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

by Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu, Amrit Wilson, Salma 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.

Genres: Africa

350 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 2000

Reviews

[Stephen · Rating 4 out of 5]

My intro to Babu was his great book African Socialism or Socialist Africa? a few years ago, and this has been on my list to read since then.

It’s a collection of short writings, many of which I found very compelling (for example, the chapter on Israel’s diplomatic offensive in Africa). There were certain chapters that were in response to specific writings by an author I haven’t read or dealing with world events about which I didn’t know the context. Still, I appreciated the opportunity to see how he dealt with his subjects and communicated his thoughts.