The TAZARA (Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority) or Freedom Railway stretches from Dar es Salaam on the Tanzanian coast to the Copperbelt region of Zambia. The railway, built during the height of the Cold War, was intended to redirect the mineral wealth of the interior away from routes through South Africa and Rhodesia. After being rebuffed by Western donors, newly independent Tanzania and Zambia accepted help from communist China to construct what would become one of Africa's most vital transportation corridors. Drawing on first-hand experiences of engineers and labourers together with life histories of traders who used the railway, Jamie Monson tracks the railroad from its design and construction to its daily use as a passen-ger train that provided an important means for moving people and goods from one village to another. 216pp, USA. INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS.

A study of the Tanzanian economy from 1945 to 1983 comparing its development with eight countries; Kenya, China, Hungary, Japan, Brazil, Mexico, Cote D'Ivoire and Yugoslavia. Index, notes, apps, maps, tables, figs, viii, 384pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS, 0852551010

In 1986, Tanzania agreed with the IMF and the World Bank to pursue robust social and economic reforms in light of the serious decline in the performance of the economy, with the objective of achieving sustainable economic growth. At a political level, a multi-party system was introduced, and the first multi-party elections held since 1962 took place in 1995, and again in 2005. This book examines in considerable depth the political and economic changes that have taken place in this period of reform. Index, bib, 612pp, TANZANIA. E&D LTD.

Looks at the initiative which the Tanzanian government has attempted to implement in order to support development. The author looks at how these have been derailed and how this can be remedied so that social, political and economic development can take place. Tables, notes, diags, 299pp, TANZANIA. DAR ES SALAAM UNIVERSITY PRESS.

Tables, charts, diags, 174pp, GERMANY. LIT VERLAG.

A rich ethnographic portrait of food-provisioning processes in a contemporary African city, offering valuable lessons about the powerful roles of gender, migration, exchange, sex, and charity in food acquisition. Based on anthropologist Karen Coen Flynn's study of Mwanza, Tanzania, this work draws on the personal accounts of over 350 market vendors, low, middle and high-income consumers, urban farmers as well as those, including children, who live on the streets. Index, bib, notes, b/w illus, tables, 254pp, UK. PALGRAVE.

Challenges the broad vision of Africa's environment, history and society driving conservation policies across the continent. The author argues that this vision has been harmful, unjust and unnecessary in its effects on people at the Mkomazi Game Reserve in Tanzania. Index, bib, tables, graphs, maps, xxviii, 196pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS.

Since the mid-1990s, Western Tanzania has hosted hundreds of thousands of refugees living in massive refugee camps sustained by millions of dollars of humanitarian aid. This title explores the anomalous spaces and practices generated by this influx of people and humanitarian aid, and shows how they have transformed the politics and governmental practices of the region. In more than fourteen months of qualitative and quantitative research, the author found that the refugee influx did not produce the deleterious economic and environmental effects often assumed. Outside the camps, a Tanzanian population long at the margins of their own country's economics and politics became incorporated into systems of power and authority which linked them to Dar es Salaam, central Africa, Geneva, Washington, and the grain farmers of the American Midwest. Amidst the violence and conflict surrounding the camps, they became 'Tanzanian' as never before by exalting the territory, the nation, and a political leadership that delegated responsibility for security and services to others - the United Nations, nongovernmental organisations, and the citizenry. 208pp, SOUTH AFRICA. WITWATERSRAND UNIVERSITY PRESS.

Many students come to African history with a host of stereotypes that are not always easy to dislodge. One of the most common is that of Africa as safari grounds, as the land of expansive, unpopulated game reserves untouched by civilization and preserved in their original pristine state by the tireless efforts of contemporary conservationists. This books brings the landscape memory of the Serengeti to life and demonstrates how the social identities of western Serengeti peoples are embedded in specific spaces and in their collective memories of those spaces. Using a new methodology to analyse pre-colonial oral traditions, Shetler identifies core spatial images and re-evaluates them in their historical context through the use of archaeological, linguistic, ethnographic, ecological, and archival evidence. Index, bib, notes, b/w illus, 378pp, USA. OHIO U P.

Study of women living in Dar es Salaam who have higher incomes than their husbands. The research exposes the social construction of gender in everyday life, pointing to the contradictory nature of gender relations in a dynamic urban and social context in a developing country. Argues that gender determinants crucial factors in understanding not only of the social composi-tion of the urban environment, but also of the urbanisation process in Africa as a whole. 332pp, TANZANIA. MKUKI NA NYOTA PUBLISHERS.

Investigates the interaction of indigenous knowledge and institutions in natural resource management for sustainable food security and rural livelihoods in Simuyu Basin, a sub-catchment of the Lake Victoria basin in Tanzania. The main focus of the research was on wetland resources utilisation and how local people apply the knowledge and skills to actively manage their wetlands for poverty alleviation purposes. 148pp, ETHIOPIA. MKUKI NA NYOTA PUBLISHERS.

