Provides wireless internet access, web hosting and design, information
on travel to Tanzania. Company of Tanzanian Nationals "who received
College Degrees in the United States and decided to return to Tanzania to
try our hand in business and development." Based in Dar es Salaam and
San Rafael, California. http://www.acexnet.com
Areas include education, agriculture and food security and HIV/AIDS. "works in partnership with local people and local communities" Full text of the Country Strategy Paper 2002-2005 (52 pages in pdf, education, gender equity, HIV/AIDS, institution building, food security). ACCESS booklet on basic education (8 p. in pdf). [KF] http://www3.actionaid.org/tanzania/
"...a non-profit, non-government...self-help organization whose purpose
is to combat malnutrition, disease and poverty in developing countries."
"It was founded in Washington, D.C. in 1981 by African-Americans, Dr.
Irving C. Williams and his wife, Elvira...." It has programs in fourteen
rural villages in the Shinyanga Region of Tanzania. http://www.aheadinc.org/
Information on doing research at the National Archives of Tanzania and
the Zanzibar National Archives. Has citations to articles on the archives,
researchers who have used the archives. http://www.africa-research.org/
Formerly Rumba-Kali. Covers hip hop groups from Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal,
South Africa, Tanzania, Zaire, Zimbabwe. Listen to African radio if you
have a sound card, speakers, and Real Player. Site by Rahh Records of Leiden,
Holland. http://www.africanhiphop.com/
A program of the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa
to build Africa's information and communications infrastructure, adopted
in May 1996. Includes a survey of information policy in Africa (going back
to the 1960s) and a 1994 informatics policies study for Tanzania.
Tanzania case study: http://www.bellanet.org/partners/aisi/policy/infopol/tanzania.htm
Main site: http://www.uneca.org/aisi/
Ali is a Tanzanian living in Ottawa, Canada. His Kanga Writings are proverbs
and sayings in Swahili written on the cotton cloth worn by women. The site
has a History of Kanga,
by Odemari S. Mbuya, links to pages of other Tanzanians, information on
internet service providers in Tanzania, etc. http://www.glcom.com/hassan/
"online community for architects, planners, urban designers, landscape architects,...". Find full text books and many photographs, by country. Course syllabi, such as Seminar in African Art and Culture Art, Architecture and Tradition; Building Identity in West Africa (Dr. Peter Mark). From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning. http://archnet.org
Mosque Architecture in Buganda, Uganda. By Timothy Insoll. 1997. Chapter in Muqarnas XIV: An Annual on the Visual Culture of the Islamic World. Gülru Necipoglu (ed). Leiden: E.J. Brill, 177-189. In PDF.
"the website of ComMattersKenya Limited, a Nairobi-based arts, culture, communications and media firm......covers fine art, books, music & dance, film, video & television, fashion & beauty, puppetry, storytelling & theatre, entertainment, leisure and lifestyle in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania,..." Web magazine founded by Ogova Ondego. Articles on copyright in Kenya, homosexuality, festivals, etc. [KF] http://www.artmatters.info/
Promotes freedom of expression and freedom of information worldwide. Use the Search to locate information on Tanzania. Has a statement on Tanzania's Information and Broadcasting Policy, Tanzania media policy, Zanzibar democracy (52 p. in PDF), etc. Based in London. [KF] http://www.article19.org/
Tanzania's central bank. Carries economic and financial indicators for Tanzania, Tanzania and Zanzibar investment reports, financial statements, history of the Bank, the full text
of its Monthly Economic Reviews (in .zip format), Quarterly Economic Bulletins, Monetary Policy Statements,
annual report, etc. Based in Dar-es-Salaam. [KF] http://www.bot-tz.org
Dr. Benjamin is an anthropologist and lexicographer. Has the Bibliography
and abstract from his dissertation, Development Consumers: An Ethnography
of 'The Poorest of the Poor' and International Aid in Rural Tanzania.
The bibliography includes citations to journal articles. http://pantheon.yale.edu/%7Ehickory/
Safaris to Tanzania (Serengeti, Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Crater,
Arusha National Parks, Zanzibar, Mount Kilimanjaro), has travel tips. http://www.bobbytours.com
In English and Swahili. East African Music and Community Portal. Free online African music videos. Vote for your favorite music. Discussion forums in Swahili. News, events in the U.K. Photos of music events in Tanzania. Maintained by Luca Neghesti of Bongo5 Media Group. http://www.bongo5.com/
In English and Kiswahili. Tanzania hiphop site. Articles, photographs.
"Bongo Flava is a mix of HipHop with Local Melodies & Swahili Lyrics,....."
http://www.bongoflava.com
"a project designed to create an online community for Tanzanians
all over the globe." A non-profit project, "all work is done by
volunteers." Has selected articles from current newspapers. Registered
members can access the discussion forums, chat room, and photo gallery.
[KF]
http://www.bongoland.net
"established in 1999....as a non-profit making organisation to coordinate and stimulate the activities of public and private sector agencies in the book industry of Tanzania" http://www.bamvita.or.tz/
For the study of democratization and free market reform in Africa. The
Public Papers/Private Conversations Project will digitize the public
papers of democratically elected leaders. "The Lloyd G. Balfour African
Presidents in Residence Program,... is an opportunity for former democratically
elected African leaders to spend up to two years in residence at Boston
University." Will publish an Annual African Leaders' State of Africa
Report. Has an interview
and speeches of Tanzania President Benjamin Mkapa. Address: 147
Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215. http://www.bu.edu/aparc/
A rich video news archive covering historical events, sport, social
history and entertainment from 1896 to 1970. Obtain free low
resolution video clips after the free registration. High resolution copies
for PowerPoint Presentations and Web Publishing require a license fee.*
The purpose of the site is mainly educational use. Commercial users who
wish to order a videotape or DVD must order
through a British Pathe librarian. The original film is 35mm. The free
downloaded files may be e-mailed to others. By spring 2003, JPEG images
will be available. For best search results, one needs to use a one word
search such as Tanzania and then look through the entire results.
[KF] http://www.britishpathe.com/flashintro.cfm
Examples of video clips: Commonwealth conferences, the 1964 OAU meeting
in Tanzania, Tanganyika Independence 1961 (in color), 1967 African leaders
meeting in Kampala, 1963 Kenya Independence. [KF]
* Higher quality hard copy on VHS (PAL format only) can be ordered.
"There are three options for purchasing clips; single stories can be
bought for £18 each, up to 7 stories costs £75, and 8 or more
stories costs £10 each, all inclusive of VAT. Postage and Packing
is an additional £2.25 for customers inside the United Kingdom, £10.00
for customers outside the United Kingdom."
In Swahili. Governing party of Tanzania. Successor of the Tanganyika African
National Union, TANU, which united with the Zanzibar Afro-Shirazi Party
in the 1960s. In Feb. 1977 the two parties became the CCM. [KF] http://www.ccmtz.org/
Links to web sites of Christian organizations in Tanzania (churches, church
schools and hospitals and other institutions). Maintained by Steve Hayes.
http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/cecilian/777/eafrica.htm
In English and Swahili. Tanzanian political party whose Chairman is Prof.
