Dreams, Questions, Struggles: South Asian Women in Britain

From schoolgirls to matriarchs, single mothers to extended families, and businesswomen to factory workers, the experience of Asian women in Britain today is polarised by class and religion. This book explores the lives and struggles of two generations of British Asian women to present a political account of their experiences: personal and public, individual and collective, their struggles take on power structures within the family, the community and, on occasion, the British state. Combining their personal testimony within a theoretical framework, Amrit Wilson locates their experiences in the wider context of global and regional politics. She examines what impact the feminist movement has had on their lives, and explores issues such as domestic violence, Asian marriages, representations of Asian women, mental disturbance and suicide.

History

Wilson, Amrit

Europe

Pluto Press

The Threat of Liberation: Imperialism and Revolution in Zanzibar

The Threat of Liberation returns to the tumultuous years of the Cold War, when, in a striking parallel with today, imperialist powers were seeking to institute ‘regime change’ and install pliant governments. Using iconic photographs, declassified US and British documents, and in-depth interviews, Amrit Wilson examines the role of the Umma Party of Zanzibar and its leader, the visionary Marxist revolutionary, Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu. Drawing parallels between US paranoia about Chinese Communist influence in the 1960s with contemporary fears about Chinese influence, it looks at the new race for Africa’s resources, the creation of AFRICOM and how East African politicians have bolstered US control. The book also draws on US cables released by Wikileaks showing Zanzibar's role in the ‘War on Terror’ in Eastern Africa today. The Threat of Liberation reflects on the history of a party which confronted imperialism and built unity across ethnic divisions, and considers the contemporary relevance of such strategies.

Africa

The Threat of Liberation returns to the tumultuous years of the Cold War, when, in a striking parallel with today, imperialist powers were seeking to institute ‘regime change’ and install pliant governments. Using iconic photographs, declassified US and British documents, and in-depth interviews, Amrit Wilson examines the role of the Umma Party of Zanzibar and its leader, the visionary Marxist revolutionary, Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu. Drawing parallels between US paranoia about Chinese Communist influence in the 1960s with contemporary fears about Chinese influence, it looks at the new race for Africa’s resources, the creation of AFRICOM and how East African politicians have bolstered US control. The book also draws on US cables released by Wikileaks showing Zanzibar's role in the ‘War on Terror’ in Eastern Africa today. The Threat of Liberation reflects on the history of a party which confronted imperialism and built unity across ethnic divisions, and considers the contemporary relevance of such strategies.

This remarkable book tells of the past, of present adaptation, of old and new attitudes to love and marriage, of drastic changes imposed on family relationships and friendships for Asian women in Britain.

FINDING A VOICE

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Virago

The Future That Works: Selected Writings of A.M. Babu

Spanning a period of almost forty years of a remarkable career, these seminal essays centre around the life and work of Abulrahman Mohamed Babu. Writer, revolutionary and politician, Babu led the 1964 Zanzibar revolution and was a cabinet minister in Tanzania until 1972 when he was imprisoned by President Nyerere. He was eventually released six years later and then moved to London where he taught at Birkbeck College. A committed Marxist, he was a passionate believer in a socialist, people's Pan-Africanism.

Babu, Abdul Rahman Mohamed

Babu, Salma

Philosophy

Africa World Pr

The book describes the course of the women's struggle for national liberation and women's emancipation in Eritrea.

The Challenge Road: Women and the Eritrean Revolution

Red Sea Pr

The Challenge Road: Women and the Eritrean Revolution (Routledge Library Editions: Revolution)

Politics & Government

Routledge

This book, first published in 1991, analyses the role of women in the Eritrean struggle for independence. Emerging from a semi-feudal world, these women - peasants and pastoralists, student activists and workers from the cities - participated fully in the Eritrean revolution. They have organized cells, gathered intelligence, carried out clandestine missions, set up and ran health and education systems and fought on the front line, and in transforming themselves they have transformed Eritrea.

The Challenge Road (Routledge Library Editions: Revolution)

Finding a Voice: Asian Women in Britain (New and Expanded Edition)

Daraja Press

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Dreams, Questions, Struggles: South Asian Women in Britain

Dreams, Questions, Struggles: South Asian Women in Britain

The Threat of Liberation: Imperialism and Revolution in Zanzibar

The Threat of Liberation: Imperialism and Revolution in Zanzibar

FINDING A VOICE

The Future That Works: Selected Writings of A.M. Babu

The Challenge Road: Women and the Eritrean Revolution

The Challenge Road: Women and the Eritrean Revolution (Routledge Library Editions: Revolution)

The Challenge Road (Routledge Library Editions: Revolution)

Finding a Voice: Asian Women in Britain (New and Expanded Edition)