Introduction: Failed Futures? (Post)-Colonial Planning And Future-Making In Tanzania,
2024
University of Cologne
Introduction: Failed Futures? (Post)-Colonial Planning And Future-Making In Tanzania, Ulrike Lindner
Zamani: A Journal of African Historical Studies
Future-making and planning as social practices are strongly related to the
surrounding society’s political structures and power relations. In this
special issue of ZAMANI, we conceptualize future-making as physical
changes and social practices that shape future conditions by making future
an issue in the present. We analyse how different approaches to the future,
and also surprises and unintended side-effects, have informed the politics
and practices of planning in Tanzania and its various regions.1 When we ask:
“Failed Futures?” we address future in the plural, a term that has diffused
into historical scholarship rather recently and originates from
futurology/future studies, known …
‘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 …
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 …
Rules Of The State Board Of Pardons Of Florida,
2024
University of North Florida
Rules Of The State Board Of Pardons Of Florida
Eartha M. M. White Textual Material
Booklet: List of steps for pardon, State Board of Pardons of Florida. Florida Ind. School for Boys, Marianna. Undated.
Miscellaneous Legal Documents, Simpson Family,
2024
University of North Florida
Miscellaneous Legal Documents, Simpson Family
Eartha M. M. White Textual Material
Documents: Warranty Deeds, bank records, and correspondence for various members of the Simpson family. Circa 1901-1947
Record Of Copy Of The State Of Florida Vs. Joseph Jackson,
2024
University of North Florida
Record Of Copy Of The State Of Florida Vs. Joseph Jackson
Eartha M. M. White Textual Material
Document: Certification of the copy record of the State of Florida vs. Joseph Jackson, signed by D. W. Parfitt, Clerk, Criminal Court, Duval County. (Associated with item H1-364) Date: March 6, 1931
List Of Old Folks Home Residents,
2024
University of North Florida
List Of Old Folks Home Residents
Eartha M. M. White Textual Material
Document: List of residents at the Old Folks Home. Undated.
Letter From M. L. Kennedy To Eartha White,
2024
University of North Florida
Letter From M. L. Kennedy To Eartha White
Eartha M. M. White Textual Material
Correspondence: Letter from M. L. Kennedy to Eartha White concerning Mr. John Howard's admittance to the Old Folks Home. Undated.
Ninth Annual Music Festival, The National Negro Opera Foundation Program,
2024
University of North Florida
Ninth Annual Music Festival, The National Negro Opera Foundation Program
Eartha M. M. White Textual Material
Program: The National Negro Opera Foundation Ninth Annual Music Festival, Griffith Stadium, Saturday August 27, presenting Minto Cato and Lisle Greenidge. Undated.
Incomplete Graduation Program, Unknown School And Local Advertisements, Jacksonville, Florida,
2024
University of North Florida
Incomplete Graduation Program, Unknown School And Local Advertisements, Jacksonville, Florida
Eartha M. M. White Textual Material
Program: Unidentified and incomplete school graduation program. Includes Jacksonville, Florida advertisements: "Jacksonville's Latest Negro Enterprise," Anderson, Tucker and Company Bankers. Charles H. Anderson Fish & Oyster Company, "The Oldest Retail Fish House in the City." Undated.
Provident Sanitary School Of Beauty Culture Business Card,
2024
University of North Florida
Provident Sanitary School Of Beauty Culture Business Card
Eartha M. M. White Textual Material
Card: Business card for Provident Sanitary School of Beauty Culture, Madam Dona Thomas, 218 West Duval St., Jacksonville, Florida. Undated.
Nickerson's School Of Beauty Culture, Brochure,
2024
University of North Florida
Nickerson's School Of Beauty Culture, Brochure
Eartha M. M. White Textual Material
Brochure: Nickerson's School of Beauty Culture, 1503 N. Myrtle Avenue, Jacksonville, Florida. Sophia Nickerson Starks, founder and President. Brochure gives course details and pictures of the graduating class of 1940. Undated.
Contribution Card, Florida's Welcome To Hon. Frederick Douglass,
2024
University of North Florida
Contribution Card, Florida's Welcome To Hon. Frederick Douglass
Eartha M. M. White Textual Material
Card: Blank contribution card for Florida's Welcome to Honorable Frederick Douglass. Card certifies the holder contributed 25 cents towards the Douglass Reception to be held on April 4, 1889. Signed by J.H. Sherman, Chairman of Ways and Means Committee. (Gift of Dr. Daniel Schafer). Undated.
Take A Tag - Benefit Of Douglas Home,
2024
University of North Florida
Take A Tag - Benefit Of Douglas Home
Eartha M. M. White Textual Material
Tag: Benefit tag for the Douglas Home. Undated.
Newsclippng, Clara White Mission Ready For Annual Outing, July 16,
2024
University of North Florida
Newsclippng, Clara White Mission Ready For Annual Outing, July 16
Eartha M. M. White Textual Material
News Clipping: Article regarding the annual outing of the Clara White Mission to be held at Moncrief Springs, Jacksonville, Florida. Undated.
Invitation To Clara White Mission Annual Picnic, Moncrief Springs, July 16,
2024
University of North Florida
Invitation To Clara White Mission Annual Picnic, Moncrief Springs, July 16
Eartha M. M. White Textual Material
Card: Ticket invitation to the Clara White Mission Annual Picnic at Moncrief Springs, Jacksonville, Florida. Undated.