Ibrahim Lipumba. Shaaban Khamis Mloo and Seif Shariff Hamad are Vice Chairman
and Secretary General respectively. Based in Zanzibar with a Head Office
in Dar es Salaam. Has extensive reports (Article 19 in London,
etc.) appeals / reports re the Zanzibar "treason" trial, election
2000 reports, etc. [KF] http://www.cuftz.org
"COMESA [formerly the PTA] exists as an organisation of free independent
sovereign states which have agreed to co-operate in developing their natural
and human resources for the good of all their people'. With its 19 member
states and population of 300 million it forms a major integrated trading
block." Has information on customs tariffs by country, road/transport
including road distances, economic profiles for each country (Angola,
Burundi, Comoros, D.R. Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi,
Mauritius, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda,
Zambia, Zimbabwe) etc. Has the text of Doing Business with COMESA:
the Handbook, legal guides to establishing business, etc. http://www.comesa.int/
Used to consult for universities, governments and higher education agencies
world-wide. As a result has many full text reports such as -
Bjarnason, Svava and Helen Lund. Government / University
Relationships. Three African Case Studies. Published Dec. 1999.
Covers Botswana, Tanzania, Uganda. Full
text in Adobe PDF. 79 pp. http://www.acu.ac.uk/chems/
"started in 1994 by Larry Hyman and John Lowe to produce... a lexicographic
database to support and enhance the theoretical, descriptive, and historical
linguistic study of the languages in the important Bantu family." Download
the Bantu MapMaker for making linguistic maps on a Mac.
It comes with maps of Africa and an inventory of about 500 Bantu languages
names with their locations. Has searchable dictionaries
in many languages, a searchable Bantu bibliography, a searchable
Tanzania Language Survey and links to related sites. http://www.cbold.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/
Site by Mother Jones magazine and the Coral Reef Alliance in
Berkeley,
California on endangered coral reefs in Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique,
Comoros, Seychelles, Madagascar, Mauritius, and Reunion. Main page: http://www.motherjones.com/coral_reef/
"independent non-profit organization with no governmental or religious affiliations." Partners with CARE. "volunteers work in orphanages and child care centers, schools, health
clinics and hospitals, homes for the elderly, centers for people with
disabilities, and other community organizations." Is open to all ages, abilities (including those with disabilities). Has 3-week minimum stays in Ghana and Tanzania. A three week cost for the Volunteer Abroad program is $2,650.
Interns work in health, education or social services and work for 5 weeks in Ghana ($3,471) or 4 weeks in Tanzania ($3,210). Offices in New Rochelle, New York and Brighton, U.K. [KF] http://www.crossculturalsolutions.org/
Jacob Crawfurd's 100 photographs
of Cameroon, East
Africa slide show and video clips, a panorama photograph of the valley
in Bafang, Cameroon, plus a few1937
historical photographs (no captions). Crawfurd, from Denmark, also heads
JCJ Film, a one-man production company producing documentaries and short
features. Learn about his video
short story, Low Tide, with the Kizingo Arts Troupe, a group
of 25 young Kenyan artists based in Mombasa, who perform Malaika.
http://crawfurd.dk/africa
Barend Schweigman, a Dutch photographer, taught photography at a local
institution in Dar es Salaam. He presents an online exhibit of "ordinary
people with their favourite objects in the streets of Dar es Salaam."
Click on each individual to see the objects. In English, Swahili and Dutch.
http://www.africaserver.nl/fahari/
"a non-profit making body created to facilitate the Government implementation
of the economic reforms and in future to encourage the wider share ownership
of privatized and all the companies in Tanzania." Listed companies,
market statistics, etc. Based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. [KF] http://www.darstockexchange.com/
The University of Dar es Salaam's press. Publishes in these categories:
Educational, Kiswahili Languages & Literature, Primary School Level,
Scholary Publications. Based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. http://www.dup.co.tz/
Documentary film directed by Hubert Sauper. 107 minutes. "an extraordinary work of visual journalism" - New York Times Aug. 3, 2005. Best Documentary 2004 - European Film Awards. "cargo planes come daily to collect the latest catch [of fish] in exchange for their southbound cargo… Kalashnikovs and ammunitions for the uncounted wars in the dark center of the continent." Filmed in Tanzania. http://www.coop99.at/darwins-nightmare/
History of South Asians in East Africa. Articles, links to related sites. De Souza was born in East Africa. She is a Senior Research Fellow at Auckland University of Technology's Centre for Asian and Migrant Health Research. Based in Waitakere City, New Zealand. [KF] http://www.wairua.com/ruth/culture/africa.html
In German. The Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main has
put on-line a large keyword
searchable database of colonial era photographs, 1822-1936,
from the archives of the Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft [German Colonial
Society], a major organization behind Germany's colonial expansion. Covers
Namibia, Tanzania, Cameroon, Togo, etc. One can click on the small
photos to see a larger version. The database can be searched by Region,
Subject Areas, Keyword, Person, Photographer, People. The collection, of
thousands of photographs, is also being microfilmed for preservation. [B.Lawrance
and KF] http://www.stub.bildarchiv-dkg.uni-frankfurt.de/
Publishes surveys for African countries. Types of information includes Characteristics of Households, Fertility, Fertility Regulation, Fertility Preferences, Early Childhood Mortality, Maternal and Child Health, Maternal and Child Nutrition, Aids and Other STD's. Allows registered users to build custom tables from hundreds of surveys and indicators. DHS + is owned by Macro
International (Calverton, Maryland). [KF] http://www.measuredhs.com/
Site takes a while to load. "The East African Community (EAC) is
the regional intergovernmental organisation of the Republics of Kenya, Uganda
and the United Republic of Tanzania..." Has the full text of the
Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community, press releases,
speeches, statistics databases, staff directory. Based in Arusha,
Tanzania. http://www.eachq.org/
The EAC is "an inter-governmental organization with the mandate to
promote regional integration and development among the Republics of Kenya,
Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania." Has the full text of the
draft Treaty, of the Strategy Document, historical background, etc. http://www.usa.twiga.com/users/eac/
Page by Dr. Douglas Paterson (an anthropologist) with articles on Kenya,
Tanzania popular music, annotated discographies by Paterson on Kenya and
Tanzania music prepared for The Rough Guide to World Music, includes
some audio clips. http://members.aol.com/dpaterson/eamusic.htm
"The Eastern Arc Mountains are a chain of mountains in Kenya
and Tanzania that are influenced by the Indian Ocean....These mountains
are recognized as one of 24 globally important "hot spots" for forest
biodiversity according to Conservation International." Has
a directory of organizations (Kenya, Tanzania, U.S.), map
with links to photographs and reports. Part of the Bugwood
Network hosted by the University of Georgia and the U.S.D.A. Forest
Service. http://www.easternarc.org/
A non-profit making NGO. "The objectives of our organisation are
to foster sustainable economic development on Zanzibar and to protect
the environment....the organisation implements a micro enterprises development
project funded by the Austrian Government." "Our aim is to encourage
local micro entrepreneurs to enter into environmentally and cultural
friendly income generating activities that cater for the growing tourism
industry on the isle." Based in Zanzibar. http://www.ecoculture-zanzibar.org
ESRF was "established in 1994 as an independent, not-for-profit institution for research and policy analysis." Has a keyword searchable database of full text reports / documents on public policy issues (governance, globalisation, the economy, poverty, education, etc.). Hosts an Anti-Corruption
Forum with documents, a budget forum with full text budget speeches. Some issues of its Newsletter are online. The newspaper clipping database has articles in PDF. Has a searchable online document catalog and student internship positions. Based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Old Site:http://www.esrf.kabissa.org/ New site: http://www.esrftz.org/
From the publication, Ethnologue: Languages of the World,
13th ed. (Dallas, Tx.: Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1996), edited by
Barbara F. Grimes. For each
African country provides no. of speakers, dialects, linguistic affiliation,
etc. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=Tanzania
Telecentre and cybercafe. "One of
the only rural cybercafes in Tanzania, based in Kilosa, Morogoro Region. Services
include telephone, IP telephone, Internet, fax, photocopy, messaging, word
processing, desktop publishing, secretarial services, Internet & computer
training, digital photos, and scanning. The
service generates profits through making many villagers capable of earning
more money and enhancing their livelihoods." Owned by Mark Farahani.
