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Information on Tanzania
- Adventures in Health
Education and Agricultural Development, Inc. (AHEAD)
- "...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/
Africa Information Afrique, AIA - The AIA wire stories cover SADC, the Southern African Development
Community, Tanzania. News stories for 1993 to 1996 are online at:
http://csf.colorado.edu/ipe/africa.html
Africa Online Tanzania - Weather, travel, national parks, music, etc. Owned by African Lakes
Corp., a British company..
http://www.africaonline.co.tz/
Africa Research Central - 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/
African Hip Hop - 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/
African Information Society Initiative (AISI) - 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.bellanet.org/partners/aisi/
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African Internet Connectivity-Mike Jensen - [Tanzania]
- Current information on internet service providers, telecommunications,
computerization in Tanzania. Excellent source maintained by Mike Jensen.
http://www2.sn.apc.org/africa/countdet.CFM?countries__ISO_Code=TZ
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African Journal of Finance and Management (Dar es
Salaam, Tanzania)
- Published by the The Institute of Finance Management, Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania. Has the table of contents and abstracts. http://www.inasp.org.uk/ajol/journals/ajfm/index.html
Ali, Hassan - 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/
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Article 19 - Tanzania
- Has a full text report,"Tanzania
Mainland. A Report by Article 19 and the Media Institute of Southern
Africa" (April 2000) on Tanzania's constitutional and legal provisions
which affect the media either on the Tanzania mainland only or on both the
Tanzania mainland and Zanzibar. Has the full text of "Zanzibar
Democracy. On Shaky Foundations" (April 2000).
Article 19 is an organization
promoting freedom of expression and access to official information based in
London. [KF] http://www.article19.org/
Bank of Tanzania - Carries the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange Market Report. the full text
of its Monthly Economic Reviews (in .zip format),
foreign
exchange market rates, e-mail addresses of offices and employees, part
of the Tanzania Investment Act 1997, the 10th Conference of Financial
Institutions, Arusha, 7-9 april, 1997 (speeches and summary),
statistics, annual
report, etc. http://www.bot-tz.org
Benjamin, Martin - 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/
Bobby Tours And Safaris (Arusha) - Safaris to Tanzania (Serengeti, Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro
Crater, Arusha National Parks, Zanzibar, Mount Kilimanjaro), has travel
tips. http://www.bobbytours.com
Bongoland Web Project
- "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. The
site is hosted by Kabissa.
http://www.bongoland.net
Boston University. African Presidential Archives and Research Center
- 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/
- British Pathe Film Archive
- 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 Kenya or Nigeria 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."
- Cats.net.com
- Tanzania internet service provider, based in Dar es Salaam. http://www.cats-net.com/
Centre for Development Research (Copenhagen) - "CDR, is an autonomous institution under the Danish Ministry of Foreign
Affairs."
Provides citations to monographs and journal articles. Holdings are strong
on Tanzania.
http://130.226.212.253/netahtml/msbib.htm
Has the full text of
many Working Papers such as:
Gibbon, Peter. 1997. Of saviours and punks: The political economy of
the Nile perch marketing chain in Tanzania. CDR Working Paper 97.3:
114p. Abstract. Full text. 370k
Gibbon, Peter. 1997. The poor relation. A political economy of the
marketing chain for dagaa in Tanzania. CDR Working Paper 97.2: 66p.
Abstract. Full Text. 238k
Therkildsen, Ole. 1998. Local Government and Households in Primary
Education in Tanzania: Some Lessons for Reform. CDR Working Paper
98.6: 20p Abstract. Full text. 67k
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- CDR Library Papers -
Nørgaard, Ole. 2001. Habari ya maendeleo ya Tanzania - 31. A
bibliography on recent articles on Tanzanian development studies. CDR
Library Paper 01.1: 23p.
In Adobe pdf.
http://cufsetup.cdr.dk/library_paper/lp-01-1.pdf
Nørgaard, Ole. 1998.
Habari ya maendeleo
ya Tanzania - 29. A bibliography on recent articles on Tanzanian
development studies. CDR Library Paper 98.2: 18p.
Nørgaard, Ole. 1997.
