The Brown Sayyips of Anjarakandy - Colonial Explorations & Exploitations
The Brown Sayyips of Anjarakandy is a meticulously researched narrative that traces the layered history of Anjarakandy Plantation in Kannur District through the rise and fall of colonial power. Centered on the figure of Murdoch Brown and the Brown family legacy, the book moves beyond a simple colonial biography to explore how land, spice trade, law, labour, and memory intersected in North Malabar. Drawing on court records, estate documents, colonial correspondence, oral traditions, and folk memory, this book presents the colonial enterprise with moral complexity and human cost, while also acknowledging transformation and continuity. Written with narrative sensitivity and academic discipline, the book invites readers to listen to the land of Anjarakandy, where history survives not only in archives but in soil, stories, and lived experience.
- Paperback: 110 pages
- Publisher: White Falcon Publishing; 1 edition (February 2026)
- Author: Dr. Faizal C P
- ISBN-13: 9789376312610
- Product Dimensions: 5 x 8 inch
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