‘Sold Down The River’: Histories Of Production, Trade, And Transport Along The Waterways Of The Kilombero Valley, Tanzania,
2024
University of Cologne
‘Sold Down The River’: Histories Of Production, Trade, And Transport Along The Waterways Of The Kilombero Valley, Tanzania, Jonathan M. Jackson
Zamani: A Journal of African Historical Studies
This article considers the centrality of waterways in the Kilombero Valley of Tanzania to the region’s histories of development from above, particularly in terms of infrastructure, crop production, trade, and transport. Early colonial investigations hoped Kilombero’s riverine system might prove a navigable link from the coast to the Southern Highlands. The British colonial era instead focused more on utilising riverine networks for internal goods transport. Throughout these colonial visions – simultaneously ambitious and naïve – the prevalent dug- out canoe was considered unsafe, inefficient, and replaceable by modernised methods. But the canoe – a symbol of indigenous knowledge and practice …
Imagining Hydropower: Transnational Narratives And Realities Of The Stiegler’S Gorge Project In Tanzania, 1960s–1980s,
2024
University of Bonn
Imagining Hydropower: Transnational Narratives And Realities Of The Stiegler’S Gorge Project In Tanzania, 1960s–1980s, Emma Athanasio Minja
Zamani: A Journal of African Historical Studies
Hydropower development in the Global South has attracted several donor programmes for decades. How have such interventions shaped energy imaginations in Tanzania? Adopting a historical perspective and drawing on transnationalism and travelling frameworks, this article examines hydropower aid interventions and the dynamic shifts of specific actors and discourses in bilateral relations. The primary focus is on Norway, a leading actor in planning the Stiegler’s Gorge hydropower project in Tanzania’s Rufiji Basin in the 1970s to mid-1980s. It seeks to understand how, despite substantial aid support, the project failed to kick off in the face of the country’s post-independence drive for …
Nurturing Traditional Midwifery And Medicine: The Entangled Path Of Health Integration In Post-Independence Kilombero, Tanzania,
2024
University of Cologne
Nurturing Traditional Midwifery And Medicine: The Entangled Path Of Health Integration In Post-Independence Kilombero, Tanzania, Veronica Kimani
Zamani: A Journal of African Historical Studies
This paper focuses on the Tanzanian government’s ambitious endeavour to enhance health, particularly midwifery services following independence. The initial strategy by the government involved promoting Western medicine by establishing healthcare facilities and training medical personnel. However, the strain of a burgeoning population and limited resources soon became evident, prompting the government to recognise the need for the incorporation of traditional medicine, previously overlooked. This integration posed its own set of obstacles, as the focus on herbal remedies overshadowed crucial aspects of conventional midwifery, such as rituals. While research has shown the resolve of the government towards medical integration between different …
Health Infrastructure Planning In Tanzania, 1961–1980s: The Problems Of Future-Making,
2024
University of Dar es salaam
Health Infrastructure Planning In Tanzania, 1961–1980s: The Problems Of Future-Making, Frank Edward, Ulrike Lindner
Zamani: A Journal of African Historical Studies
Between 1961 and 1978, Tanzania invested significantly in the health service provision – from training requisite manpower, provision of health education to building the necessary infrastructure in order to improve health conditions of the population. As existing research indicates, the investment paid off considerably in qualitative terms, for instance, with a gradual increase in life expectancy and a decline in infant mortality. This paper examines the vision of the state of health in Tanzania by using the prism of infrastructure. Its focus is on direct and indirect physical infrastructures, particularly medical buildings and facilities. Through the analysis of archival and …
Front Matter - Zamani 1, No. 1,
2024
University of Dar es Salaam
Front Matter - Zamani 1, No. 1, Editors Note
Zamani: A Journal of African Historical Studies
