Godfrey Mwakikagile Tanzanian Writer

Godfrey Mwakikagile Tanzanian Writer

Author: Bridgette Kasuka

Publisher: African Books

Published: 2012-12-24

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 1481826468

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This work looks at Tanzanian writer Godfrey Mwakikagile and his writings. The book is also about his home country Tanzania and a number of other Tanzanian writers.


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Download or read book Godfrey Mwakikagile Tanzanian Writer written by Bridgette Kasuka and published by African Books. This book was released on 2012-12-24 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work looks at Tanzanian writer Godfrey Mwakikagile and his writings. The book is also about his home country Tanzania and a number of other Tanzanian writers.


Tanzanian Writers and Their Country

Tanzanian Writers and Their Country

Author: Bridgette Kasuka, Editor

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2013-01-31

Total Pages: 157

ISBN-13: 1300693231

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This work looks at Tanzanian writers and their writings. The book is also about their home country Tanzania including its history, different ethnic groups and their cultures.


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Download or read book Tanzanian Writers and Their Country written by Bridgette Kasuka, Editor and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-01-31 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work looks at Tanzanian writers and their writings. The book is also about their home country Tanzania including its history, different ethnic groups and their cultures.


Godfrey Mwakikagile: Biography of an Africanist

Godfrey Mwakikagile: Biography of an Africanist

Author: David Kyoso

Publisher: Intercontinental Books

Published: 2017-12-29

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 1981731504

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This is a collection of biographical accounts and other writings about Godfrey Mwakikagile, a writer from Tanzania and specialist in African studies. Included are some autobiographical accounts. The work complements his autobiographical writings to provide a broader perspective on him and his contribution to the study of post-colonial Africa.


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Download or read book Godfrey Mwakikagile: Biography of an Africanist written by David Kyoso and published by Intercontinental Books. This book was released on 2017-12-29 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of biographical accounts and other writings about Godfrey Mwakikagile, a writer from Tanzania and specialist in African studies. Included are some autobiographical accounts. The work complements his autobiographical writings to provide a broader perspective on him and his contribution to the study of post-colonial Africa.


Namibia

Namibia

Author: Godfrey Mwakikagile

Publisher: New Africa Press

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 9987160441

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The author looks at how Namibia was founded as a German colony known as Deutsch-Südwestafrika (German South-West Africa) and how it evolved into a nation. He explains how it was founded on brutal suppression of the indigenous people, including extermination of large numbers of some groups, and how, on becoming a colony of South Africa, its people continued to be subjected to brutal treatment by the white minority rulers who denied them racial equality. The author also focuses on the liberation struggle against apartheid and how the country won independence from apartheid South Africa. He also looks at how the leaders of the new nation are trying to build the country and construct a national identity on the basis of unity in diversity. It is an analysis of identity formation at the national level, and consolidation of the state, whose relevance is continental in scope: studies of other African countries in their quest for unity and construction – or reconstruction – of their national identities during the post-colonial era can benefit from this work. It is also a work of comparative analysis in terms of nationhood in the African context and how Namibia and Tanzania – two case studies – have sought to construct their national identities, the obstacles they have faced and continue to face in the quest for national unity, especially in the case of Namibia, and why Tanzania has been more successful than most countries on the continent in building a cohesive society where tribalism is virtually non-existent, enabling it to consolidate its unity and national identity. The author also looks at the concept of national character and its relevance to national identity formation and why the national identities of different African countries are weak and what can be done to address the problem. It is also an introductory text which may be helpful to some people who are going to Namibia for the first time although it is essentially a scholarly work intended for members of the academic community and specialists in some fields dealing with this southwest African country and its people. But members of the general public who want to learn more about Namibia may also find the book to be useful.


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Download or read book Namibia written by Godfrey Mwakikagile and published by New Africa Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author looks at how Namibia was founded as a German colony known as Deutsch-Südwestafrika (German South-West Africa) and how it evolved into a nation. He explains how it was founded on brutal suppression of the indigenous people, including extermination of large numbers of some groups, and how, on becoming a colony of South Africa, its people continued to be subjected to brutal treatment by the white minority rulers who denied them racial equality. The author also focuses on the liberation struggle against apartheid and how the country won independence from apartheid South Africa. He also looks at how the leaders of the new nation are trying to build the country and construct a national identity on the basis of unity in diversity. It is an analysis of identity formation at the national level, and consolidation of the state, whose relevance is continental in scope: studies of other African countries in their quest for unity and construction – or reconstruction – of their national identities during the post-colonial era can benefit from this work. It is also a work of comparative analysis in terms of nationhood in the African context and how Namibia and Tanzania – two case studies – have sought to construct their national identities, the obstacles they have faced and continue to face in the quest for national unity, especially in the case of Namibia, and why Tanzania has been more successful than most countries on the continent in building a cohesive society where tribalism is virtually non-existent, enabling it to consolidate its unity and national identity. The author also looks at the concept of national character and its relevance to national identity formation and why the national identities of different African countries are weak and what can be done to address the problem. It is also an introductory text which may be helpful to some people who are going to Namibia for the first time although it is essentially a scholarly work intended for members of the academic community and specialists in some fields dealing with this southwest African country and its people. But members of the general public who want to learn more about Namibia may also find the book to be useful.