Explains why the Tanzanian manufacturing sector experienced a long period of stagnation after an initial phase of rapid industrial growth. The analysis includes previously unpublished data, and presents important conceptual and methodological advances. Tables, bib, index, xii, 411pp, UK. PALGRAVE.

Investigates land-use dynamics, agricultural development and constraints, land degradation, and the socio-economic and environmental effects of agricultural processes in central Tanzania. It shows there have been both spatial and temporal changes in land-use patterns in the area. The intensity of agriculture has increased; however environmental concerns are arising, including deforestation and soil erosion. 144pp, ETHIOPIA. OSSREA.

Tanzania believed that parastatal marketing was central to food security. This book follows the urban market policy of 1939 88, showing how the changes affected 197 grain traders and 188 households in five Tanzanian towns. The author also makes a comparison with similar situations in other developing countries. Index, maps, tables, figs, bib, notes, xiv, 306pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS, 0852551347

Describes the struggle for land rights by the peoples of Mount Meru in northern Tanzania against their German and British rulers, intensifying their own irrigated agriculture and bringing about what has been called 'an indigenous agricultural revolution'. . JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS.

A study of Tanzania's changing relationship with donor aid since the sixties. Shows how the relationship between Tanzania and donor nations has evolved considerably and has forced Tanzania into fundamental policy reforms. The study assesses the ramifications of this within the framework of NEPAD. Tables, xi, 147pp, TANZANIA. MKUKI NA NYOTA PULISHING.

A collection of essays reflecting on Nyerere thoughts on poverty, the productive sector, delivery of social services, the external sector, fiscal issues, the environment, and governance issues, specifically corruption. Tables, refs., xvii, 362pp. TANZANIA. DAR ES SALAAM UNIVERSITY PRESS.

Places the economic performance of President Mkapa's government in the context of past crises and current constraints. Examining the private and public sectors of the economy, social sector provision and Tanzania's Aid relationships, it gives an overview of achievements and makes recommendations for future policy. 121pp, TANZANIA. MKUKI NA NYOTA PULISHING.

This book is a nuanced and original investigation of Northern donor agency personnel as they deliver aid in Tanzania. The author explores in particular how donor identities are manifested in the practices of development aid, and how calls for equal partnership between North and South are often very different in practice. She demonstrates the conflicts and tensions in the develop-ment aid process. These reflect both the longstanding critique of the Eurocentric nature of development, and discourse that still assumes images of the superior, initiating, efficient 'donor' as opposed to the inadequate, passive recipient. Index, bib, notes, 212pp, UK. ZED BOOKS.

Tanzania is famous for its post-independence efforts to effect rural development, as one of the few Africans countries that nationalised and centralised access to and use of land, water and other natural resources. The policies were however broadly unsuccessful: land-use intensifica-tion is still low; there is little equity in access to land; disputes over property rights are increas-ing, whilst concerns about environmental degradation are ever-pressing. This book analyses decision-making and interactions between local institutions, donor agencies and central government; and considers laws and procedures on the ground, highlighting how practices were inevitably at variance with the theories. Maps, llus, 210pp, TANZANIA. MKUKI NA NYOTA PUBLISHERS.

A report from the Land Commission in Tanzania with the commission's recommendations on land policy and land tenure structure. It consists of five parts; in the first the existing legal position is stated and discussed, in part two recommendations on a new land tenure structure are made, in part three some of the existing statutory law on land is reviewed, and suggestions on amendment are made, part four addresses the question of gender inequality in reference to inheritance, and part five looks at Conservation, Environment and Habitat. 350pp, SWEDEN/TANZANIA. NORDIC AFRICA INSTITUTE/GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA.

Global trends have led to a marked decline in the role of the state in national development. Part of the Research on Poverty Alleviation series, aiming to deepen the understanding of the causes, extent, nature, rate of change and means of combating poverty in Tanzania. This paper argues that a higher economic growth rate that is pro-poor is a prerequisite for poverty alleviation. Rapid growth of the tourism sector is postulated as an important instrument of poverty alleviation, the creation of jobs, the sales of goods and services, support of the cultural industries and source of foreign exchange. The study however demonstrates the flip-side of tourism: that it is a complex industry often driven by the private sector to benefit international companies rather than local economies and causing environmental degradation. It concludes that more research is needed into the impact of tourism on the livelihoods of the locals and to ensure that as Tanzania becomes a major tourist destination, the industry is harnessed to alleviate poverty and improve livelihoods. 63pp, TANZANIA. MKUKI NA NYOTA PUBLISHERS.

Using insights from anthropology, history and environmental politics, this study explores of one of the most crucial issues of modern times, the access to and use of natural resources. Focusing on Mafia Island Marine Park, a national park in Tanzania, the author describes how environmental conservation and development can be combined. Walley also describes the controversy surrounding the opening of the park and the decision to include the participation of residents, detailing the day today tensions and alliances among Mafia residents, government officials, and representatives of international organisations. Index, bib, notes, xx, maps, gloss, xx, 308pp, USA. PRINCETON U P, 0691115605

Explores the dynamic relation of specific local, regional, and global understandings of value as manifested in the coffee of rural Haya communities. Offers critical insight into the significance of colonial and postcolonial encounters in this region of Africa. Index, bib, b/w photos, 201pp, USA. HEINEMANN USA.

