Tanzania: Mkuki Bgoya - 'Swahili Writers Should Be Mandatory Reading in Tanzania, but There's a Deep Trauma Around Books'

Abdulrazak Gurnah, the Zanzibari-born 2021 Nobel Literature laureate's grand homecoming was punctuated by the translation of his masterpiece, Paradise, into Kiswahili. His… Read more »

Africa: Zanzibar - Bungling the Fragile Coalition Raises the Stakes in the 2025 Elections

Ahead of the 2025 elections, is President Hussein Mwinyi risking the stability of the Isles by trashing the power-sharing deal? Read more »

Tanzania: January Makamba and Tanzania's Return From Self-Isolation

What does January Makamba's appointment to Tanzania's foreign docket add to President Hassan's expanding diplomatic chessboard? Read more »

East Africa: Eating Fish From Lake Victoria 'Rare and Expensive' Amid Climate Crisis

90% of people along the lake's shores in Tanzania say they ate fish four times per month ten years ago, compared to just 4% today. Read more »

Tanzania: 'They Wish We Didn't Exist' - Tanzania School Goers Speak of Transport Woes

In the daily sharp-elbowed jostle to board daladalas, school students find themselves at the back of the queue. Read more »

Tanzania: 'Kids Tell Us It's Pointless' - Tanga's Hidden Histories of Land and Sea

Through years of conversation, rarely heard stories of hope, regret and resilience - which destabilise typical development tropes - emerged. Read more »

Tanzania: Football and Politics Are Inseparable. The Result? Poor Clubs

Tanzanian teams struggle to compete with their continental rivals. Will the government finally loosen its grip and allow clubs to privatise? Read more »