Tanzania Under Mwalimu Nyerere

Tanzania Under Mwalimu Nyerere

Author: Godfrey Mwakikagile

Publisher: New Africa Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 0980253497

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Nyerere's economic policies, his successes and failures in pursuit of economic development under socialism, are some of the subjects addressed by the author in this book. A Tanzanian himself., he also looks at how life was under Nyerere since the sixties. The work is also a critical examination of the political situation in Tanzania since independence when the country was known as Tanganyika before uniting with Zanzibar. The author also looks at the transition that has taken place in Tanzania from one-party rule to multiparty democracy, and from socialism to capitalism since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. He also takes a critical look at globalization and the negative impact of structural adjustment programmes in Tanzania and Africa as a whole. The work is also a study of Tanzania's history since the advent of colonial rule and of the struggle for independence in one of Africa's largest countries.


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Download or read book Tanzania Under Mwalimu Nyerere written by Godfrey Mwakikagile and published by New Africa Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nyerere's economic policies, his successes and failures in pursuit of economic development under socialism, are some of the subjects addressed by the author in this book. A Tanzanian himself., he also looks at how life was under Nyerere since the sixties. The work is also a critical examination of the political situation in Tanzania since independence when the country was known as Tanganyika before uniting with Zanzibar. The author also looks at the transition that has taken place in Tanzania from one-party rule to multiparty democracy, and from socialism to capitalism since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. He also takes a critical look at globalization and the negative impact of structural adjustment programmes in Tanzania and Africa as a whole. The work is also a study of Tanzania's history since the advent of colonial rule and of the struggle for independence in one of Africa's largest countries.


My Life as an African

My Life as an African

Author: Godfrey Mwakikagile

Publisher: New Africa Press

Published: 2009-08-08

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13: 144861256X

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This is an autobiographical work covering a wide range of subjects including a number of major events relevant to Africa and the African diaspora.


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Download or read book My Life as an African written by Godfrey Mwakikagile and published by New Africa Press. This book was released on 2009-08-08 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an autobiographical work covering a wide range of subjects including a number of major events relevant to Africa and the African diaspora.


The Union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar

The Union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar

Author: Godfrey Mwakikagile

Publisher: Intercontinental Books

Published: 2016-07-30

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9987160468

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The author looks at how the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar was formed to create the new nation of Tanzania. He contends that Anglo-American geopolitical interests in the context of the Cold War were not the driving force behind the merger but the initiatives taken by the leaders of Tanganyika and Zanzibar to unite their countries. He also states that the leaders who played the biggest role in forming the union were President Julius Nyerere of Tanganyika, Tanganyika's minister of foreign affairs, Oscar Kambona; President Abeid Karume of Zanzibar, and Zanzibar's vice president Abdallah Kassim Hanga - but especially Nyerere and Kambona because of the decisions they made and implemented to lay the foundation and facilitate the merger. He cites various sources to document his study. The work is a counter-thesis to the argument that the leaders of the United States and Britain, including their diplomats in the two East African countries, conceived and facilitated formation of the union to protect Western interests in the region. It is argued that they did so in order to neutralise communist influence in Zanzibar because the island nation was in danger of becoming a communist satellite controlled by the Soviets or the Chinese if it came under the leadership of Zanzibar's minister of foreign affairs, Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu, who was considered to be pro-Chinese, or Kassim Hanga who was considered to be pro-Soviet. That would have provided a base for the Soviets or the Chinese and their allies to spread communism and undermine Western interests in the region and in Africa as a whole if indeed, as it was feared by the West, Zanzibar became "the Cuba of Africa." The author also looks at the challenges the union faced when it was being formed and the other challenges it has faced and continues to face since then. The work is an updated version of the author's previous books on the formation of Tanzania, the first and only union of independent states ever formed on the continent since the end of colonial rule.


