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Maji Maji
BRILL 2010; US$ 107.00This volume reexamines the Maji Maji war of 1905-07 in Tanzania, the largest African rebellion against European colonialism. Contributors provide histories of previously neglected localities and groups, and new insight into the use of protective medicines believed to provide invulnerability. more...
Brief Authority
Radcliffe Press 2011; US$ 55.00Charles Innes Meek's account of his twenty years in Tanganyika - now Tanzania - goes to the heart of British colonial rule at the end of empire. Arriving in the former German colony during the dark days of World War II, Meek describes the challenges of living in a remote colony in war-time and of life among a remarkable cast of frontier characters... more...
Tanganyika Under German Rule 19051912
Cambridge University Press 1969; US$ 30.00Written in the light of current reappraisal of African history, the book gives valuable insight into African initiatives during the early years of European rule. more...
Pan-Africanism or Pragmatism
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers 2008; US$ 34.95The Pan-Africanist debate is back on the historical agenda. The stresses and strains in the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar since its formation some forty years ago are not showing any sign of abating. Meanwhile, imperialism under new forms and labels continues to bedevil the continent in ever-aggressive, if subtle, ways. The political federation... more...
Africa's Liberation
Pambazuka Press 2010; US$ 16.99Julius Kambarage Nyerere, the first president of Tanzania, was a Pan-Africanist and an internationalist, and this book includes contributions from leading commentators?those who worked and fought imperialism alongside Nyerere, members of a younger generation, and Nyerere in his own words. The writings reflect on Nyerere and liberation, the Commonwealth,... more...
A Modern History of Tanganyika
Cambridge University Press 1979; US$ 83.00The first comprehensive and fully documented history of modern Tanganyika (mainland Tanzania). more...
Quotable Quotes Of Mwalimu Julius K Nyerere
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers 2011; US$ 19.95President Juliys Kambarge Nyerere was the first President of the United Republic of Tanzania and Founder of the Nation. He came into power through the ballot ñ a democratic process held in 1961, and remained in power for more than two decades. Mwalimu Nyerere was a gifted and morally upright man. He was a true son of Africa ñ a PanñAfricanist,... more...
From Goatherd to Governor
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers 2009; US$ 29.95From Goatherd to Governor is Edwin Mtei's autobiography. It is a story of the journey a few Africans of his generation made, from humble beginnings to heights of success and power. Mr. Mtei was the first Governor of the Bank of Tanzania and the architect of Central Banking in Tanzania, Secretary General of the East African Community and Minister... more...
Mtoro bin Mwinyi Bakari
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers 2009; US$ 24.95This book presents a study of the life history of Mtoro bin Mwinyi Bakari (c. 1869 - 1927). Mtoro bin Mwinyi Bakari grew up and studied Islamic Sciences in Bagamoyo, Tanzania. He became a Swahili lecturer and author in Germany and is known to have written Desturi za Wasuaheli, an important work in Swahili culture. The book introduces the wider historical... more...
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