http://www.kilosaruralservices.com
Full text primary documents (letters, telegrams, memoranda, etc.)
regarding U.S. relations with Africa. Includes documents on the 1964
Zanzibar coup. (Dept. of State Publication 10627). http://www.state.gov/www/about_state/history/vol_xxiv/index.html
Has full text reports on governance, economic reform, women's issues, trade unions, local government, etc. Has a Youth Leadership Training Programme. http://tanzania.fes-international.de/
Luxury resort on Pemba island, Zanzibar, offers scuba diving, snorkeling,
sailing, fishing, waterskiing and kayaking. http://www.fundulagoon.com/
Geider, Thomas - A Bibliography of Swahili Literature, Linguistics,
Culture and History
Full text online. In
Adobe pdf, 101 pages. No. 10, 2003 of the online journal Swahili
Forum, published at the Department of Anthropology and African
Studies, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany. http://www.uni-mainz.de/~ifeas/SwaFo/
(DED) is the development service of the Federal Republic of Germany, founded
in 1963. Has full text reports on projects in agriculture, gender &
development, the Commission for Lands and Environment in Zanzibar, a Catholic
hospital, civil society support, AIDS projects, wildlife and water conservation,
etc. [KF] http://www.ded-tanzania.de/
Non-profit Society established in 1986. Members are Germans and Tanzanians
who support projects in Tanzania such as WAMATA, an AIDS
counseling and support center. Based in Varel, Germany.
[KF] http://www.detaf.de/
Volunteers live in a rural community for two to three weeks and work
on projects chosen by the community's leaders. Projects include teaching,
health care, and community infrastructure projects. The cost is $2,185 for
three weeks plus airfare to Tanzania. GV is a non-profit, non-sectarian
organization, founded in 1984, based in St. Paul, Minnesota. http://www.globalvolunteers.org/tnznmain.htm
Collections on African Christianity from mainly North American Protestant
missionaries and some African churches and organizations. Most records are
20th century; 75% concern east or central Africa. Collections include those
of the Africa
Inland Mission and individual missionaries. The African Inland Mission
was especially active in Kenya, Zaire, Uganda, Tanzania, Sudan, and the
Central African Republic. Has a searchable
database of guides to the collections. http://www.wheaton.edu/bgc/
Formed in 1994 as an independent production company. Produced Maangamizi
- The Ancient One, produced by Ron Mulvihill and Martin Mhando and Arusi
Ya Mariamu/ The Marriage of Mariamu, a Tanzanian-American co-production,
made by TFC, the national film company of Tanzania and Ron Mulvihill. Has
many photographs and reports on production of the films. http://www.grisgrisfilms.com/
A Tanzanian company to "act as local catalyst in advocating for activities
which empower marginalized people." Has, in English and Swahili,
Tanzania without Poverty.
A plain language guide to Tanzania's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
(May 2001), other policy documents, training manuels, a mailing list, http://www.hakikazi.org/
"a private museum digest of contemporary Makonde art from East Africa."
Sculpture, masks, paintings. Site owned by Peter-Andreas Kamphausen. Features
Tanzanian artist, George Lilanga.
http://www.makonde-online.de
Tanzania's "first live internet provider via V-SAT". The web
page is very heavy on the graphics and may be slow loading. Site will host
web sites for Tanzania companies. http://www.raha.com/
Its main programs are on Gender, the Environment and Conflict and Dialogue. Its partners are in the Horn of Africa, Kenya, Uganda. Based in Nairobi, Kenya. [KF] http://www.hbfha.com/
Full text reports include - NEPAD A New Path? 2002. (359 pages in PDF) - covers historical background, democratic governance, economic governance, environment consequences, role of women, regional integration. Authors include Adebayo Adedeji, Archie Mafeje, Thandika Mkandawire, Yash Tandon, Horace Campbell, Peter Anyang' Nyong'o and others.
The Study of African Politics. A Critical Appreciation of a Heritage. By Peter Anyang' Nyong'o. 2002. (114 pages in PDF)
Law, the Social Sciences and the Crisis of Relevance: A Personal Account. By Dani Nabudere. 2001. (African Social Scientists Reflections, Part 2.) (137 pages in PDF) - includes law in African colonies, the post-colonial state, the Dar es Salaam School, legal education, African Studies (afrocentricity), Nabudere's law student days in the early 1960s and activist law career in Uganda.
Anthropology in Post-Independence Africa: End of an Era and the Problem of Self-Redefination. By Archie Mafeje. 2001. (African Social Scientists Reflections, Part 1.) (79 pages in PDF)
Sustainable Development, Governance, Globalisation: African Perspective. 2002 (188 p. in PDF) - women's issues, human settlements, Uganda, the Horn, Great Lakes, environment, peace & conflict. Authors include Kwesi Kwaa Prah, Archie Mafeje, Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka, Bereket Selassie and others.
Annotated Swahili corpus on-line. (12 million words) of Swahili text. Prose text from Swahili newspapers, the news site of Deutsche Welle, and books of various genres. Access is permitted by application for research purposes. Annotated using the Swahili Language Manager developed by Arvi Hurskainen, Professor of African languages. Maintained at the University of Helsinki, Institute for Asian and African Studies and Finland's Center for Scientific Computing. http://www.csc.fi/kielipankki/aineistot/hcs/index.phtml.en
Photographs, taken in 1999 and 2000, of barbershops in Arusha, Tanzania. Includes the rap scene in Arusha and a popular mural artist, Seif Bakari, known as Nevada Art. Web site of Brad Weiss, Associate Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. http://www.wm.edu/anthropology/faculty/weiss/index.html
Concerns the October 2000 election. Published February 5, 2001. Part of
the Association of Concerned Africa Scholars "On the Edge Commentary."
http://www.prairienet.org/acas/edge/hirjitanzania.html
Full text report. "This report is based on research
conducted in Tanzania in May and June 1998 and October and November 1999."
