SHABANI MOHAMEDI MWAKALINGA

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

Education:

BED in Arts (Honours) from the University of Dar es Salaam. M.A. History from the University of Dar es Salaam.

Teaching:

The History of Tanzania, The economic history of Tanzania, The global history and The history of religion in Tanzania.

Research:

History of mining in Tanzania, Islam and Islamic law courts, Christianity Religious Encounters in Tanzania and History of Sports in Tanzania (Football).

Projects:

2018-2022 Bezondere Onderzoeksfond (BOF, Dedicated Study Funds). Grant to study for a PhD in History at the University of Gent.

Publications:

Mwakalinga, S. (2018). The History of Mica Mining in Morogoro District, 1890s-1960. Unpublished M.A Dissertation, University of Dar es Salaam.

 

Mwakalinga, S. (2019). “Our Faith Is Not Complete.” Muslims debating the absence of Islamic Law Courts in Tanzania.” A Paper Presented at the Symposium “Lived Islam in Africa”

at the University of Florida on 22nd May 2019.