Habari ya maendeleo ya
Tanzania - 28. A bibliography on recent articles on Tanzanian development
studies. CDR Library Paper 97.3: 17p.
The CDR also hosts the database of the -
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- Danish
Council for Development Research
- Find out who is doing research on Tanzania by
searching their database.
Has detailed descriptions of research projects.
http://130.226.212.253/netahtml/rufp.htm
- Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM)
[Revolutionary Party]
- 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. Has older
speeches and press releases. [KF] http://www.ccm.or.tz/
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Christian Network Links for East Africa - Tanzania
- 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
Church of the Nazarene International - Lowell and Marilyn Clark
- The Clarks are missionaries in Arusha. Has their newsletter,
photographs. Sets a lot of cookies! http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/9328/
Civic United Front, Chama cha Wananchi (CUF) - 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, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa - "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/
Commonwealth Higher Education Management Service (CHEMS) - 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/
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Coral
Reefs - Action Atlas
- 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/
- African coral reefs:
http://www.motherjones.com/coral_reef/indian_ocean.html
Crawfurd, Jacob - 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
CyberTwiga Ltd. - Internet service provider in Tanzania, has one page of information.
http://www.twiga.com/
Dar es Salaam in Delft Blue - 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/
Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange - "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/
Die Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft (DKG) Bildarchiv - 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/
Digital National Atlas - See under Shand, Mike.
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East Africa FM
- Radio station owned by the IPP Group. Based in Dar es Salaam. http://www.ippmedia.com/radio/eastafricafm/ea.htm
East African Community - 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/
East African Co-operation - 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/
East African Popular Music - Kenya, Tanzania, Zaire - 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
Eastern Arc Mountains Information Source - "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/
EcoCultureTours Zanzibar - 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
Economic and Social Research Foundation (Dar es Salaam) - ESRF "was established in 1993 as an independent not-for-profit
non-governmental research institute for capacity building in economic
and social policy analysis." Hosts an
Anti-Corruption Forum
with reports, documents. http://www.esrf.kabissa.org/
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Election 2000
- On Tanzania's second multiparty elections held October 29, 2000.
Includes a
country profile,
preliminary parliamentary election results,
preliminary presidential results, information on the 1995 election.
From the IPP Group, Dar es Salaam. http://www.ippmedia.com/election/election2000/election.htm
See also
Elections in Tanzania. From
Elections Around
the World maintained by Wilfried P. C. G. Derksen. http://www.agora.stm.it/elections/election.htm
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Ethnologue - Tanzania
- 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.sil.org/ethnologue/countries/Tanz.html
Fédération internationale des ligues des droits de l'Homme, FIDH
- [Zanzibar] - Has the full text, in Adobe PDF, of "Zanzibar
Wave of Violence. A fact finding report on police brutality and election
mismanagement in Zanzibar" 36 pages. Use the countries pull-down menu
to locate press releases on human rights violations in Africa, addresses of
African human rights organizations. Has other
full text reports, in
Adobe PDF, on African human rights issues. http://www.fidh.org/
- http://www.fidh.org/afriq/rapport/2001/zanzi0501.pdf
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Foreign relations of the United States, 1964-1968. Volume 24, Africa.
Editors, Nina Davis Howland, David S. Patterson.Washington, D.C. : Office
of the Historian, U.S. Dept. of State, 1999.
