After the abolition of slavery in 1897 Zanzibar''s Islamic courts became central institutions where former slaves negotiated socio-economic participation. Drawing upon difficult-to-read Islamic court records in Arabic as well as marriage and divorce registers this study sheds light on the island''s history of gender social and racial identity.
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