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foreign powers. (b) There was also the possibility that
if Zanzibar became nationally conscious, there might be
a demand for the return of the Kenya Protectorate which
is leased by the Sultan to the Government of Kenya.
Mr. Ingrams considered the possibility of such a demand
remote.
5.
Amplifying paragraph 29 of his paper (S. T. C. (49)17),
Mr. Ingrams said that, in his view, Zanzibar nationality
should be based on a similar conception to that of
Malayan citizenship, namely that it should be open to
those who regarded, Zanzibar as their true home and the
object of their loyalty.
6. Mr. Ingrams said that he would like to see more
provision for Arabic education and Islamic culture and he
did not think this would lead to any emergence of Arab
nationalism in the territory.
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Zanzibar Arabs and Africans
had much in common and there would be no difficulty, he
thought, in the appointment of African ministers, for
example. One of the reasons for Arabian criticism of the
Zanzibar Arabs was that they had lost their Arabic. He
emphasised the importance of increasing cultural links
with Arabia but suggested that a cultural centre in Aden
would have wider influence than in Zanzibar. He envisaged
there a college with both British and Arab staff; it should
aim at the status of the old Nizamiyeh college in Baghdad,
and would provide both a forum for mutual discussion and a
focus point to which both Zanzibar and other Arab countries
in Africa could look as well as neighbouring Islamic
countries.
British Somaliland should be brought in and
Mr. Ingrams thought that the possibility of including
Somaliland within the purview of a High Commissioner in
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