- 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
Fundu Lagoon - Luxury resort on Pemba island, Zanzibar, offers scuba diving,
snorkeling, sailing, fishing, waterskiing and kayaking. http://www.fundulagoon.com/
Geological Survey of Tanzania (Mineral Resources Department, Dodoma,
Tanzania) - Has an infrastructure map, geological map, metallogenic map, mineral
sector policy, information on mining operations. http://tanzania.sgu.se/
German Development Service in Tanzania - (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. Some publications are in Adobe PDF format. Has the
national anthem (audio
file, Kiswahli, English text). [KF] http://www.ded-tanzania.de/
German-Tanzanian Friendship Society - The non-profit Society was established in 1986. Members are Germans and
Tanzanians. They support projects in Tanzania including
WAMATA, an
AIDS counseling and support center. Webmasters, Richard Madete and Marc
Danneschewski, also host a Tanzania
NGO Network site. Madete has a
Tanzania Home Page as
well. http://tanzania-ngo.org/detaf/
Global Volunteers - Tanzania - 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
Billy Graham Center Archives, Wheaton College, IL - 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. A 48 page list of the
Graham Center's Africa-related collections is available by e-mail from:
bgcarc@david.wheaton.edu
Older list of collections:
gopher://gopher.wheaton.edu:70/11/Wheaton_Archives/BGC/Guides/Coll
BGC Archives: http://www.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/archhp1.html
Gris-Gris Films - 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/
Hakikazi Catalyst (Arusha, Tanzania) - 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/
Hamburg Mawingu Collection. Modern Makonde Art - "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
Hauser, Jens - Author Database of the Swahili People of East Africa
- A list of works of "Authors that have published material on the Swahili
Culture." Lists books, journal articles, etc. about culture, language and
ethnicity. Arranged alphabetically by author. http://www.algonet.se/~jhauser/swahili/index.htm
Heartbeat Online Tanzania Ltd. - 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/
Hip Barbershop - Brad Weiss - Photographs, taken in 1999 and 2000, of barbershops in Arusha,
Tanzania. Includes the
rap
scene in Arusha and a
popular 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/CAS/anthropology/faculty/Weiss/
Hirj, Karim F. - "Tanzania: The Travails of a Donor Democracy
- Concerns the October 2000 election. Published February 5, 2001. Part of
the Association of Concerned Africa Scholars "On the Edge Commentary."
http://acas.prairienet.org/hirjitanzania.htm
Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century
- from Matthew White
- Has a map of
Africa in the early 1900s showing colonial possessions, a
map of the Maji Maji
rebellion 1905-1906, boundaries of the former
Biafra (Nigeria),
Southern Africa
1968-1975, the Chad
civil war mid to late 1980s,
Sudan civil war 1983.
M. White is a librarian, see his
FAQ. The Systems
of Government maps are not quite accurate. http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/20centry.htm
Human Rights Watch - "Seeking Protection: Addressing Sexual and Domestic
Violence in Tanzania's Refugee Camps" - 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/
IIEP Newsletter (Paris) - 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
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INCORE Guide to Internet Sources on Conflict and Ethnicity in Tanzania
- 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://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/countries/tanzania.html
International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development
(Montreal) - An independent non-partisan centre established by an Act of the
Parliament of Canada in 1988. Has an online summary of "Towards
A Reconstruction of State-Society Relations: Democracy and Human Rights in
Tanzania". http://www.ichrdd.ca/
International Documentation Network on the Great African Lakes Region
- 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
International Forum for Rural Transport and Development (London)
- 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,
directory of African contacts, etc.
Has the full text of "Appropriate
Transport and Rural Development; Economic Effects of an Integrated Rural
Transport Project in Tanzania" By Niklas Sieber. http://www.gn.apc.org/ifrtd/
International Labour Organization - e.quality@work - 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. http://www.ilo.org/genprom/eeo
International Monetary Fund. Tanzania and the IMF - Full text reports on Tanzania's economy. Includes "Tanzania:
Recent Economic Developments" and "Tanzania - Statistical Annex." http://www.imf.org/external/country/TZA/index.htm
International School of Tanganyika - In Dar es Salaam. http://www.istafrica.com/
Internet Journal of African Studies - 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
Islam Tanzania - 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.islamtz.org/
Jifunze Project
- 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
Journal of Humanitarian Assistance - A free e-journal based at the University of Bradford, Bradford, U.K..
Has full text articles on Tanzania; use the Search form. http://www.jha.ac/
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Joynson, R. H. "Responsible Tourism = Ethical Tourism?"
- 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
Language and Popular Culture in Africa - "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. http://www.pscw.uva.nl/lpca/
Has the Archives of Popular Swahili containing -
Languages of Tanzania - by Jouni Maho Göteborg & Bonny Sands - "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. http://www.african.gu.se/tanzania/weblinks.html
Lawyers' Environmental Action Team (LEAT) - "...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. http://www.leat.or.tz/
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- Life in Africa Foundation
- An NGO to promote "an increased international understanding of
Africans, and life in Africa, supports microfinance institutions in Uganda.