Topics covered include: The Refugee Camps, Women's Unequal Status in Burundian
Society, Domestic Violence in Tanzanian Camps, Status of Women and Other
Social Problems, Tanzanian government response, etc. [KF] http://www.hrw.org/reports/2000/tanzania/
The International Institute for Educational Planning's newsletter, April-June
2000 (in Adobe PDF) issue covers the Dakar World Education Forum and
Private Education in Tanzania. http://www.unesco.org/iiep/index.htm
What Kids Can Do (WKCD), an NGO, works with students at Awet Secondary School in Kambi ya Simba, Tanzania to document daily life in their village and school with digital cameras and tape recorders. Photos, interviews, and video. Excerpts from a book about them, In Our Village: Kambi ya Simba Through the
Eyes of Its Youth (Next Generation Press, 2006). "video clips provide a "virtual visit" to
the village and the school." [KF] http://www.inourvillage.org/
Pub. 2001. From INCORE, the Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity, a joint initiative of the University of Ulster and the United Nations University. Based in Northern Ireland. http://lugh.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/countries/tanzania.html
International inter-university program (based in Geneva, Switzerland)
to collect "grey literature" on the economic, social, and political
aspects of Burundi, Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Congo-Kinshasa.
The documents, on cd-rom, are sold thru subscription. http://www.unige.ch/iued/grandslacs/welcome.html
In English, Spanish, French. The IFRTD focuses on the "introduction
and dissemination of intermediate means of transport (e.g. bicycles,
pack animals, wheelbarrows, low-cost motor vehicles, etc.) to fill the
gap between walking and motorized vehicles." Has articles from its
journal, Forum News, an annotated bibliography, photographs
of rural transport methods, etc. Includes An Annotated Bibliography on Rural Transport, Edited by Niklas Sieber (1997). http://www.gn.apc.org/ifrtd/
An Information Base on Equal Employment Opportunities
for Women and Men. For the African countries covered (Egypt, Ivory Coast,
Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia) provides information
on all or some of the following - equal employment legislation;
collective agreements; case law, customary law, labor courts,
workers' and employers' organizations, national guidelines,
government programs, links to related sites. [KF] http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/gems/eeo/
Full text reports on Tanzania's economy. Includes "Tanzania:
Recent Economic Developments" and "Tanzania - Statistical Annex."
http://www.imf.org/external/country/TZA/
Pub. at Univ. of Bradford, Dept. of Social and Economic Studies, Bradford,
U.K. Contains the full text of No. 1, April 1996. The issue includes "The
social impact of [structural] adjustment in Tanzania" by M. Messkoub.
http://www.brad.ac.uk/research/ijas/homeijas.htm
"a regional inter-govermental organisation whose mission is to encourage and develop mutually beneficial collaboration between universities in East Africa, and between them and governments and other organisations, both public and private." Full text reports on education. Has a scholarship program. Applicants must be resident citizens and other residents of Kenya,
Tanzania, or Uganda. Sponsors the East African Network of University Libraries. [KF] http://www.iucea.org/
In Swahili and English. About Islam and Muslims in Tanzania. "African
Islam in Tanzania" by Abdulaziz Y. Lodhi and David Westerlund covers
history, organizations, a bibliographical essay. Has other articles and
links to related sites. Has full text articles from the Swahili journal, Nasaha and from An-nuur,
weekly Kiswahili magazine from Dar es Salaam. Has full text of the book, Mwembechai killings
and the political future of Tanzania by Hamza M. Njozi. [KF] http://www.igs.net/~kassim/
Non-profit education project for rural Tanzanians, in Kibaya, Tanzania
within the rural Kiteto District, "launched by Christina Gabriel (TZ)
and Carrie Oelberger (U.S.) in 1997." Occasionally has internship volunteer
positions. Based in Stow, Massachusetts. http://www.jifunze.org/
Briefly discusses problems with tourism development in Zanzibar,
includes a bibliography. Chapter from R. H. Joynson's book, Alternative
Tourism. See additional chapters at the bottom of the Bolton
Business School, Tourism Department web site. http://basil.acs.bolton.ac.uk/~rj2/Papers/SA_ETHIC.html
An NGO founded in Kenya in 1991, works in Kenya, Tanzania, Mali. "Each summer, ApproTEC has a very
limited number of internships at its offices in Nairobi, Kenya. These non-paying
positions are for experienced business, economics, and engineering design
graduate students or professionals. ApproTEC assists small business
people "to identify viable business opportunities, to access the technologies
required to launch the new enterprises and to widely market new products."
Example: Designed a water pump which has helped Kenyans grow food more efficiently
and profitably. ApproTEC received one of five Tech Museum of Innovation
award for technology benefiting humanity - Source: San Jose Mercury News,
1C. Nov. 8, 2002, p. Based in Nairobi and San Francisco. http://www.approtec.org/
"The main aim of LPCA is to document and further the study of expressions
of popular language and culture in Africa." Maintained by Johannes
Fabian and Vincent de Rooij of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology,
University of Amsterdam. [KF] http://www2.fmg.uva.nl/lpca/
"a web-appendix to The languages of Tanzania: a bibliography,
compiled and edited by Jouni Maho Göteborg & Bonny Sands."
Find web resources by language; all entries are annotated. [KF] http://www.african.gu.se/tanzania/weblinks.html
"...the first public interest environmental law organization in Tanzania.
It was established in 1994...Its mission is to ensure sound natural resource
management and environmental protection in Tanzania. LEAT carries out policy
research, advocacy, and selected public interest litigation. Its membership
largely includes lawyers concerned with environmental management and democratic
governance in Tanzania. Has press releases, full
text documents, information on a controversy
surrounding the Bulyanhulu Gold Mine, etc. [KF] http://www.leat.or.tz/
Site of the well-known Tanzania painter and sculptor who influenced Keith
Haring. Includes a biography. His works can be bought on-line.Web site based
in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. http://georgelilanga.com
L-TSA - Tanzania Discussion List
L-TSA, maintained by Sheryl McCurdy for the Tanzanian Studies
Association, was established by scholars at the 1996 African Studies
Association conference in San Francisco. One of its goals is to help Tanzanian
scholars do research and writing abroad. Members include historians, anthropologists,
geographers, political scientists, and others. To subscribe send a request
to: Listserv@psuvm.psu.edu or
L-TSA-request@LISTS.PSU.EDU
or to mccurdy@pop.psu.edu
"Maangamizi, a powerful Swahili word which translates into 'destroyer'
is the unseen force which binds two women, an African American physician
(BarbaraO) and her African patient (Amandina Lihamba) in a tense and psychological
relationship." The film was entered in the Foreign Language Film category
for the 74th Academy Awards, Tanzania's first entry in the U.S. Academy
Awards. The film, in Swahili, "centers around three women, a doctor,
her patient and the mysterious ancestor that comes to take them on a
journey into their past and inevitably delivers them to a place of healing."
