• Paul Bjerk

Has the recent death of Tanzania’s president John Magufuli created new political possibilities?

• Rasna Warah

The late Tanzanian president, John Pombe Magufuli, was initially lauded for his no-nonsense approach to corruption. But the cracks began to appear within months of his presidency.

• Khalifa Said

Tanzania’s workers are at the highest risk for COVID-19 infections and deaths. Why are trade unions not taking action?

• Michaela Collord

Ideas for how to pressure Uganda's "M-Pigs" to become elected representatives who actually serve in the public interest.

• Rasna Warah

The 60s, 70s, and 80s are often described as the Golden Age of Indian cinema and Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu had a large number of cinemas devoted to showing films made in Bombay.

• Fatma Alloo

Fatma Alloo (of the Tanzania Media Women's Association) on how women used the media and cultural spaces to organize and challenge gender norms.

• Akua O. Britwum
• Amina Mama

How Kwame Nkrumah and Julius Nyerere’s approaches to gender politics, help reshape feminist visions for reclaiming a developmental state.

• Dastan Kweka

One corporation's tax tussle with Tanzania holds many lessons for African countries that continue to struggle with the inequitable share of proceeds from their extractive sectors.

• Jimi O. Adesina

Nkrumah, Nyerere and Senghor were acutely aware of the need to displace the epistemic conditions of colonization in order to transcend it.

• Issa Shivji

A new biography of Tanzania's first president, Julius Nyerere, reveals a complicated legacy.

• William Shoki

This week on AIAC: Wangui Kimari and Benjamin Fogel on the politics of anti-corruption, and then the particular case of Tanzania with Sabatho Nyamsenda and Elisa Greco. Subscribe to our Patreon for the podcast archive.

• Jessica Ott

Tanzanian universities are beginning to tackle “sextortion.” Will new policies and attention to sexual harassment on campuses make a difference?

• Chambi Chachage

Chambi Chachage’s tribute to Annar Cassam, assistant to late President Julius Nyerere of Tanzania, and a key figure in anti-colonial movements.

• Jessica Ott

The death of a University of Dar es Salaam student 30 years ago and sexual harassment in Tanzanian higher education now.

• Leiyo Singo

The misguided rhetoric of Tanzanian President John Magufuli guides the country's response to COVID-19.

• Khalifa Said

Sugar has become the new gold in Tanzania as prices for the commodity soar and stocks vanish.

• Khalifa Said

NGOs have been notably absent in the fight against COVID-19, despite claims they exist solely to ensure accountability and transparency by government.

• Michaela Collord

How can a fragmented and precarious working class unite against exploitative labor relations and, in the process, transform them?

• Khalifa Said

With their government obsessed more with control of information than COVID-19 itself, Tanzanians are bracing for the worst.

• Chambi Chachage

In a ruling party-dominated Tanzania, opposition parties are flawed but remain critically important.