By Amil Shivji | September 2017
For the first time since the launch of the Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF) in 1997 a Tanzanian film was selected to open the 2017 festival week. T-Junction interlaces the livelihoods of two young females and their communities together.
By Issa Shivji | August 2017
The rise and fall of the Arusha Declaration on Socialism and Self-Reliance (Ujamaa) in Tanzania surely remains to be one of the key hallmarks of this nation’s political, economic and social fabric and outlook in general. While critically evaluating the main premises of Ujamaa, this article rigorously interrogates its relevance and application to the current socio-political situation. ... Aylin Basaran | August 2017
Sinema Ujamaa is a documentary that reveals the history of film in Tanzania. Through their research collaboration, the Tanzanian film scholar and lecturer at the University of Dar es Salaam, Symphorian Belleghe and Aylin Basaran, an Austria-based scholar and film maker together with veterans of the early Tanzanian film industry enter into a complex journey.
By Emmanuel Sulle, Edward Lekaita, Godfrey Massay, Amina Ndiko, Bernard Baha, Peter Kitua, and Onesmo Minani
Tanzania, as the majority of the post-independence governments in Africa inherited colonial land laws. Without considerable changes a socially just and equitable tenure system will remain out of reach. In 2016 the Tanzanian government set up a review process of the National Land Policy of 1995 and presented ... Stanley Kimaren
Large Infrastructural Development Practice and Indigenous Peoples Land rights.
Kenya’s vision 2030 and the economic recovery strategy for wealth and employment creation (2003–2007) set development benchmarks for the country with a focus on investment in infrastructure. The envisaged massive upgrading and extension of the country’s infrastructure shall be realized through Public Private Partnersh ...
Analysis: The rise and fall of the Arusha Declaration
Film: Sinema Ujamaa – Tracing the history of film in Tanzania
Making Tanzania’s National Land Policy inclusive and people centered
Balancing National Development Aspirations with Indigenous Peoples Local Communities’ Land and Natural Resource Rights – A Case of Large Infrastructural Development Practice in Kenya
Film: RLS supported film wins three accolades at the just concluded ZIFF
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