s Found: Surplus Labor and Development Initiatives in Revolutionary Zanzibar" (2021). Munn Scholars Awards. 8.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/munn/8