Ingrams, W. H.

W.H. Ingrams was not a typical anthropologist or historian with a dry academic approach. He went out to Zanzibar in 1919 as Assistant District Commissioner and went on to serve as Private Secretary both for the British Resident, and for the Sultan of Zanzibar. His various professional hats or turbans, and his fluent Kiswahili, facilitated entry into the island's cultural life and gave him additional insights.