Directors are Tanzanian filmmaker, Martin Mhando, and Ron Mulvihill. [KF]
http:// www.grisgrisfilms.com/maangamizi.htm
An NGO "founded in 1987 to address the illegal appropriation and
destruction of the natural environment in Maasai peoples' traditional lands
in Kenya and Tanzania." Includes a Maasai People's History. Based in
Nairobi and Washington, D. C. http://www.maasaierc.org/
"non-profit NGO, based in the Netherlands...founded to promote African
music and support local initiatives of African musicians." Has audio
clips, an essay on African pop music, video and audio clips of Mister II,
a popular Tanzania rap musician. Site from the Netherlands.
http://www.madunia.nl
Project by students in the African Studies Department of Humboldt-University
at Berlin, Germany. "About 100 years ago, in late July 1905,
the Maji Maji rebellion broke out in the Matumbi Hills in southern Tanzania.
It was the greatest challenge German colonial rule ever faced in
East Africa, leading to far reaching administrative and political reforms
in the colony." Contains citations to and annotations on 67 "articles
published by contemporary observers in German newspapers and journals -
which non-German speakers often have great difficulties to locate."
Also has chapters from books. "The main criterion for inclusion was
whether the author was a direct observer of the events of 1905-1907."
Has indexes to persons, places, and groups. The articles (bibliography)
can be arranged by source or author. [KF] http://www.mhudi.de/maji
Dr. Mbele, from Tanzania, teaches folklore and literature in the
English Department, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota. Site includes
a critique
of Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart", an article on doing
fieldwork
in Tanzanian folklore plus ethical issues, study abroad programs in Tanzania
and Zimbabwe, and a commentary on the current politics of Rwanda;
Mbele taught at the University of Burundi. [KF] http://www.stolaf.edu/people/mbele/
Directory, by Michele Fleet and Kate Mhambi, of e-mail and www sites for
Southern Africa for over 140 newspapers, radio, television and professional
institutions in Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South
Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. From the Southern
Africa AIDS Information Dissemination Service (Harare, Zimbabwe) &
Panos. [KF] http://www.safaids.org.zw
"(PLEA) is a research, training, and service program of the African
Studies Center of Michigan State University in collaboration with the fisheries
research institutes of Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda.
PLEA does research on Lakes Victoria and Malawi on the Anthropology and
Sociology of fisheries management and development, women and gender, environmental
policy, the socioeconomic impacts of species introductions, and relations
of production . PLEA trains African and international scholars in fisheries
socioeconomics and provides bibliographic databases, conferences, and consultancies."
Maintained by Doug Wilson. [KF] http://africa.msu.edu/PLEA/
Has a satellite image of Dar es Salaam. The images
on Terra Server come from the United States Geological Survey and SPIN-2,
a joint Russian/American venture to market declassified satellite photographs.
http://terraserver.microsoft.com/
Consulting company on the Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
Industry in Africa. Has a 62 page report, in
Adobe pdf, "Country ICT Survey for Tanzania" (Pub.
2001). Report prepared for the Swedish International Development Cooperation
Agency. Based in Wilderness, South Africa. [KF] http://www.milless.co.za/archive_list.htm
Pioneering publisher of fiction, nonfiction, children's books, law, textbooks. Publishes fine art books (Tanzania sculpture, Malangatana from Mozambique). Established in 1991 by Walter Bgoya. Based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. [KF] http://www.mkukinanyota.com/
"formerly known as the International Baptist Theological Seminary
of Eastern Africa, is located near Arusha Tanzania. The
school was organized in 1962 by the first Southern Baptist
missionaries to East Africa. For over forty years the Faculty of Theology
has been training church leader who now serve in several East African countries."
"In September of 2003 the school received permission from the government
of Tanzania to become Mount Meru University, an accredited institution."
http://www.mmu.ac.tz
"The primary research for this paper was conducted over two months
during the summer of 1996 along the northeastern Swahili Coast of Tanzania,
and extending from the capital of Dares Salaam to the northern port of Tanga
town. In this paper, I will provide basic information concerning the continued
efforts to educate about and further prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in Tanzania."
On the site of the Univ. of Iowa, Project for the Advanced Study of Art
and Life in Africa. [KF] http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/ceras/baobab/moyer.html
Founded by Nyerere in 1996. Has audio clips of Nyerere's speeches
(in Swahili and English); these take a significant time to download. Describes
projects on conflict resolution, African unity. A priority for its Documentation
Centre will be establishing a database containing the correspondence and
papers by and about Mwalimu Nyerere and those of the OAU Liberation Committee.
"Preserving and classifying them is a fundamental activity of the Foundation
in fulfilling its role as a Think Tank." [KF] http://www.nyererefoundation.or.tz/
"village-owned society for the development of Mzuri Kaja village, Makunduchi, Zanzibar Islands." Projects include water supply for the village and building a school. Making caps is a tradition. Describes the New Year's festival, importance of henna, spirits, a visit to the village. Photographs. [KF] http://www.mzuri-kaja.or.tz
Namaskar-Africana-L
Is a "worldwide list for the discussion of genealogy and history
of the Indian communities of East Africa, inclusive of Kenya,Uganda and
Tanzania."
Business directory for Tanzania. Classifieds, shopping, discount coupons,
tourism, jobs, services, photographs, chat, etc. Book hotels but you must
register on the web site first. Web site based in the U.S. (NYC and California).
[KF] http://www.naomba.com/
Created by the Tanzania government. "The purpose of NDC is to initiate,
develop and to guide the implementation of projects in the mining, agricultural,
industrial, energy and forestry sectors of Tanzania, in partnership with
the private sector. Information on setting up a business in Tanzania. [KF] http://www.ndctz.com/
For those with sound cards, speakers, RealPlayer, listen to a remembrance
of Julius Nyerere by Scott Simon, an NPR reporter. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1065366
About the PBS TV program on the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Has lessons
designed for earth science, biology, and mathematics students in middle
and high school classrooms, links to related sites. http://www.pbs.org/edens/ngorongoro/
(Ottawa, Canada: Globalink Communications, 2000.) Full text of the book,
in html and Adobe PDF formats. "On Friday 13 February, 1998 at the
instigation of a Catholic priest of Mburahati parish in Dar es Salaam, the
Tanzania government ordered its para-military police force to open fire
on unarmed Muslims at Mwembechai area, killing at least four of them."
[KF] http://www.islamtz.org/mwembechai.html
Documents on the "late 20th century history of national liberation in Southern Africa and the role of the Nordic countries..... primary source material available in government, NGO and personal archives..... mainly in the Nordic languages, but when possible, English is indicated.....interviews with important actors, photographs, publications, posters and scanned newspaper clips from the period 1960-1996." Personal stories (such as Diary from Somafco 1986-1988 [on Solomon Mahalngo Freedom School in Tanzania] and I worked as a nurse at Somafco 1988-1991). The Nordic Africa Institute is based in Uppsala, Sweden. [KF] http://www.liberationafrica.se/
The Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zanzibar) photographs comprises c. 7,600 photographs taken primarily in East Africa between about 1860 and 1960. A sample of 101 images are on-line and album views. Has an inventory. http://www.library.northwestern.edu/africana/winterton/index.html
The Nyakyusa live in Tanzania and Malawi. Has a bibliography on the Nyakyusa
including journal articles, stories in Nyakyusa, information on a Nyakyusa
dictionary for sale produced by a team including Knut Felberg maintainer
of the page. [KF] http://home.online.no/~felberg/nyakyusa/nyakyusa.htm
Poem in honor of Julius Nyerere, late President of Tanzania. By Ugandan
writer and political scientist, Dr. Okello Oculi. http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/okellopoem.html
The Orthodox Christian Mission Center is "the Mission and Evangelism
Agency of the Orthodox Churches in North America. Originally founded in
1985 as an arm of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America..."