A study of Tanzania's unofficial, parallel economy looking at its effect on the official economy of a developing nation. The authors discuss how farmers, wage earners and firms resort to legitimate and illegitimate activities to overcome government control and shortages. Index, notes, app, tables, maps, xix, 197pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS, 0852551215

Explores the delicate relationship between development NGOs and the states they work via a case study of Tanzania in the 1960s and 1970s. During that time Tanzania instituted the rural socialist Ujamaa programme, resulting in the forced resettlement of six million people to villages, transforming the map of the country. Rather than questioning this policy, NGOs working in the area (as typified by Oxfam) became surrogates of the state, helping to carry out the programme. Jennings argues that the NGO community was seduced by its own interpretations of what Ujamaa represented, and was consequently blinded to the dark realities of resettlement. Bound by ideological chains of their own forging, organizations that in other contexts have criticized over-mighty states and the use of overt force, NGOs committed themselves fully to Tanzania and its development policy. Through this study, the book uncovers not just the story of development in Tanzania in this critical period, but the history of the NGO itself. Index, bib, notes, 262pp, USA. KUMARIAN PRESS.

The major question tackled in this report is whether the ugly duckling will become a swan? Having been something of an enfant terrible since the deep crisis in the early 1980s, economic progress since 1995 provides some hope that the duckling period is finally over. (Research Report Nr. 120). Figs, tables, notes, refs, 117pp, SWEDEN. NORDIC AFRICA INSTITUTE, 9171064745

A study of tourism, development and culture in Tanzania. Refs, app, tables, 148pp, TANZANIA. DAR ES SALAAM UNIVERSITY PRESS.

A study based on research into urban planning in Yombo Vituka in Dar es Salaam. Looks at how the prospects of the urban poor could be improved with simple policy adjustments in housing and social services. Bib, tables, xv, 245pp, TANZANIA. DAR ES SALAAM UNIVERSITY PRESS.

Contributes towards an understanding of not only the complexity and specificity of the dynamics of Tanzania's urbanisation process but also the many problems posed as well as the opportunities opened by this process and its implications on the whole society. Tables, index, ix, 156pp, TANZANIA . DAR ES SALAAM UNIVERSITY PRESS.

An examination of the dynamics of urban life and street children's health in Tanzania. The authors discuss factors that push children out of homes and the hardships they subsequently endure. They argue that the impact of colonial policies and some post-colonial development policies, globalization, and the HIV/AIDS epidemic are intensifying poverty in Tanzania. Bib, figs, 158pp, GERMANY. LIT VERLAG.

To better understand crime and public perceptions of safety in Tanzania, victimisation surveys were carried out in Arusha, Dar es Salaam and Mtwara and their findings are published here. Notes, tables, 89pp, SOUTH AFRICA. INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES.

A study of the socio political implications of land management and water use in the valley of the Pangani River in Tanzania. 150pp, bib, TANZANIA. DAR ES SALAAM UNIVERSITY PRESS.

Fifth in the African Women Leaders in Agriculture and the Environment series. This study questions general assumptions on the role of social capital in rural livelihoods in a context of high HIV/AIDS prevalence. Using a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods, it argues that both the generation and sustenance of social capital at household level are severely challenged by declining access to other livelihood assets as a consequence of HIV/AIDS. In a situation where HIV/AIDS is still shrouded in secrecy and stigma at the community level, a decline of trust in social relations and community institutions as well as a proliferation of witchcraft accusations, is manifest. Bib, apps, 246pp, NETHERLANDS. WAGENINGEN ACADEMIC PRESS.

Argues that a lack of transparency and accountability in the planning practice allow for misuse and abuse of the planning system to serve the interests of the more powerful and influential groups, including those entrusted with the powers of planning, and that ineffective planning results, among other things, from defective land policy and legislation, and planning inability to recognize and make use of opportunities for shaping the built environment. 360pp, TANZANIA. MKUKI NA NYOTA PUBLISHERS.

Forests have been at the fault lines of contact between African peasant communities in the Tanzanian coastal hinterland and outsiders for almost two centuries. Early on, conflicts developed between the needs of traditional subsistence users and the needs of colonial extractive industries. In recent decades, a global call for biodiversity preservation has been the main challenge to Tanzanians and their forests. Thaddeus Sunseri uses the lens of forest history to explore some of the profound social, political, and economic transformations in Tanzania from the nineteenth century to the present. He explores anti-colonial rebellions, the world wars, the depression, the Cold War, oil shocks, and nationalism through their intersections with and impacts on Tanzania's coastal forests and woodlands. 304pp, USA. OHIO U P.