UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM
DAR ES SALAAM UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (DUCE)

YOVITA ALBERT VAKOLAVENE

Lecturer in the Department of History, Political Science and Development Studies., Dar Es Salaam University College Of Education
Education:

Bachelor of Arts with Education, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. M.A (African Archaeology), UCL-London University, London, United Kingdom. PhD (History), Georg-August University, Goettingen, Germany.

Teaching:

Oral History of Tanzania, Regional History such as History of West Africa, History Research Methods and Basics in Archaeology.

Research:

Gender relations, gender in war, military history, diseases, historical archaeology and  cultural history.

Projects:

 

1. 2020-2021: University of Dar es Salaam Competitive Research Fund (with Samwel Mhajida, Victoria Makulilo and Idd Magoti): 

2. State and Local Responses to Health Related Pandemics in Tanzania, 1890s – 2020.”

Publications:

1. Vakolavene, Yovita A. (2021). Women and Warfare: African Women Roles in World War One in Germany East Africa, 1914-1918. Unpublished PhD Thesis.  Georg-August University.

2. Vakolavene, Yovita A. (2002). The Interpretation of Central Tanzanian Rock Art: The Use and Abuse of Models. Unpublished M. A Thesis. University College London.