Samwel Mhajida
Biographic Data
| ID | 6524679 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Samwel Mhajida |
| GIVEN NAMES | Samwel |
| FAMILY NAME | Mhajida |
| SIGNATURE | MHAJIDA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Dar es Salaam |
| ORCID | 0009-0000-5725-7462 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Age of Change: How Urban Youth are Transforming African Politics, written by Michelle D. Gavin
Youth and Politics in Tanzania: A History of Dissidence 1990s–2015
Perspectives of political participation among the youth in Tanzania have always oscillated between viewing young people as used or manipulated to suit the ruling elites’ status quo on the one hand, and viewing them as an independent revolutionary social group. Youth involved in political dissidence are shown here as caught up in the perpetual wrangling between the ruling party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi ( CCM ) and other emerging political parties, eve…
The Curse or Fertility of Land Clearing: How Migrant Labour Modified Gender-Based Division of Labour in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania
Gender-based division of labour is a system practised throughout the world; in precolonial times the Southern Highlands of Tanzania was no exception. Given that gender-based division of labour was established by tradition, it was feared that breaching cultural norms by transgressing labour boundaries would bring on a curse. Even so, women assumed the extra burden of tasks left by their migrant husbands. This included clearing the land, which was …
The Contempt of Public Property: The Datooga Salt Fracas and the Resistance against Colonial Definition of Property in Central Tanzania (1923-1927)
This paper discusses the Datooga resistance to the British land law as announced by the Land Ordinance in 1923. The discussion centres itself in the provocation that the law implied and commanded on the local Datooga’s ownership and control of the natural resources within the jurisdiction of the chief. The Datooga as shown in the paper were probably the first to openly resist the public ownership of resources as announced by the Ordinance, becaus…
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The Contempt of Public Property: The Datooga Salt Fracas and the Resistance against Colonial Definition of Property in Central Tanzania (1923-1927)
This paper discusses the Datooga resistance to the British land law as announced by the Land Ordinance in 1923. The discussion centres itself in the provocation that the law implied and commanded on the local Datooga’s ownership and control of the natural resources within the jurisdiction of the chief. The Datooga as shown in the paper were probably the first to openly resist the public ownership of resources as announced by the Ordinance, becaus…
The Curse or Fertility of Land Clearing: How Migrant Labour Modified Gender-Based Division of Labour in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania
Gender-based division of labour is a system practised throughout the world; in precolonial times the Southern Highlands of Tanzania was no exception. Given that gender-based division of labour was established by tradition, it was feared that breaching cultural norms by transgressing labour boundaries would bring on a curse. Even so, women assumed the extra burden of tasks left by their migrant husbands. This included clearing the land, which was …
Youth and Politics in Tanzania: A History of Dissidence 1990s–2015
Perspectives of political participation among the youth in Tanzania have always oscillated between viewing young people as used or manipulated to suit the ruling elites’ status quo on the one hand, and viewing them as an independent revolutionary social group. Youth involved in political dissidence are shown here as caught up in the perpetual wrangling between the ruling party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi ( CCM ) and other emerging political parties, eve…
The Age of Change: How Urban Youth are Transforming African Politics, written by Michelle D. Gavin
African history and culture studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Tanzania (2 works) · Accommodation (1 works) · African history and culture analysis (1 works) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (1 works) · Autonomy (1 works)