01746nas a2200241   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653001000043653001300053653002400066653001100090653004800101653003700149653001000186653001300196100001500209245006400224856015000288300001200438490000700450520102700457022002001484                                       d10aDress10aidentity10aintangible heritage10aKangas10aOral traditions and expressions (ICH\_1227)10aUnited Republic of Tanzania (TZ)10aWomen10aZanzibar1 aR. Boswell00aSay what you like: Dress, identity and heritage in Zanzibar  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-34347321571&doi=10.1080%2f13527250600821548&partnerID=40&md5=6bca7f0eb1523ce9be8431fddeac15d4  a440-4570 v123 aThe paper considers the significance of dress to identity and power among women living on the island of Zanzibar. Drawing on her own preliminary fieldwork in Zanzibar (June 2004) and on the work of Laura Fair (2001), the author discusses the ways in which dress (in general), and the wearing of kanga fabrics in particular, offers women a means of communication in an image conscious and historically stratified society. It is argued that kangas are still an integral part of ritual and social activities in Zanzibar and that they shed light on the complex history of the Swahili coast. Placing the ethnography in a broader and contemporary context, the author states that kangas contribute to the intangible heritage of Zanzibar in their encapsulation of the island s oral history, art, social commentary and concepts of beauty. The author concludes by outlining some of the challenges that heritage regimes face in the Indian Ocean region and potential strategies for preserving or managing its mixed cultural resources.  a13527258 (ISSN)