Bachelor of Arts with Education, M.A (Linguistics), PhD (Kiswahili) University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
The interface of African philosophy and literature, Pan- Africanists and their world view, fictions and creative writing, themes and artistic techniques in Swahili literature and African literature today.
African religion and philosophy, Black/African aesthetics, African indigenous knowledge, the cultural ecology and ethnobotany in African communities, the world literature Vs African/Swahili literature.
-
1.Mpalanzi, L (2023), Maarifa ya Jadi katika Fasihi ya Kiswahili: Uchunguzi kutoka Riwaya ya Wacha Mungu wa Bibi Kilihona. In MULIKA, University of Dar es Salaam, TATAKI, pp.79-96.
2. Mpalanzi, L (2019), “Makutano ya Dini ya Jadi na Dini za Kigeni. Mifano kutoka Riwaya Teule za Kiswahili,” In Kioo cha Lugha, University of Dar es Salaam, TATAKI, pp.114-131.
2. Mpalanzi, L (2019), “Ujitokezaji wa Falsafa ya Kiafrika katika Riwaya ya Kiethnografia za Kiswahili,” Unpublished Ph.D Thesis, University of Dar es Salaam.
3. Mpalanzi, L (2018), “Usawiri wa Mwanamke Mchawi katika Riwaya ya Kiethnografia za Kiswahili,” Kiswahili, University of Dar es Salaam, TATAKI, pp. 20-35.
4. Mpalanzi, L (2018), Mpaka kati ya Uganga na Uchawi: Uchunguzi kutoka Riwaya ya Kiethnografia za Kiswahili. In MULIKA, University of Dar es Salaam, TATAKI, pp. 130-150.
5. Mpalanzi, L (2010), “An Analysis of Tense and Aspect Systems in Ikihehe: A Case of Affirmative and Negative Constructions,” Unpublished Masters of Linguistics Dissertations, University of Dar es Salaam.