African Socialism in Postcolonial Tanzania
African Socialism in Postcolonial Tanzania

Author: Priya Lal

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015-12

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 1107104521

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Drawing on a wide range of oral and written sources, this book tells the story of Tanzania's socialist experiment: the ujamaa villagization initiative of 1967-75. Inaugurated shortly after independence, ujamaa ('familyhood' in Swahili) both invoked established socialist themes and departed from the existing global repertoire of development policy, seeking to reorganize the Tanzanian countryside into communal villages to achieve national development. Priya Lal investigates how Tanzanian leaders and rural people creatively envisioned ujamaa and documents how villagization unfolded on the ground, without affixing the project to a trajectory of inevitable failure. By forging an empirically rich and conceptually nuanced account of ujamaa, African Socialism in Postcolonial Tanzania restores a sense of possibility and process to the early years of African independence, refines prevailing theories of nation building and development, and expands our understanding of the 1960s and 70s world.

The Making of a Periphery
The Making of a Periphery

Author: Pekka Seppälä

Publisher: Nordic Africa Institute

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 9789171064165

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What makes a periphery? The south-eastern corner of Tanzania is officially one of the poorest corners of the world and is always presented as a peripheral area. This volume presents a lively discussion on the making of a periphery. The contributors show the interaction between the perceptions of outsiders, the views of local people, and the actual development efforts. The authors perceive development as a negotiated and contested field. Culture is not considered a factor constraining development but is seen rather as an engine which, due to the plurality of local and outsider cultures, sets the parameters for the battle.

African Socialism in Postcolonial Tanzania
African Socialism in Postcolonial Tanzania

Author: Priya Lal

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015-12-01

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 1316352498

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Drawing on a wide range of oral and written sources, this book tells the story of Tanzania's socialist experiment: the ujamaa villagization initiative of 1967–75. Inaugurated shortly after independence, ujamaa ('familyhood' in Swahili) both invoked established socialist themes and departed from the existing global repertoire of development policy, seeking to reorganize the Tanzanian countryside into communal villages to achieve national development. Priya Lal investigates how Tanzanian leaders and rural people creatively envisioned ujamaa and documents how villagization unfolded on the ground, without affixing the project to a trajectory of inevitable failure. By forging an empirically rich and conceptually nuanced account of ujamaa, African Socialism in Postcolonial Tanzania restores a sense of possibility and process to the early years of African independence, refines prevailing theories of nation building and development, and expands our understanding of the 1960s and 70s world.

A Modern History of Tanganyika
A Modern History of Tanganyika

Author: John Iliffe

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1979-05-10

Total Pages: 638

ISBN-13: 9780521296113

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The first comprehensive and fully documented history of modern Tanganyika (mainland Tanzania).

A Host of Devils
A Host of Devils

Author: Zachary Kingdon

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-11-05

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 1136476660

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A Host of Devils provides an in-depth account of the background, origin and development of the spirit figure sculptures which emerged during colonial times among the Makonde people of Mozambique. The creation of such works is shown to connect with a regional system of knowledge and practice, within which spirits function as a format for expression. The book describes the ways in which the sculpture emerged, as well as the author's experience of learning how to carve.

Cosmopolitanisms in Muslim Contexts
Cosmopolitanisms in Muslim Contexts

Author: Derryl N MacLean

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Published: 2013-09-23

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 074865609X

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Focuses on moments in world history when cosmopolitan ideas and actions pervaded specific Muslim societies and cultures, exploring the tensions between regional cultures, isolated enclaves and modern nation-states.

Ethnicity and the Long-term Perspective
Ethnicity and the Long-term Perspective

Author: Alexander Keese

Publisher: Peter Lang

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9783034303378

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The debate about ethnicity in sub-Saharan Africa has come to an uneasy consensus in the 1990s, but it has to be asked if we are really close to a solution. How can comparative and historical views help to inform the debate? In this work, seven scholars bring in a long-term perspective to ethno-cultural solidarities, which they explore within a multi-disciplinary framework. This return to the 'heart of the ethnic group', twenty-five years after Elikia M'Bokolo's and Jean-Loup Amselle's path-breaking reinterpretation of ethnicity in Africa, argues for a reappraisal of approaches to ethnicity that have been adopted in recent decades. Focusing on two major geographical regions of the African continent - Senegambia including Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone, and the area of Southern Tanzania and the northern half of Mozambique -, the chapters in this volume provide a new historical interpretation of the processes of identity-building in sub-Saharan Africa.

Routledge Revivals: Language in Tanzania (1980)
Routledge Revivals: Language in Tanzania (1980)

Author: Edgar C. Polomé

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-09-29

Total Pages: 726

ISBN-13: 1351391836

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Originally published in 1980, Language in Tanzania presents a comprehensive overview of the Survey of Language Use and Language Teaching in Eastern Africa. Using extensive research carried out by an interdisciplinary group of international and local scholars, the survey also covers Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Zambia. The book represents one of the most in-depth sociolinguistic studies carried out on this region at this time. It provides basic linguistic data necessary to policy-makers, administrators, and educators, and will be of interest to those researching the formulation and execution of language policy.