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Imagining Hydropower: Transnational Narratives And Realities Of The Stiegler’S Gorge Project In Tanzania, 1960s–1980s, Emma Athanasio Minja Dec 2024

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, Veronica Kimani Dec 2024

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, Frank Edward, Ulrike Lindner Dec 2024

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, Editors Note Dec 2024

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, Luoneko Kaduma Dec 2024

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, Musa Sadock Dec 2024

‘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 Dec 2024

Ruth Marie Hobbs

African American Funeral Programs

Ruth_Marie_Hobbs.pdf - Funeral program for Ruth Marie Hobbs


Viola Barnes Dec 2024

Viola Barnes

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Handwritten announcement; Date of birth found on Find a Grave


Mr. Prince Mikell Dec 2024

Mr. Prince Mikell

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Mr_Prince_Mikell.pdf - Newspaper Death Notice for Mr. Prince Mikell


Mrs. Hattie Miller Dec 2024

Mrs. Hattie Miller

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Mrs_Hattie_Miller.pdf - Death notice for Mrs. Hattie Miller


Mrs. Mamie Odom Dec 2024

Mrs. Mamie Odom

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Mrs_Mamie_Odom.pdf - Funeral program for Mrs. Mamie Odom


Noel Smith Dec 2024

Noel Smith

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Noel_Smith.pdf - Funeral program for Noel Smith


Anne Monique Loving Dec 2024

Anne Monique Loving

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Death Notice for Anne Monique Loving from Payton's Mortuary


Nelson James Spruiell Dec 2024

Nelson James Spruiell

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No abstract provided.


Johnny Lee Rawls Dec 2024

Johnny Lee Rawls

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Johnny_Lee_Rawls.pdf - Funeral program for Johnny Lee Rawls


Mrs. Lucille Stidem Hill Dec 2024

Mrs. Lucille Stidem Hill

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Mrs_Lucille_Stidem_Hill.pdf - Funeral program for Lucille Hill


Gloria Daniels Dec 2024

Gloria Daniels

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No abstract provided.


Melba Jean Brunson Griffin Dec 2024

Melba Jean Brunson Griffin

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Melba_Jean_Brunson_Griffin.pdf - Funeral program for Melba Griffin


Hattie Mae Benemon Dec 2024

Hattie Mae Benemon

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Hattie_Mae_Benemon.pdf - Funeral program for Hattie Benemon


The Green Agent: Detroit's Urban Agriculture, Lydia Bonney Dec 2024

The Green Agent: Detroit's Urban Agriculture, Lydia Bonney

Rushton Journal of Undergraduate Humanities Research

This paper examines the role that urban agriculture has played in the lives of the citizens of Detroit throughout its history. By using newspaper articles, books, scholarly journals, websites, and one self-conducted interview, this essay explores several Detroit urban agriculture programs. Analysis of past successes and failures of urban agriculture programs shows how investing in urban agriculture today may address many similar problems Detroit faces. Thanks to the city’s unique landscape, community, and spatial disparity, Detroit has the potential to become a world leader in urban agriculture.


Sobre Gerardo Sánchez Nateras, La Última Revolución. La Insurrección Sandinista Y La Guerra Fría Interamericana, Mateo Jarquín Dec 2024

Sobre Gerardo Sánchez Nateras, La Última Revolución. La Insurrección Sandinista Y La Guerra Fría Interamericana, Mateo Jarquín

History Faculty Articles and Research

A review of La última revolución. La insurrección sandinista y la Guerra Fría interamericana by Gerardo Sánchez Nateras.


Mr. Jerry Lundy Dec 2024

Mr. Jerry Lundy

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Handwritten Obituary for Mr. Jerry Lundy in Statesboro , Georgia


Mr. Johnny Lundy Dec 2024

Mr. Johnny Lundy

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Death Notice for Mr. Johnny Lundy from James R. Barnes Mortuary


Paul Lawrence Littles Sr. Dec 2024

Paul Lawrence Littles Sr.

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Funeral Program for Mr. Paul Lawrence Littles Sr. in 1968 at Brannen Chapel Methodist Church


Mr. Tommie (Boggie) Littles Dec 2024

Mr. Tommie (Boggie) Littles

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Handwritten Obituary for Mr. Tommie (Boggie) Littles


Mrs. Anne Hodges Dec 2024

Mrs. Anne Hodges

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Mrs_Anne_Hodges.pdf - Funeral program


Mrs. Freddie S. Mclean Dec 2024

Mrs. Freddie S. Mclean

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Mrs_Freddie_-S-_McLean.pdf - Obituary for Mrs Freddie McLean


Headace Jessie Reid Dec 2024

Headace Jessie Reid

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No abstract provided.


Elizabeth (Red) Lundy Dec 2024

Elizabeth (Red) Lundy

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Handwritten obit for Elizabeth (Red) Lundy


George Lundy Jr. Dec 2024

George Lundy Jr.

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Handwritten Obituary for George Lundy Jr.