Describes their programs in Ghana, Madagascar, Tanzania.
http://www.ocmc.org/
U.S. NGO with programs in civil society capacity building,
education on female genital mutilation, production of guides on influencing
government policy. Based in Dar es Salaam. [KF] http://www.pacttz.org/
Full text publications online include:
Legislative Roadmap 38 p. (in
English & Swahili) Media Guide 68 p. in
Adobe pdf Tanzania Advocacy Partnership Program (TAPP) Sub-Grant Manual
89 p. in
Adobe pdf (to assist organizations in managing U.S. govt. grants) The Policy Process and Civil Society Access to that Process in Tanzania,
by Suma C. Kaare. 2003. 17 p. in
Adobe pdf
Panos (London) and LEAD, Leadership
for Environment & Development have published a joint report, which explores
what six countries have achieved in sustainable development since the
1992 Earth Summit in Rio. The countries...are: India, Japan, South
Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and the United States. "...each country
has enacted an array of new mainly environmental legislation, but has
largely failed to go the extra mile to integrate environmental protection
with development. Most of the countries being reviewed, moreover, do
not appear convinced by the concept of sustainable development." Has a report [in MS
Word] on the summit. [KF] http://www.panos.org.uk/press/news_releases.asp?newsid=1057
Full text publications include: Higher Education in Tanzania: A Case
Study; Makerere University in Transition, 1993-2000: Opportunities
and Challenges; Higher Education in Mozambique: A Case Study; Securing
the Linchpin: ICT for Teaching, Learning, and Research. The Grants
Database provides information by country, grantee, donor, amount, duration,
purpose of grant, and keywords on grants received from the Partnership members:
Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Ford Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation,
and the Rockefeller Foundation. Based at New York University, New York City.
[KF] http://www.foundation-partnership.org
A non-profit founded in the 1920s. "supports family planning and
reproductive health initiatives in 37 countries in Africa, Latin America
and the Caribbean, and Asia and the Near East." Full text articles
on Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda,
with photographs, statistics. [KF] http://www.pathfind.org
"a non-governmental development organization operating in Central Tanzania, ....."
Projects include provision of food, medication, clothing, medical supplies, books and other educational materials, micro financing, scholarships, school and church construction. Works with Books for Africa and Feed My Starving Children (a Christian non-profit). Based in Dodoma, Tanzania and Minnesota. http://www.pentrust.org
A research-oriented NGO which undertakes and facilitates economic and social research in poverty
and related issues. Conducts training, promotes policy development for poverty reduction. Provides research grants. Full text of its Research Reports are on-line. Full text of the Special Papers are on-line. Based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. http://www.repoa.or.tz/
The International Association of University Presidents (IAUP), in cooperation
with the International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU) and VL.I.R.
: the Flemish Interuniversity Council (Belgium) worked with St. Augustine
University to put full
text reports online. Topics include: Towards the Termination of Foreign
Aid in Sub Saharan Africa: A Proposal and Reflections from an African Perspective;
Tanzania Value Added Taxation; Gender Issues. [KF] http://www.fiuc.org/iaup/sap/publications/staugust/staugustpub.php
Computational management of Swahili.
SALAMA is "a computational environment for handling Swahili
text. Includes morphological, syntactic and semantic analysis of text,
including rule-based disambiguation. Applications: a spell checker,
morphological and syntactic tagger, as well as tools for dictionary
compilation. The most recent applications include machine translation from
Swahili to English."
Maintained at the University of Helsinki. http://www.njas.helsinki.fi/salama
Religious seminary affiliated with the the Philosophy Faculty of the Pontifical Urbaniana University of Rome. Offers a B.A. in Philosophy and a Bachelor of Theology degree (four-year program of theological training for the Catholic priesthood.) The Salvatorianum Publishing House publishes religious titles in Swahili and English. Has the table of contents of its magazine, Africa Tomorrow. and the full text of the student journal, Kola Hill Digest. Photographs of the school, students, and church art work. Based in Morogoro, Tanzania. [KF] http://www.sds.org/morogoro/
"Since 1968 The Salvatorian Mission Warehouse has been shipping tons
of critical materials to needy villages around the world." Sends
shipments to Tanzania
and other African countries. "For over 30 years Brother Regis and the
Salvatorian Mission Warehouse in New Holstein, Wisconsin have been sending
pallets of food, vitamins, medicines, clothing, soap and other materials...." [KF] http://salvatorians.com/missionwh/
FAD Working Paper 3/98. Institute of Development Studies, Research Project Finnish Aid in Development, University of Helsinki, Finland. http://www.valt.helsinki.fi/kmi/fad/fad-wp-3-98.htm
Concerns the spread of viruses from domestic to wild animals in the Serengeti
Game Reserve. From the Trade and Environment Database at American University
(Washington, D.C.). http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/AFRDOG.HTM
"The university was created in July 1984 from the former Faculty
of Agriculture, Forestry, and Veterinary Science of the University of Dar
es Salaam..." Its Solomon Mahlangu Campus in Mazimbu, Morogoro was
formerly the African National Congress's [South Africa] Solomon Mahlangu
Freedom College (SOMAFCO). [KF] http://www.suanet.ac.tz/
See also full
text publications, in Adobe pdf, from Sokoine University on agriculture,
food security, gender imbalance,etc; "an initiative of the International
Association of University Presidents (IAUP), in cooperation with the International
Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU) and VL.I.R. : the Flemish Interuniversity
Council (Belgium). http://www.fiuc.org/iaup/esap/publications/sokoine/sokoinepub.php
Catholic university "established in 1998,... the successor of the Nyegezi Social Training Institute (NSTI) founded in 1960..... by the Catholic White Fathers (now called the Missionaries of Africa),.." Hosts the Tanzania Pastoral Research Institute. Based near Mwanza, Tanzania. http://www.saut.ac.tz/
The author's thesis. Covers from "the period of the appearance of the first newspaper in 1888 to the democratisation process." Contents: German East Africa, Tanganyika under British Rule, Independence to Democratisation, Media Development on Zanzibar. Bibliography of books, articles, list of Tanzania newspapers. Maintained by Martin Sturmer. [KF] http://www.afrika.info/mediahistorytanzania.html
Describes the revival of Sukuma traditional arts and culture taking place
among traditional doctors, chiefs, artists, and dancers. Covers history,
politics, and religion in Usukuma, Sukuma dancing, dance societies and ties
to Denmark, healing practices, chiefs and royal history, a history and tour
of the Sukuma Museum. Has many photographs including historical photos.
