Abdul Sheriff

Abdul Sheriff is a Tanzanian emeritus professor of History at the University of Dar es Salaam, member of the Zanzibar Stone Town Advisory Board and former director of the Peace Memorial Museum (Beit al-Amani), one of the history museums of Zanzibar.

He has published numerous books and scientific articles on his fields of investigation, notably on the economic and social history of the Swahili coast and neighbouring regions of East Africa.

[3] As museum director and member of the Zanzibar Stone Town Advisory Board, he has applied his knowledge in the restoration of the ceremonial palace of the sultan.

[4] In 2005, Sheriff was honored with the Prince Claus Award from the Netherlands for the crucial role he played in the conservation of the cultural heritage of Zanzibar.

The following year he was rewarded with a Zeze Award of the Tanzanian Fund for Culture, and in 2007 with the Maxwell Cummings Distinguished Lectureship of McGill University.