- Has photos of Uganda, Gabon, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso,
Tanzania,
and
Zanzibar. Site by Christina Jordan-Haitsma, an American from
California, who moved to Uganda in October 1998. http://www.lifeinafrica.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 - The Ancient One - "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. http:// www.grisgrisfilms.com/maangamizi.htm
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Maasai Environmental Resource Coalition
- 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.cs.org/specialprojects/maasai/maasai.htm
Madunia African Music - "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
Maji Maji Bibliography Project - 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. http://www.mhudi.de/maji
Mbele, Joseph L. - 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/
Medialink - 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. http://www.safaids.org
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Michigan State Univ., Program on the Lakes of East Africa
- "(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.
http://www.isp.msu.edu/AfricanStudies/Plea/pleatop.htm
Microsoft Terra Server - World Imagery Database - 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/
Miller Esselaar and Associates (MEA) - 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. http://www.milless.co.za/archive_list.htm
Moja.Com - Sells Swahili domain names. Links to web sites about Swahili, Kenya,
Tanzania, and Uganda. Maintained by Robert Jordan.
http://www.moja.com/
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Morogoro International School
- Site designed as a forum for school alumni. Maintained by Magnus
Persson from Sweden.
http://pub52.ezboard.com/bmorogorointernationalschoolforum16161
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Moyer, Eileen - Modern Dilemmas. HIV/AIDS Prevention Efforts in
Northeastern Tanzania
- "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. http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/african-studies/baobab/moyer.html
Msimulizi - Site on Tanzania press freedom; does not work in the Netscape browser.
Has a slide show on the press history of Tanzania "From Msimulizi to Majira.
From Afrika Kwetu to the Zanzibar Voice. From 1888 to the present." Has
full text documents in
Adobe PDF. http://www.msimulizi.com/
"The Media History of Tanzania" (by Martin Sturmer, Ndanda Mission Press,
Ndanda 1999, 979 kb).
"Watchdog in Chains: Media Regulations in Tanzania from their Colonial
Beginnings to the Era of Democratisation" (by Ayub Rioba and Martin Sturmer,
in: Stefan Brüne [ed.]: Neue Medien und Öffentlichkeiten, Schriften des
Deutschen Übersee Instituts, Hamburg 2000, 128 kb).
In Adobe PDF.
32 p.
Mtembezi, Chumvi - Karibu kwa Chumvi Mtembezi - In Kiswahili. Humor and short stories. http://members.tripod.com/chumvi
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Mwakikagile, Godfrey
- Biography of the Tanzanian writer. http://mwakikagile.tripod.com/tanzanianwritergodfreymwakikagile/
Mwalimu Nyerere Foundation
- 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/
Mwalimu Nyerere Memorial Site - "... a special section within the South Centre...to give access....to
some of the significant
speeches, statements and writings of Mwalimu Nyerere over
the years,..." Contains tributes paid to the late President of
Tanzania, Julius Nyerere; papers or articles written on his role;
photographs of Nyerere. Includes a biography, a keynote address by
Professor Ali A. Marzuri at a 2002 U. N. commemorative meeting, a
speech by Ms. Joan Wicken, Personal Assistant to Nyerere, and
remarks by Ambassador Daudi N. Mwakawago, Permanent Representative
of the United Republic of Tanzania to the United Nations. Also has "Presidential
Oratory for the Pan-African Cause: The Nyerere Harangues" (from
Reflections on leadership in Africa : forty years after independence /
Haroub Othman [editor]. Imprint: Brussels, Belgium : VUB University Press,
c2000.) On the web site of South Centre, Geneva, Switzerland. [KF] http://www.southcentre.org/mwalimu/tributes/index.htm
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."