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Download or read book The Union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar written by Godfrey Mwakikagile and published by Intercontinental Books. This book was released on 2016-07-30 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author looks at how the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar was formed to create the new nation of Tanzania. He contends that Anglo-American geopolitical interests in the context of the Cold War were not the driving force behind the merger but the initiatives taken by the leaders of Tanganyika and Zanzibar to unite their countries. He also states that the leaders who played the biggest role in forming the union were President Julius Nyerere of Tanganyika, Tanganyika's minister of foreign affairs, Oscar Kambona; President Abeid Karume of Zanzibar, and Zanzibar's vice president Abdallah Kassim Hanga - but especially Nyerere and Kambona because of the decisions they made and implemented to lay the foundation and facilitate the merger. He cites various sources to document his study. The work is a counter-thesis to the argument that the leaders of the United States and Britain, including their diplomats in the two East African countries, conceived and facilitated formation of the union to protect Western interests in the region. It is argued that they did so in order to neutralise communist influence in Zanzibar because the island nation was in danger of becoming a communist satellite controlled by the Soviets or the Chinese if it came under the leadership of Zanzibar's minister of foreign affairs, Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu, who was considered to be pro-Chinese, or Kassim Hanga who was considered to be pro-Soviet. That would have provided a base for the Soviets or the Chinese and their allies to spread communism and undermine Western interests in the region and in Africa as a whole if indeed, as it was feared by the West, Zanzibar became "the Cuba of Africa." The author also looks at the challenges the union faced when it was being formed and the other challenges it has faced and continues to face since then. The work is an updated version of the author's previous books on the formation of Tanzania, the first and only union of independent states ever formed on the continent since the end of colonial rule.


Africa is in a Mess

Africa is in a Mess

Author: Godfrey Mwakikagile

Publisher: New Africa Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 0980253470

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This is a revised and updated edition in which the author examines the problems of post-colonial Africa. He contends that the problems have existed since independence in the sixties and have been made worse through the years by a combination of factors. It is a blunt assessment and prescribes some solutions to Africa's problems focusing on internal factors but without exonerating external forces from what has happened on the continent through the decades.


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Download or read book Africa is in a Mess written by Godfrey Mwakikagile and published by New Africa Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a revised and updated edition in which the author examines the problems of post-colonial Africa. He contends that the problems have existed since independence in the sixties and have been made worse through the years by a combination of factors. It is a blunt assessment and prescribes some solutions to Africa's problems focusing on internal factors but without exonerating external forces from what has happened on the continent through the decades.


Nyerere and Africa

Nyerere and Africa

Author: Godfrey Mwakikagile

Publisher: Protea Publishing Company

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 486

ISBN-13:

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This work looks at some of the major policy initiatives and achievements by Nyerere, a leader whose humility and dedication led millions of ordinary people in Tanzania and elsewhere to identify with him, and pay him the highest tribute by simply saying, He was one of us.


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Download or read book Nyerere and Africa written by Godfrey Mwakikagile and published by Protea Publishing Company. This book was released on 2002 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work looks at some of the major policy initiatives and achievements by Nyerere, a leader whose humility and dedication led millions of ordinary people in Tanzania and elsewhere to identify with him, and pay him the highest tribute by simply saying, He was one of us.


Life Under Nyerere

Life Under Nyerere

Author: Godfrey Mwakikagile

Publisher: New Africa Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 0980258723

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The author, who lived and grew up under Nyerere's leadership, remembers how life was in those days in his home country of Tanganyika, later Tanzania. It is more than just a sentimental journey into the past. It is also an assessment of Nyerere's leadership and policies from the perspective of a former journalist. The author worked as a reporter at Tanzania's leading newspaper, "The Daily News," when Nyerere was president. Included in the book is one of the last interviews Nyerere gave not long before he died in which he reflected on his leadership and even on his student days at Makerere University College in Uganda and at Edinburgh University in Scotland. Also included is an interview with former Ugandan President Milton Obote in which he talked about Nyerere and failure of the East African federation.


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Download or read book Life Under Nyerere written by Godfrey Mwakikagile and published by New Africa Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, who lived and grew up under Nyerere's leadership, remembers how life was in those days in his home country of Tanganyika, later Tanzania. It is more than just a sentimental journey into the past. It is also an assessment of Nyerere's leadership and policies from the perspective of a former journalist. The author worked as a reporter at Tanzania's leading newspaper, "The Daily News," when Nyerere was president. Included in the book is one of the last interviews Nyerere gave not long before he died in which he reflected on his leadership and even on his student days at Makerere University College in Uganda and at Edinburgh University in Scotland. Also included is an interview with former Ugandan President Milton Obote in which he talked about Nyerere and failure of the East African federation.