Books2021-05-30T07:42:00+03:00

Faradhi ya Moyo

"Faradhi ya Moyo ni riwaya iliyojaa visa na taharuki, ikimulika maisha ya Wasila na Zaina, mapacha wanaojumuika tena baada ya kutengana kwa kitambo kirefu. Kwa ufundi wake, ndani ya riwaya hii Anna amesawiri vyema huba, majonzi na tumaini jipya" - Mchapishaji

After She Was Born a Girl: A Memoir of Gender Injustices in a Male-Dominated Society

“After She Was Born a Girl is a social revolutionary book which raises awareness about a woman who suffers emotional and physical pains in a male-dominated society for far too long. Emmanuel Kaghondi redefines the life which a woman deserves"-Reviewer

Sweet Deal, Bitter Landscape: Gender Politics and Liminality in Tanzania’s New Enclosures

"With rich ethnographic detail and visual storytelling, Sweet Deal, Bitter Landscape traces the lived experiences of diverse rural women and men as they struggled for survival under a seemingly endless condition of liminality." - Book Author

MIKATABA YA UWEKEZAJI KATI YA NCHI MBILI (MIUMBI) NA ATHARI ZAKE KWA TANZANIA

"....Kitabu hiki kinatoa uchambuzi wa siasa-uchumi kuhusu MIUMBI na athari zake kwa nchi ya dunia ya tatu kama Tanzania. Waandishi wametumia lugha rahisi ambayo msomaji yeyote anaweza kuielewa hata kama ni mara ya kwanza kusikia kuhusu MIUMBI. Ni jambo la kutia faraja kuwa kitabu hiki kimeandikwa kwa lugha yetu wenyewe...." - Maoni ya Kitabu

The Infrastructural South Techno-Environments of the Third Wave of Urbanization

"Pushing readers to look at the wider worlds that suffuse urban systems, this theoretical and geographical perspective treats Africa’s rapidly transforming towns and cities as complex sites of disruption, emancipation, and contradiction. In doing so, it shows how the proliferating urbanisms and contested techno-environments arise from shifting priorities in infrastructure planning, politics, and financing gaps." - Book Author

Decolonizing the English Literary Curriculum

"Decolonizing the English Literary Curriculum is a major collection that aims to address these issues from a global perspective. An international team of leading scholars illustrate the necessity and advantages of reform from specific decolonial perspectives, with evidence-based arguments from classroom contexts, as well as establishing new critical agendas." - Book Author

Architecture and Politics in Africa: Making, Living and Imagining Identities through Buildings

"This innovative book fills this gap, providing a new and compelling reading of the politics of identity in sub-Saharan Africa through an examination of some of its most significant buildings. Using case studies from nine countries across sub-Saharan Africa, this volume reveals how they are commissioned and built, how they enable elites to project power, and how they form a basis for popular conceptions of the state" - Book Publisher

Binary Bisecting: Anthology of African Writings on AI

Binary Bisecting is made up of 17 pieces from 16 talented writers from across the continent, including countries such as Botswana, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and South Africa. The collection is divided into three parts: Part I: Tentative Technology looks at the hesitancy surrounding interactions with AI. Part II: Digital Discourse presents arguments and explorations of the technology. Part III: Distrust the Rust focuses on the fears and anxieties of the digital evolution. -Book Editor

A LANGUAGE FOR THE WORLD: The Standardization of Swahili

“Morgan Robinson’s A Language for the World is original, thoroughly researched, and accessible. Robinson complicates our understanding of the development of Swahili, using fascinating microhistories of diverse actors drawn from extensive archival research to challenge longstanding assumptions. This profoundly innovative book is essential reading for anyone interested in the history, languages, and cultures of East Africa.” - Book Reviewer

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