This is the maiden issue of Zamani: A Journal of African Historical Studies. It charts the beginning of a continental journal that is based in an African higher education institution within Africa. It breaks away from the traditional historical journals in Africa of being national or regional and at best being owned and operated by scholars and institutions from Europe and North America. With this maiden issue, the journal seeks to demonstrate that it is part of the bigger knowledge decolonization movement. It seeks to influence historical writing and research by giving more Africanness in ownership, operations, production and knowledge …
Medical Mission Futures: German Protestant Missionaries And Modern Healthcare In Southern Highlands, Tanzania,1891–1940,
2024
University of Cologne
Medical Mission Futures: German Protestant Missionaries And Modern Healthcare In Southern Highlands, Tanzania,1891–1940, Luoneko Kaduma
Zamani: A Journal of African Historical Studies
The history of colonial missionaries in Tanzania is marked by a complex interplay between evangelical efforts and the provision of Western biomedicine, which functioned as crucial mechanisms for conversion and cultural transformation. Missionaries viewed the improvement of African health as a project aimed at attracting converts and propagating Christianity. However, the available data indicates that, instead of genuinely expressing interest in converting to Christianity, the majority of Africans primarily sought mission medical assistance for medical reasons while maintaining strong connections to their traditional beliefs and healing practices. This paper, drawing from archival documents, ethnographic accounts, and missionary writings, focuses on …
‘Prevention Is Better Than Cure’: Smallpox Vaccination In Postcolonial Tanzania, 1961–1980,
2024
University of Dar es Salaam
‘Prevention Is Better Than Cure’: Smallpox Vaccination In Postcolonial Tanzania, 1961–1980, Musa Sadock
Zamani: A Journal of African Historical Studies
This article examines the smallpox vaccination programme in postcolonial Tanzania from the 1960s to the early 1980s as part of the postcolonial future making in preventive medicine. The article departs from extant scholarship on smallpox vaccination in postcolonial Tanzania, which depicts the intervention as a success, while relegating to the background challenges associated with the intervention. The article argues that the smallpox vaccination programme registered challenges and successes that offer lessons for combating of future epidemics. The achievements of the programme were due to the adoption of specific public health policies, namely mass vaccination and public health education as well …
Ruth Marie Hobbs,
2024
Georgia Southern University
Ruth Marie Hobbs
African American Funeral Programs
Ruth_Marie_Hobbs.pdf - Funeral program for Ruth Marie Hobbs
Viola Barnes,
2024
Georgia Southern University
Viola Barnes
African American Funeral Programs
Handwritten announcement; Date of birth found on Find a Grave
Mr. Prince Mikell,
2024
Georgia Southern University
Mr. Prince Mikell
African American Funeral Programs
Mr_Prince_Mikell.pdf - Newspaper Death Notice for Mr. Prince Mikell
Mrs. Hattie Miller,
2024
Georgia Southern University
Mrs. Hattie Miller
African American Funeral Programs
Mrs_Hattie_Miller.pdf - Death notice for Mrs. Hattie Miller
Mrs. Mamie Odom,
2024
Georgia Southern University
Mrs. Mamie Odom
African American Funeral Programs
Mrs_Mamie_Odom.pdf - Funeral program for Mrs. Mamie Odom
Noel Smith,
2024
Georgia Southern University
Noel Smith
African American Funeral Programs
Noel_Smith.pdf - Funeral program for Noel Smith
Anne Monique Loving,
2024
Georgia Southern University
Anne Monique Loving
African American Funeral Programs
Death Notice for Anne Monique Loving from Payton's Mortuary
Nelson James Spruiell,
2024
Georgia Southern University
Mrs. Lucille Stidem Hill,
2024
Georgia Southern University
Mrs. Lucille Stidem Hill
African American Funeral Programs
Mrs_Lucille_Stidem_Hill.pdf - Funeral program for Lucille Hill
Johnny Lee Rawls,
2024
Georgia Southern University
Johnny Lee Rawls
African American Funeral Programs
Johnny_Lee_Rawls.pdf - Funeral program for Johnny Lee Rawls
Melba Jean Brunson Griffin,
2024
Georgia Southern University
Melba Jean Brunson Griffin
African American Funeral Programs
Melba_Jean_Brunson_Griffin.pdf - Funeral program for Melba Griffin
Hattie Mae Benemon,
2024
Georgia Southern University
Hattie Mae Benemon
African American Funeral Programs
Hattie_Mae_Benemon.pdf - Funeral program for Hattie Benemon
Gloria Daniels,
2024
Georgia Southern University
