Willy Mutunga: A Humble Humanist
In the years around 1970, the University of Dar es Salaam was an arena for robust intellectual contentions.…
The African University: A critical comment (an extract)
Published on Pambazuka News (https://www.pambazuka.org), August 30, 2018 In 1970, Tanzania had one public university with less than…
A Lesson from Life
It was 1996, the days I taught at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Now I was…
Insignificantly Significant
May your august hypothesis prosper An expansive data mine on a computer Deploy then an adept statistical decoder…
On the Sweetness of a Fake Book
You shop in Dar es Salaam at your own risk. Purchase a `quality’ light bulb at a stiff…
Ethics In The Academy
Discrete Data: Measurements done in health and other research are generally of two types, continuous and discrete. For…
Family Pictures
Book Launches With comrades With Family Others
Josaphat L Kanywanyi 1938 – 2021
Professor Josaphat L Kanywanyi, simply Joe to his close compatriots, was perhaps the longest serving academic in Tanzania.…
Eleanor Marx: A Fighter for the Oppressed
Eleanor Marx, the youngest daughter of Karl Marx, was born in 1855. Her formal schooling was limited; school…