By Mark and Aimee Bessire. M. Bessire was a Fulbright Fellow and Consusltant
to the Museum. [KF] http://www.photo.net/sukuma/
NGO (501(c)(3) to limit the impact of HIV/AIDS in underserved communities and to train future leaders in international health and development. Works in Tanzania. Awareness campaigns, HIV testing and counseling. "Offers structured 8 and 12 week volunteer programs open to students and recent alumni" from various colleges. The on-line Newsletters describe activities. Founded by a Stanford University medical student in 2002 as Students for International Change. Based in Tucson, Arizona and Arusha, Tanzania. http://www.sichange.org/
Published at the Department of Anthropology and African Studies, Johannes
Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany. Annual journal. Issues from 2003 are
only online. Table of contents for older issues. No. 10, 2003 is "A
Bibliography of Swahili Literature, Linguistics, Culture and History"
by Thomas Geider (in
Adobe pdf, 101 pages). http://www.uni-mainz.de/~ifeas/SwaFo/
In English and Swahili. "website showcasing Tanzania's Urban [especially hiphop music] Culture." Some audio clips. The Duka sells CDs. Also a myspace site. http://www.swahiliremix.com
Web site not working. "TANGO promotes the growth of the NGO sector and civil society at
large." Has a Directory of NGOs. Based in Dar es Salaam.
http://www.tango.or.tz/
Directory of Tanzania sites, business directory, travel information, Tanzania
news, facts, detailed map of Dar es Salaam, events and holidays, recipes.
Managed by SiM Consultants. Site based in Great Britain. http://www.tanserve.com
Web site for members of TANZANET, an electronic mailing-list. "Membership
is open to all Tanzanians and all those interested in things Tanzanian."
Subscriptions are $10 for those outside of Tanzania. Has full text articles
from its Tanzanet Journal.
Its Consultants Database is "a platform where you can find resource
persons, and professionals who are either Tanzanians or have working/research
experience on Tanzanian practical issues. The database covers most areas
of professional skills, from Social sciences, Natural Sciences to Engineering
sciences." Sponsors a Books for Tanzania project, the annual Kandoro
prize honors contributions to the advancement of literature in Tanzania
and abroad. The Publications Database will provide citations to "theses,
dissertations, journal articles, historical documents, program transcripts,
etc. that have significant research carried out on or in Tanzania."
It has some full text articles. Has a directory of Tanzania web sites,
directory of the Tanzania Press, a discussion forum in Swahili. Based in Raleigh, NC. and Leverkusen, Germany.
[KF] http://tanzanet.org/
In Kiswahili and English. Official site. Country profile
(with national holidays, national symbols, mountain summits), an extensive
history, information on Kiswahili, tourism and travel, press releases,
government ministries (with address, fax, email), Zanzibar government
site, Economic
Surveys, Poverty
and Human Development Report 2003 (PDF, 162 pages), links to government
web sites, etc. [KF] http://www.tanzania.go.tz/
The Commission regulates service providers in the postal and telecommunications
sectors. It was established in 1993 established "following the dissolution
of the former Tanzania Posts and Telecommunications Corporation...."
Has text of the Tanzania Communications Act N0. 18 of 1993, National Telecom
Policy of 1997, meeting reports, licensing information, etc. http://www.tcc.go.tz/
Official site. Visa entry forms, ministry addresses, government organization
chart, the President's biography, Tanzania telephone codes, government news,
business contacts directory, why invest in Tanzania, regional cooperation,
"Tanzania Development Vision 2025", U.S.-Tanzania relations, etc.
[KF] http://www.tanzaniaembassy-us.org/
"The IDRC along with the WHO, the World Bank, CIDA, and UNICEF are
funding a project in collaboration with the Tanzania government called the
Tanzanian Essential Health Interventions Project. The project is designed
to test the hypothesis that more rational and efficient decisions on health
allocations can be made on the basis of information obtained at a district
level." "Initially, two districts - Rufiji District and Morogoro
(Rural) District - are participating in TEHIP." [KF] http://www.idrc.ca/ehip/
In English and Kiswahili. NGO which promotes gender positive
activism. Describes programs, publications. Publishes a newsletter, Ulingo
Wa Jinsia. http://www.tgnp.co.tz/
Based in Dar es Salaam. http://www.tgnp.org/
'The Tanzania Geographic Information Systems Users Group (TZGISUG) is a semi-formal network of GIS practitioners and users who are either based in or are working on GIS issues related to Tanzania.
The purpose of the TZGISUG is to provide a “place” where constituents of the network can share knowledge and information and generally provide support on a peer-to-peer basis on variety of technical issues. http://tzgisug.or.tz/
"A Tanzanian government institution for Industrial research and development.
Established in 1979 after the breakup of the East African Community."
Has examples of consultancy work on electricity costs. http://www.sdnp.undp.org/tirdo
In English and Swahili. "an independent private organisation that aims to provide information to the Tanzanian community in the UK." Directory of businesses in the U.K., news, discussion forums, commentary of religion, etc. Women's zone. Love corner. Maintained by Mr and Mrs Saidi Othman. [KF] http://www.tanzanianow.com/
Database of full text reports on Tanzania development issues.
Search by author, title, keyword. Topics include Education, Agriculture,
Mining, Tourism, Trade, Industries, Health, Poverty reduction, Water Environment,
Women development, Private sector development, Science and Technology, Human
Rights. Funded by the UNDP, Tanzania govt., etc. Based in Dar-es-Salaam
Tanzania. [KF] http://www.tzonline.org
Members by Region, by Political Party, by Gender. Ministers, Deputy Ministers.
Full text documents - Acts, Hansards (in
Swahili), Constitution (in
English and Swahili), reports (such as the First
medium term plan for growth and poverty reduction (2004/05 - 2006/07) -
162 p. in
PDF
. http://www.parliament.go.tz/
Also information
on the Parliament, list of Members of Parliament. On the Tazania High Commission
web site in London. http://www.tanzania-online.gov.uk/gov/wabunge.html
The former web site domain name had been taken over. See an account at http://www.bungetz.org/
Reports on Number of Persons, Population Density, Household Size, Sex
Ratio, growth rates, projected population, maps showing population growth
by region, population density by region, clickable map showing census data
by region. [KF] http://www.tanzania.go.tz/census/
In English and Swahili. Information on the Public Service Reform Programme. Directory of other Tanzania government web sites. Based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. http://www.estabs.go.tz/
Established by the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics in collaboration with 17 Ministries and Government Institutions. "TSED 2.0 is a database system that helps to organize and present data on social development indicators." The software must be downloaded. Requires MS Office, 300 MB of free disk space, etc. http://www.tsed.org/
In English and Swahili. Biography, speeches, photographs of the President.
Information on Chama Cha Mapinduzi, the ruling party. [KF] http://www.statehouse.go.tz/
Has an ongoing Tanzania Studies Bibliography, compiled by Shobana Shankar and now a wiki with multiple contributors,
Swahli bibliography, articles on the web, web site directory, research clearance
information. Helps distribute Tanzania
Zamani, the journal of the Historical Association of Tanzania
and the Department of History of the University of Dar es Salaam. http://www.csuchico.edu/soci/tanzania/
Official site for the Tourist Board. Has a clickable map leading to descriptions
of national parks, a free newsletter, tour operators, hotels, resorts, etc.
