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STEPHANO LAZARO AYO

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

2019- PhD University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava-Slovakia, 2017- University of Dar es Salaam, MA in History, 2009- University of Dar es Salaam, BA(Ed) in History & Linguistics

Teaching:

  • Culture and Minority History
  • Philosophies and Methodologies of History
  • Oral Histories Methodology in Tanzania
  • North and East African History
  • Global Capitalism and New Imperialism

Research:

  • Ethnohistories in Tanzania (Ethnology and Historical Research)
  • Socio-cultural and Political Histories of Tanzania
  • Environmental histories
  • Peasant economies and Rural Transformation

Projects:

2022-2024-Post doctoral fieldwork research for the Sustainable Plastic Attitudes to benefit Communities and their Environments (SPACES) Project – A Comparative study of the use of plastics in Blantyre, Malawi and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Funded by NERC UKR1 (United Kingdom).

Publications:

  1. Stephano Lazaro Ayo, Modernization Threats among the Taturu Communities of Central Tanzania from the 1950's to the Present. (PhD Dissertation University Ss. Cyril and Methodius-Trnava, August 2022)
  2. Stephano Lazaro Ayo, “Child labour or child work? Complexities of socio-cultural life of the Wataturu Community of Igunga, Tanzania,” In Studia Ethnologica Pragensia, 1(2022), 15-31.
  3. Stephano L. Ayo, ‘Operation Vijiji vya Ujamaa’ and the Collapse of Social Security in Urambo District, Western Tanzania, 1967-1980,” (Published as Conference Proceedings, Interdisciplinary Doctoral Conference LOQUERE III 2020 under the Auspices of the Faculty of Arts of the Cyril and Methodius University in Trnava, August 2020).
  4. Stephano L. Ayo and Hosiana Abrahamu, “Strengthening E-Learning in Tanzanian Universities: COVID 19 the Awakening Call,” ICERI2020 Proceedings, pp. 6966-6972. doi: 10.21125/iceri.2020.1493
  5. Stephano L. Ayo, “Who is a Patriot? Citizenship, Patriotism and Politics in Tanzania,” A paper Presented at the International Conference Africa: History and Results of Decolonization, (For the 60th Anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples) Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 9 – 10 November 2020.
  6. Stephano L. Ayo: How Should I Write a Research Paper? In: Ostium, roč. 16, 2020, č. 3. eISSN 1336-6556
  7. Stephano Lazaro Ayo & Hija Urassa, Reflecting cultural heritage through architectural art in Dar es Salaam City, Tanzania In: Etnologické rozpravy . - ISSN 1335-5074, Roč. 27, no. 2 (2020), p. 35-48.
  8. Stephano Lazaro Ayo, Inequalities and Conflicts in Modern and Contemporary African History: A Comparative Perspective, In: Ethnologia Actualis: the Journal of Ethnographical Research. DOI 10.2478 / eas -2021-0015. - ISSN 1339-7834, Roč. 20, no. 2 (2020), p. 158-162. Rec na: Inequalities and Conflicts in Modern and Contemporary African History / Jan Záhořík. - London: The Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group, 2019.
  9. Stephano L. Ayo, Tobacco Farming and its Influence on the Socio-Cultural Transformations in Urambo District, Western Tanzania; 1950s – 2010. (A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts (History) of the University of Dar es Salaam, October 2017).