- To subscribe, send email to:
LISTSERV@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM
- Leave the Subject line blank. In the Message area put:
SUBSCRIBE NAMASKAR-AFRICANA-L
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- National
Development Corporation
- "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.
http://www.africaonline.co.tz/NDC/
National Natural History Museum, Arusha - This museum is one of the museums comprising the National Museums of
Tanzania. Includes information on
Arusha, its
human evolution
exhibits, its
ecotourism
program with the
Swedish-African Museum Program. On the web site of the
National Museum of Namibia.
http://www2.natmus.cul.na/SAMP/arusha/newpage.htm
National Public Radio - On Julius Nyerere, October 16, 1999 - For those with sound cards, speakers, RealPlayer, listen to a
remembrance of Julius Nyerere by Scott Simon, an NPR reporter. In the
Archives find
Oct. 16, 1999. http://www.npr.org/programs/wesat/commentaries.html
Ngorongoro, Africa's Cradle of Life - 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/
Njozi, Hamza M. - "Mwembechai killings and the political future of
Tanzania" - (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." http://www.islamtz.org/mwembechai.html
Nyakyusa Homepage - 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.
http://home.sol.no/felberg/nyakyusa.htm
Nyenzi.com - News from Tanzanian newspapers, full text government documents, basic
information, travel information, Dar es Salaam City Guide, government
directory (with biographies), education system, a directory of secondary
and higher education institutions,
business directory,
investors' guide,
history, society & culture, arts, sports, discussion board, etc. Based
in the U. K. http://www.nyenzi.com/
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Oculi, Okello - "For Mwalimu Nyerere"
- 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
Orthodox Christian Mission Center - 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/
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Panos - "Roads to the Summit"
- 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." http://www.panos.org.uk/environment/roads_to_the_summit_cover.htm
- Partnership for
Higher Education in Africa
- 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. http://www.foundation-partnership.org
Pathfinder International (Watertown, Massachusetts) - 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. http://www.pathfind.org
Radio One - Tanzanian radio station. If you have a sound
card/speakers/RealPlayer, enjoy the latest hits and reports. Note from
their site - "... Internet Bandwidth is still a major concern here in
Tanzania - simply because it is not so
readily available and hugely expensive. Because demand on our RealAudio
server has been so high, we have been forced to limit its' bandwidth usage
for now - so at peak times you may have trouble connecting. Our apologies
if you're affected by this." http://www.ippmedia.com/Newspapers/radio1.asp
Research on Poverty Alleviation (Dar es Salaam) - A research-oriented NGO which undertakes and facilitates research in
poverty and related issues. Based in Dar es Salaam. http://www.repoa.co.tz/index.htm
http://www.repoa.co.tz/contents/publications.htm
Rockers (Dar es Salaam) - Magazine on entertainment, tourism and the environment.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~rockers/
Saint Augustine
University (Mwanza) - Publications - 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. http://www.fiuc.org/iaup/sap/publications/staugust/staugustpub.php
Salvatorian Mission Warehouse (New Holstein, WI) - "Since 1968 The Salvatorian Mission Warehouse has been shipping tons of
critical materials to needy villages around the world." Has send many
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,
to missions in countries around the world." http://www.weinschenk.com/mission/default.htm
Seppala, Pekka - Seppala is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies,
University of Helsinki, Finland specializing in economic anthro and East
Africa. His site includes two of his papers - "Challenges of
Professionalisation in Tanzania" (16 p.) and "Local
Administration in Tanzania: the History of Disillusionment" (23
p.).
http://www.helsinki.fi/~pekseppa/
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Serengeti Lions and Domestic Dogs
- 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
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Shand, Mike - Digital National Atlas
- Detailed atlas with political, population, physical, and natural
environment sheets. Includes 1988 population census data, information on
national parks and game reserves including year established, etc. The files
can be large, 300K or more. Created by Mike Shand, Senior Cartographer,
Dept. of Geography & Topographic Science, University of Glasgow, Scotland.
http://mshand.geog.gla.ac.uk/ATLAS%20OF%20TANZANIA/atlas.htm
Shand, Mike - Tanzania Page - Mike Shand is a Senior
Cartographer from the University of Glasgow, Scotland. Has his Tanzania
2000 election map, other maps (East Africa, Tanzania, regions, population
maps, Dar es Salaam, Arusha, Moshi). Shand's food security atlas of Kagera
Region (with Stijn Huysman) will have 40 maps in Adobe PDF format. Also has
the Tanzania coat of arms, photos (Mt. Kilimanjaro, etc.), audio file of
the song,
Malaika,
links to related sites. [KF] http://mshand.geog.gla.ac.uk/DAR/Tanzania.htm
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- Sokoine University of Agriculture
(Morogoro,Tanzania)
- "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). 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/sap/publications/sokoine/sokoinepub.php
Spotlight Casting Agency (Dar es Salaam) - Tanzania's first actors casting agency, from children to senior
citizens. Assists film companies with local producers. http://www.spotlightcasting.com
The Sukuma Museum (Mwanza, Tanzania) - 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.
http://www.photo.net/sukuma/
Swedish African Museum Program - "a network joining museums in Sweden and in African countries."
