Tanzania, the land and the people have been subject of a great deal of historical research, but there remains no readily accessible and concise History of the country.
It will also interest other Tanzanians and visitors to Tanzania who are interested in understanding the country from when it was a territory with more than one hundred and twenty ethnic groups, to a nation with an unmistakable identity as it marches forward..
It is also a possible exemplar to the writing of other countries\' histories, departing as it does, from the traditional historiography that is influenced by colonial and postcolonial apologists of nefarious external influences on Africa\'s history.
A New History of Tanzania is a timely contribution to academic requirements for teaching and learning Tanzania\'s history.
Sources from the fields of archaeology, anthropology, biology, genetics and oral tradition have been used to produce this excellent book. candidate at the University of Iowa (USA); together they have produced an outline History of Tanzania that covers all important aspects from antiquity to the present that is different from and richer than its predecessor.
Nyanto, a Tanzanian, Lecturer at the University of Dar es Salaam, and a Ph.
D.
Maddox of Texas Southern University, Houston (USA) and Salvatory S.
Gregory H.
Kimambo has been joined by two other colleagues
Prof.
In this book, Prof.
That book is currently out of print and this is not a reprint.
Prior to that, a book titled, A History of Tanzania , had been published in 1969 by East African Publishing House in Nairobi for the Tanzania Historical Association.
A New History of Tanzania takes its name from a lecture series introduced at the University of Dar es Salaam by Professor Isaria Kimambo in 2002.
The aim of this volume is to fill that void.
Tanzania, the land and the people have been subject of a great deal of historical research, but there remains no readily accessible and concise History of the country
