Abdullah Hamza Mohammed is a Lecturer of Film and Theatre at the Department of Creative Arts of the University of Dar es Salaam, working at the intersection of Visual Culture Studies, Film and Media Studies, and Art Communication and Social Mobilization Practices. Dr. Mohammed holds a PhD in Interdisciplinary Arts (Film and African Arts) from Ohio University, USA and MA in Media Studies from West Virginia States University, USA, an MA in Development Studies, and a Bachelor of Arts in Fine and Performing Arts from the University of Dar es Salaam. He teaches myriad courses in Film, Media Management, Culture and Society, Art Administration and Management, Marketing the Arts, Art and Society, and Art Communication and Social Mobilization. He has taught, assisted, advised, and supervised several undergraduate and over a dozen postgraduate students at the University of Dar es Salaam and the University of Dodoma. Notwithstanding his experience as an instructor, Dr. Mohammed has facilitated workshops in participatory interventions through Theatre Arts and researched arts, gender, creative industries, and communication. He has worked as a consultant with the International Labour Organization (ILO), Care International, African Humanities Programme (AHP), Tanzania Theatre Center (TzTC), Tanzania Community Civic Initiative (TACCI), Research and Education for Democracy (REDET), Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF) and the Mwalimu Julius Nyerere Professorial Chair of Pan-African Studies. His major consultancies and research interests are in arts and culture, representation, communication, empowerment, and seeking public opinion and/or understanding using the arts. Dr. Mohammed is a strong advocate of human rights including gender equity and has served as a Board Member to the Legal and Human Rights Center’s Board of Directors, Center Against Gender Based Violence, and the Chamwino Arts Center.