Includes full text reports, the cooperating
African / Swedish
partners, papers from their
1998 Stockholm conference
on
traditional medicine and conservation,
traditional pest management in food production,
indigenous crop conservation, the
Village
Museum, Dar es Salaam, and other topics. Has a discussion list,
SAMP-L. http://www.natmus.cul.na/samp/samp.html
Swiss Tropical Institute - The Institute, in Basel, Switzerland, has a long standing link with
Tanzania. Use the Search to locate Tanzania projects such as the
Dar es Salaam Urban
Health Project. Has the full text, in Adobe PDF, of Susanne Hausmann
Muela's Ph.D. thesis,
"Community
Understanding of Malaria, and Treatment-seeking Behaviour in a Holoendemic
Area of Southeastern Tanzania". (June 2000). [KF] http://www.sti.unibas.ch/index.htm
TANGO. Tanzania Association of NGOs - "TANGO promotes the growth of the NGO sector and civil society at
large." Based in Dar es Salaam. http://www.kabissa.org/tango/
Tanserve.com - Current Tanzanian news, weather, art, music, sports, etc. Also lists
embassies in
Tanzania, restaurants / recipes. Based in the U.K. Maintained by A. A.
Sykes. http://www.tanserve.com/news/media/index.html
Tanzanet - 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.There is a directory
of Tanzania web sites, a discussion forum in Swahili. Based in Raleigh, NC.
and Leverkusen, Germany. http://tanzanet.org/
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- Tanzania. [Government]
- 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) and more. [KF]
http://www.tanzania.go.tz/
Tanzania Communications Commission - 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/
Tanzania Embassy. Washington, D.C. - 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. http://www.tanzaniaembassy-us.org/
Tanzania Essential Health Intervention Project (TEHIP) - "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."
http://www.idrc.ca/ehip/
Tanzania Gender Networking Progamme (Dar es Salaam) - A registered non-governmental organization which promotes gender
positive activism. Describes programs, publications. Publishes a
newsletter, Ulingo Wa Jinsia. http://www.tgnp.co.tz/
See also the
description at NewAfrica in Dar es Salaam.
Tanzania High Commission (United Kingdom) - Has directories of
Tanzania
diplomatic missions worldwide, the government, members of Parliament,
the Revolutionary Council of Zanzibar, travel information, the
White Paper
on Constitution Reform (in Swahili), information on
East African
Cooperation, facts about Tanzania and its history, culture, etc.
http://www.tanzania-online.gov.uk/
Tanzania Home Page - In English, German or Swahili. General information, links to Tanzania
and Swahili-related sites. Includes a
directory of the Tanzania
press, reports on
internet
service providers, lists by Richard Madete of
Kiswahili
dictionaries, books on Kiswahili proverbs, and a "Comprehensive Swahili
Reference in Poetry" - a list (including journal articles) of Swahili
literature and poetry titles, arranged by author. Site maintained by
Richard Madete and Marc Danneschewski.
http://tanzania-ngo.org/detaf/tanzania/
Tanzania Industrial Research and Development Organization (TIRDO)
- "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
Tanzania Information Service - Officiel site. http://tanzania.go.tz/maelezo/emain.html
- Tanzania.
National Bureau of Statistics
- National Consumer Price Index, Index of Manufacturing Production,
Producer Price Index of Manufacturing, Labour Force Survey, Household
Budget Survey, etc. Part of the Tanzania
government official site. [KF]
http://www.tanzania.go.tz/statistics.html
- Tanzania Online
- 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. http://www.tzonline.org
- Tanzania. Parliament.
