Dr Salvatory S. Nyanto
Dr Salvatory S. Nyanto is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Dar es Salaam, and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Ghent University. He completed his PhD in history at the University of Iowa in the United States of America with a study about slave emancipation, Christian communities, and dissent. He is the author of ‘Ujamaa, Small Christian Communities and Moral Reform in Western Tanzania,’ The Catholic Historical Review 106, no. 2 (Spring 2020),‘The Empire Strikes Back: Communities, Catholic Missions, and Imperial Authority in Western Tanzania, 1934-1960,’ The Catholic Historical Review 105, no. 1 (Winter 2019), ‘Priests without Ordination: Catechists in Villages beyond Missions, Western Tanzania, 1948–1978’ The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 108, No. 3 (Summer 2022), and with Felicitas Becker, James Giblin, Ann McDougall, Alexander Meckelburg, and Lotte Pelckmans ‘Researching the Aftermath of Slavery in Mainland East Africa: Methodological, Ethical and Practical Challenges’ Slavery and Abolition, Vol. 44, Issue 1 (2022). His current monograph Slave Emancipation and Christian Communities in Post-Abolition Tanzania 1878-1978 is under contract with James Currey, an imprint of Boydell & Brewer. In addition to his monograph, Nyanto is co-editing a book project, A History of Postcolonial Tanzania: Essays in Honor of Prof. Isaria N. Kimambo which is under contract with Mkuki na Nyota Publishers.
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Magumba J. Magongo
Magumba J. Magongo is an MA (History) student at the University of Dar es Salaam. He completed his bachelor degree (BAED) at Saint Augustine University of Tanzania (SAUT), specializing in History and Geography. His research “Slave Narratives, Tourism Avenues and Everyday life in Bagamoyo” is under AFRAB Project, “Beyond African Abolitionism: Communities, Memories, and Identity in Twentieth-Century Tanzania.”
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Happiness Emmanuel Msacky
Ms. Happiness Emmanuel Msacky is an MA (History) student at the University of Dar es Salaam. She graduated with Bachelor of Arts in History from University of Dar es Salaam in 2020. Her research “Heritage of Slavery in Bagamoyo: Memory, Community and Legacy, the 1960s-2023” is under AFRAB Project, “Beyond African Abolitionism: Communities, Memories, and Identity in Twentieth-Century Tanzania.” |
Elizabeth Solomon Elizabeth Solomon Mwamwaja is a History Curator at the Arusha Declaration Museum which is under the National Museum of Tanzania. She graduated with BA in History and Archeology from the University of Dar es Salaam in 2008. She is a member ICOM (International Council of Museums) since 2015. She has been a research assistant in the different research projects conducted by the National Museum. She has been involved in the establishment of the Museum of the then ICTR (International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda) in Arusha Tanzania. Ms. Elizabeth S. Mwamwaja is currently an MA (History) student at the University of Dar es Salaam. Her research project “Memories and Identity of Slavery in Post-Abolition Ujiji” is undertaken alongside her work towards the AFRAB Project, “Beyond African Abolitionism: Communities, Memories, and Identity in Twentieth-Century Tanzania.”. |
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