Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. Growing up in Dunda and Bagamoyo; 2. Living under German colonial rule; 3. At the School of Oriental Languagesin Berlin; 4. Marriage in 1904; 5. Teaching German missionaries; 6. At the Colonial Institute in Hamburg; 7. 1913: further discord; 8. Back in Berlin; 9. Reduced and forgotten; Résumé; Postscripton the writings of Mtoro Bakari; Abbreviations; References; Index; Sources of Illustrations; Back cover
Summary
This book presents a study of the life history of Mtoro bin Mwinyi Bakari (c. 1869- 927). Mtoro bin Mwinyi Bakari grew up and studied Islamic Sciences in Bagamoyo, Tanzania. He became a Swahili lecturer and author in Germany and is known to have written Desturi za Wasuaheli, an important work in Swahili culture. The book introduces the wider historical context of his writings, and, in particular, reconstructs the racism and discrimination in both the colonial and metropolitan contexts, features which negatively influenced his career and his life as a whole. The study also offers insights into contributions of the colonized to the study of African languages and cultures during this same historical context