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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
- Tanzania. Population and
Housing Census 2002
- 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/
- Tanzania Studies
Association
- Has an ongoing Tanzania Studies Bibliography, compiled by Shobana
Shankar, Swahli bibliography, articles on the web, web site directory,
research clearance information. Includes the tables of contents and
information on Tanzania Zamani, the journal of
the Historical Association of Tanzania and the Department of History of the
University of Dar es Salaam. The TSA is an affiliate of the Africa Studies
Association (USA). http://www.yale.edu/swahili/tsa/ or http://www.tanzaniastudies.org
Old Site:
http://www.csuchico.edu/~twaters/tanzaniastudies/
- TSA's discussion list, Tanzlist, is maintained by Paul
Kaiser. 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
Tanzania Tourist Board - 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
Tanzania Yellow Pages - Business directory. Search by business type, business name, city.
http://www.yellowpages.co.tz/
- Tanzania Website
Addresses
- Very large list of Tanzania web sites, arranged by categories.
Based in Calgary, Canada. http://www.tanzaniawebsiteaddresses.com/
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Tanzania Zamani
- Journal of the Historical Association of Tanzania and the Department of
History, University of Dar es Salaam. Has the table of contents.
Information is on the web site of the
Tanzania Studies Association.
- http://www.yale.edu/swahili/tsa/zamani.html
Tanzanian Language Survey - 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. http://www.linguistics.berkeley.edu/CBOLD/
Tanzanian Mammal Key - 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/
Tanzanian Population and Development Website - 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." 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
Tarangire Elephant Project - Project operating from the Tarangire National Park, northeast Tanzania,
on conservation of the elephants through grassroots field research.One can
adopt an elephant at the site. http://www.lpzoo.com/elephant/
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Thompson, Barbara - The Earth Transformed: Ceramic Arts of Africa, The
Virtual Research Center for African Ceramics Project
- Photographs, full text articles (Congo, Burkina Faso, Zulu,
Tanzania), profiles of artists, a bibliography of print sources,
related links. The virtual exhibition, "What is it?" solicits academic
identification of objects shown. The Project Director and Webdesigner is
Dr. Barbara Thompson, Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, The University
of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/african-ceramic-arts
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
Transparency International Tanzania.
Proceedings of the
Information for Accountability Workshop, 27-28 March 2000, Dar es
Salaam - 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 International Records Management Trust, London. [KF] http://www.irmt.org/research/tanzania.html
Tumaini University - "Founded by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT) in
1996." http://www.elca.org/dgm/tumaini/index.html
Twiga Gallery and Design (San Francisco, CA) - "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
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
U. N. High Commission for Refugees - Has extensive country reports, refugee information:
http://www.unhcr.ch/world/afri/tanzania.htm
Tanzania case law:
http://www.unhcr.ch/refworld/legal/refcas/tza.htm
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United States. Central Intelligence Agency. Chiefs of State and Cabinet
Members of Foreign Governments - Tanzania
- 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. http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/chiefs/chiefs175.html
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U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. World Factbook - Tanzania Page
- Information on geography, people, government, economy, transportation,
communication, defense. http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/tz.html
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U.S. Department of State - President Clinton's Visit to Nigeria, Tanzania,
and Egypt August 26 - 29, 2000
Most extensive site, transcripts, background, comment by
Susan Rice. http://www.usinfo.state.gov/regional/af/potus00/homepage.htm
Includes -
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See also: Washington Post
Arusha Meeting
U.S. Department of State. Report on Human Rights Practices - Tanzania
- 2002
Report,
2001 Report,
2000 Report,
1999 Report,
1998 Report,
1997 Report,
1996 Report
1995, 1994, 1993: http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/hrp_reports_mainhp.html
United States. Embassy. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - Has their, Tanzania T.I.P. (Trade and Investment Promotion)
newsletter, the Ambassador's biography, visa information,
tips for
travelers to Tanzania, 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/
Universität Leipzig / University of Leipzig. Institut für Afrikanistik
(Germany) - 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/
Universität Leipzig. Institut für Afrikanistik - Africa in German Mission
Archives - 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
University College, London. Human Ecology Research Group - Has abstracts and a few full text reports on land use policy, in
East Africa, Southern Africa. Click on the PDF icon to see full text.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/herg/
Examples of titles:
Coast, E. E. (2001).
