01796nas a2200229   4500008004100000022002000041245006400061210006200125300001400187490000700201520102700208653001001235653001301245653002401258653001101282653004701293653003701340653001001377653001301387100001601400856015001416       2006                        eng d  a13527258 (ISSN)00aSay what you like: Dress, identity and heritage in Zanzibar0 aSay what you like Dress identity and heritage in Zanzibar  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.10aDress10aIdentity10aintangible heritage10aKangas10aOral traditions and expressions (ICH_1227)10aUnited Republic of Tanzania (TZ)10aWOMEN10aZanzibar1 aBoswell, R.  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-34347321571&doi=10.1080%2f13527250600821548&partnerID=40&md5=6bca7f0eb1523ce9be8431fddeac15d4