Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies: Recent submissions
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When the ‘Asset’ is Livelihood: Making Heritage with the Maritime Practitioners of Bagamoyo, Tanzania
(MDPI, 31 May 2022)This paper examines the dilemmas, obligations and opportunities faced by heritage professionals in elaborating cultural ‘assets’ among the breadwinning practices of contemporary, artisanal communities. It takes as its case ... -
Building a Ngalawa Double-Outrigger Logboat in Bagamoyo, Tanzania: A Craftsman at his Work
(Routledge / Nautical Archaeology Society, 21 March 2022)This article documents master logboat-builder Alalae Mohamed’s construction of a ngalawa fishing vessel in Bagamoyo, Tanzania. The ngalawa is an extended logboat with double outrigger and lateen sail used by low-income, ... -
Critique of everyday narco-capitalism
(Taylor & Francis, 4 April 2022)Capitalism is not only an economic mode of production; it is also a form of life. This also applies to a historical type of capitalism, which is the capitalism founded on (illicit) drugs – in other words: narco-capitalism. The ... -
Contemporary Wooden Watercraft of the Zanzibar Channel, Tanzania: Type and Technology, Continuity and Innovation
(Taylor & Francis / Nautical Archaeology Society, 1 April 2022)This article documents and presents the range of wooden fishing and cargo-carrying watercraft in use in the contemporary Zanzibar Channel, Tanzania. The work is based on surveys conducted in 2018 on Unguja, the principal ... -
Ship graffiti at the Zanzibar Gereza (Old Fort), Stone Town, Unguja, Tanzania
(Taylor & Francis, 30 March 2022)A number of graffiti of ships are to be found engraved into the plaster of the Gereza (Old Fort) of Stone Town on Unguja, the main island of the Zanzibar Archipelago, Tanzania. Most of those reported here appear on the ...