Colonial preconceptions and contemporary demographic reality: Maasai
of Kenya and Tanzania. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/herg/east_africa_serengeti_mara1_paper1.htm
University of Dar es Salaam - Information for the
Institute of Kiswahili Research, etc. Has
university addresses, a
senior administration
directory, News and Events
(academic). A Tanzania Home page will have history, geography, a who's
who.
http://www.udsm.ac.tz/
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University of Dar es Salaam. Institute of Development Studies
- 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
University of Ghent. Department of African Languages and Cultures
(Ghent, Belgium) - In English and Flemish. Information on staff, courses. Has
full text online publications by Prof. Jan Blommaert -
English in a Swahili popular novel,
Language and nationalism : Comparing Flanders and Tanzania, Ideology
and language in Tanzania: A brief survey, State
Ideology and Language: the politics of Swahili in Tanzania,
The impact of state ideology on language: Ujamaa and Swahili literature in
Tanzania.
They are sponsoring a conference:
Belgium's Africa:
Assessing the Belgian Legacy in and on Africa: The Social Sciences.
University of Ghent, Belgium 21-23 October 1999. Is the home of the
Interdisciplinary Research Group Africa (IDOGA). http://africana.rug.ac.be/
University of North Carolina. School of Medicine. INTRAH - 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
University of Oslo. Ethnographic Museum - In Norwegian. Has one page with a graphic of a
Makonde
sculpture to illustrate a 1996 exhibit.
http://www.sv.uio.no/ima/etm/utstillinger/makonde.html
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University of Pennsylvania Tanzania Page and Search Engine
- Maps, an embassy directory, travel, language information, etc., created
by Julie Sisskind, now maintained by Ali Dinar. UPenn has a
search facility
where one can one can do keyword searches.
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Country_Specific/Tanzania.html
University of Sussex. Institute of Development Studies. (Brighton, U.K.)
- Its Civil Society and
Governance Programme has country reports for
South Africa.
and case studies
on Kenya,
Nigeria,
South Africa,
Tanzania,
and Uganda.
http://www.ids.ac.uk/ids/civsoc/
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Uongozi Institute, East Africa
- The University of Dar es Salaam in collaboration with the University
of Nairobi,
Makerere University (Uganda) and the University of California, Los Angeles'
James S. Coleman African Studies Center sponsor the UONGOZI (Leadership)
Institute, a summer school, in Tanzania. The project
involves undergraduate students from the three African universities and
North America. The school’s main goal is to foster civic and intellectual
leadership qualities among the next generation of East African leaders.
http://www.isop.ucla.edu/jscasc/welcome/uongozi.htm
Village Museum, Dar es Salaam: - Photographs of the Museum, museum activities, links to articles,
related web sites. E-mail:
villagemuseum@raha.com http://www.homestead.com/villagemuseum
Voices From an African Village - KRPS, a non-commercial, public FM radio station licensed to Pittsburg
State University, (Pittsburg, Kansas) presents a series on
Life in a Tanzanian village.
During August 1997 - July 1998, John Couper, who teaches communications at
the university, lived in the village of Ilakala. He describes weddings, the
role of music, how children live, a traditional doctor, a local market, the
local economy. Includes audio clips. http://www.krps.org
Zanzibar Archives - Not an official site but has much information. History, hours,
holdings. By the creator of Time.Gate web site, who grew up in Zanzibar.
http://www.timegate.demon.co.uk/guide.htm
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Zanzibar's Postal History
- Zanzibar postal history by cartographer, Menno-Jan Kraak. http://www.itc.nl/~kraak/stamps/zanzibar/znzhp.html
ZanzibarNet - On-line travel guide. http://www.zanzibar.net/
Zanzinet Forum - "a forum which brings together Zanzibaris of all backgrounds."
"Currently, membership to the ZANZINET mailing list is strictly limited to
Zanzibaris only, but the ZANZINET Open Forums are open to all." Has a brief
history of the
Swahili language, by Hassan O. Ali; revised by Abdurahman Juma;
1988 population census
information,
historical photographs, photographs of violent events from the
October 29, 2000
general elections links to related sites. Maintained by Idris A. Rai.
Based in Ottawa, Canada. [KF] http://www.zanzinet.org/
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