We are delighted to announce the release of a new issue of Zamani: A Journal of African Historical Studies, an international, peer-reviewed, biannual journal hosted by the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Zamani provides a vital platform for original scholarship that engages with African history and the historical relationships between Africa and the wider world. The journal welcomes contributions from scholars across the globe whose work enriches our understanding of the continent’s complex past and its global intersections.
The latest issue offers a rich collection of research articles spanning the 1940s to the early 2000s, exploring historical questions of infrastructure, power, morality, and development. Readers will encounter thought-provoking studies such as:
- Combatting Road Accidents and Fatalities in Northern Rhodesia (1940–1964) by Mbozi Santebe.
- Engineering Inefficiencies and Technical Dependency in Postcolonial Tanzania by Emanuel Lukio Mchome.
- Dynamics of Infanticides among the Ngoni of Tanzania, 1850s–1916 by Andrew S. Kasambala and Oswald J. Masebo.
- Beyond Christianity: German Missionaries’ Heritage in Colonial Mbeya, Tanzania, 1880s-1918 by Ashura Jackson Ngoya and Edward Simon Mgaya.
- Criteria for Rejecting Ideas in African Philosophy: A Historical and Epistemological Analysis by Eric Clement Mugalula.
- Mediation Partiality and the East African Community’s “Quiet Diplomacy” in the Kenyan Post-Election Crisis of 2007/2008 by Rasul Ahmed Minja.
- A book review of Jonathan M. Jackson’s Visions for an African Valley: Histories of Development in Kilombero, Tanzania since 1877 (James Currey, 2025) by Emanuel Lukio Mchome.
Together, these articles offer nuanced insights into Africa’s historical trajectories, shedding light on the everyday experiences, intellectual debates, and regional transformations that have shaped the continent over time.
Explore the full issue for free on ScienceOpen.