Site designed & maintained by World Archipelago Internet Ltd. (London).
http://www.tanzania-web.com/home2.htm
Journal of the Historical Association of Tanzania and the Department of
History, University of Dar es Salaam. Distributed by the Tanzania
Studies Association.
Searchable database part of the Comparative
Bantu On-line Dictionary Project "started in 1994
by Larry Hyman and John Lowe to produce...a lexicographic database to support
and enhance the theoretical, descriptive, and historical linguistic study
of the languages in the important Bantu family." Download the Bantu
MapMaker for making linguistic maps on a Mac. It comes with maps
of Africa and an inventory of about 500 Bantu languages names with their
locations. Has searchable
dictionaries in many languages, a searchable Bantu
bibliography, and links to
related sites. [KF] http://www.linguistics.berkeley.edu/CBOLD/
In English and Swahili. "a series of identification keys to the mammals
of Tanzania. These keys should allow you to determine the identity of
a skull or skin of most mammals found in Tanzania." Has a bibliography
on the mammals of Tanzania and elsewhere in Africa, photographs and diagrams.
On the site of the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois. http://www.fmnh.org/tanzania/
Official site? In English and Swahili. Click on the Swahili section which
has many texts in English. Has information on the child development policy,
the Fourth UNFPA Country Programme, etc. From the Population Planning Unit
which is "... the custodian of the Tanzanian National Population Policy."
[KF] http://www.angelfire.com/tn/ppu/
Tanzlist
The Tanzania
Studies Association's discussion list is maintained by Sheryl
McCurdy. Members include historians, anthropologists, geographers, political
scientists, and others. To subscribe to the discussion list, send a request
to: listproc@ccat.sas.upenn.edu
with the Messasge: subscribe TANZLIST
"The Tarangire Elephant Project is working with local communities and tour operators to protect the main dispersal area of the northern sub-population of elephants." On the web site of the Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York. http://www.wcs.org/tarangire
"a best practice sustainable energy [ngo] organization committed to the achievement of poverty free, environmentally secure, economically and socially well off communities...... Publishes a newsletter, Sustainable Energy and Development Forum, also in Swahili. Biofuels, renewable energy. Based in Dar es Salaam. [KF] http://www.tatedo.org/
Timegate - The Zanzibar Archive
Site has closed, was created by Kamal Gordhan, a Zanzibari living in the
UK, "dedicted to the people and history of Zanzibar.". Had many
links to Zanzibar-related sites. http://www.timegate.demon.co.uk/
and http://www.zanzibar.eastafrica.net
92
page report, in Adobe PDF format. The goal of the workshop is to "increase
access to information to develop a more informed civil society,..."
The Workshop gave government officials an opportunity to identify and respond
to citizens' reasonable demands for information on government programmes.
"Once equipped with information, individual citizens and their representatives
can assert their civil rights, hold governments accountable, and help to
detect and deter corruption and fraud." On the web site of the Transparency
International.. [KF] http://www.transparency.org/working_papers/thematic/proceedings.html
"Founded by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT) in
1996." "The establishment of the University follows the decision of the government of Tanzania to liberalize the education sector and subsequent enactment of the Education (Amendment) Act No. 10 of 1995. The University is recognized by the Higher Education Accreditation Council." Comprises Iringa University College, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College, Makumira University College. Based near Moshi, Tanzania. http://www.elct.org/tumaini.html
"African textiles, sculptures, jewelry, pottery, paintings, furniture,
antiques, accents and accessories for the home." Unique, one of a kind
jewelry. Gallery, in San Francisco, owned by Twiga Mbunda, from Tanzania..
http://www.twigagallery.com
Rock shelters with a "spectacular collection of images" Dodoma Region, Tanzania. The evaluation report (19 p. in PDF) includes a history, bibliography, photographs, map. http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1183
UNILE-LIST
For discussion of topics related to cultural, academic and technical matters
and exchange of any information related to the peoples of Uganda,
in particular and the East African Nile Basin countries: namely
Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi in general. To subscribe,
send email to: listserv@listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu
In the message area put: SUB unile-list yourfirstname yourlastname
The owner is Itiakorit John Osele: osele@ACSU.Buffalo.EDU
Use the Search form to locate maps, news, statistics
on refugees in Tanzania. See the Research / Evalutation section for the
full text of Tanzania laws affecting refugees such as Refugees
Acts, Sexual Offences Special Provisions Act, Tanzania Citizenship Act,
Immigration Acts, Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania, The Prisons
Act, Extradition Act. Country reports from various government
and NGOs, extensive country Evaluation reports. [KF] http://www.unhcr.ch/
Provides a list of the President, Cabinet members, the Governor of the
Central Bank, the country's Ambassador to the U.S., and its U.N. Representative. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/world-leaders-t/tanzania.html
Information on geography, people, government, economy, transportation,
communication, defense. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tz.html
Has their, Tanzania T.I.P. (Trade and Investment Promotion) newsletter,
the Ambassador's biography, visa information, press releases, reports (International Narcotics
Control Strategy Report on Tanzania, International Religious Freedom Report
on Tanzania, background on Tanzania, etc. http://usembassy.state.gov/tanzania/
The Institute, formerly Karl-Marx-University, publishes the Mission Archives
Series, guides (in German) to information about Africa in German
mission archives. Abstracts (in English) for the guides are on the web site.
http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~ifa/
Inventories of German mission society archives. "So far the focus
has been on the Leipzig Mission, together with closely related material
now kept in archives in Bavaria (Nuremberg and Neuendettelsau). Consequently,
the material covered concerns the area in which the Leipzig Mission and
its predecessor, the Hersbruck Mission, was active from 1886 onwards, which
is now part of northern Tanzania and southern Kenya." Project initiated
in 1998 by Adam Jones of the University of Leipzig and Gudrun Miehe of the
University of Bayreuth. http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~ifa/ma/Intro.html
Find Masters theses (full text online, in Dutch) and abstracts of Ph.D. theses in English (at least one in full text - English in Tanzania: an anatomy of hegemony, by Stephen Mugeta Neke, 2002). The University is in Ghent, Belgium. http://www.africana.ugent.be/
Has full text documents, in Adobe PDF, such as -
"Family Planning and Reproductive Rights in Tanzania" by Peter
Kopoka (1999, 40 p.)
"Human Rights and Child Welfare in Sub-Saharan Africa" by Kopoka,
Peter (1999, 32 p.) which includes street children in Dar es Salaam. [KF]
http://www.fiuc.org/iaup/esap/publications/dar/darpub.php
Conducts independent research, provides consultancy services to Government ministries, parastatal organizations, private organizations. Formerly the Bureau of Resource Assessment and Land Use Planning (BRALUP) established in 1967. http://www.ira.udsm.ac.tz/ and http://www.udsm.ac.tz/ucb/instiofresources.html
Established in 1979 to assist developing countries to improve the delivery
of reproductive health services. Has projects
in East Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania). http://www.intrah.org
