Drawing the wrong lessons from Magufuli’s rule in Tanzania
The Tanzania government's brand of heavy-handed state intervention risks fueling skepticism about the role of the state in development.
Tanzania
A Photographer of African Liberation
Ozier Muhammad captures, for black American audiences, the expressive possibilities of Africa's liberation struggles.
France no longer has an excuse to hold on to African cultural heritage
The point of Senegal's new Museum of Black Civilations (Musée des civilisations noires) in Dakar.
Bus politics in Dar es Salaam
The secretary of a Tanzanian bus drivers' union explains why the system of privately owned commercial buses is breaking down. He proposes collective ownership.
Sounds of wisdom
The Sauti za Busara festival in Zanzibar aims to show that music is much more than a collection of tunes.
The fundamental questions about wildlife conservation in Africa
How did wildlife survive for millennia together with people who never earned anything from it?
Witnessing the crimes and end of empire
“The sun never sets on the British empire.” The saying, commonly associated with the poet of
Is a Chinese education the best shot at success in Africa?
On a recent research trip to Tanzania, I interviewed an undergraduate student of the University of Dar es Salaam. Soon our conversation descended
Enter the bulldozer
As with any foundational figure, Julius Nyerere’s memory bears all the contradictory passions of Tanzania’s modern
#WhatWouldNyerereDo?
Seventeen years ago today, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, Father of the Nation, passed away. For Tanzanians this
The Great Question in Dar es Salaam
It’s the Great Question in business, and the Great Question in public offices.
After a tough election in Tanzania, a constitutional crisis in Zanzibar
In April 1964, following a racially charged revolution in Zanzibar, its new leaders negotiated a union
The year of the girl child in Tanzania?
October 11 is International Day of the Girl Child, and October 25 Tanzania will run Presidential
The oil giants are coming to Tanzania
International oil giants are bearing down on East Africa. Off the coast of Tanzania, the discovery
An Unflinching Take on Albino Killings in Tanzania
White Shadow, a feature film directed by Noaz Deshe and executive produced by the actor Ryan
WOW! Watch this little girl name the presidents of 30 countries
Some people think that Africa is a country. Some people, such as the New York Times
Tanzania and the Palestinian Struggle
The current conflict between Israelis and Palestinians has once again brought to the forefront the suffering
‘Films to fall asleep to’: Are development agencies derailing the film industry in Tanzania?
Smooth camera work. Masterful writing. Clear audio. Linear narratives. There are plenty of people who watch
The Black Atlantis
I have been trying to attend as many of The Future Weird’s (see here, as well)
Under Nelson Mandela Boulevard—A Story About Cape Town’s Tanzanian Stowaways—Summer 2012
Towards the end of 2012 Moses was arrested and charged under the Immigration Act for being