Abstract
The editors are pleased to present to you the second issue of Zamani: A Journal of African Historical Studies. Volume 1 Number 2 has a collection of research and forum articles as well as book reviews. There are four articles that builds from field research with different themes spanning from neolithic to the postcolonial periods. The themes include new neolithic dating; smallpox control in early colonial period in the former German East Africa (now Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi); evasion of colonial taxation; and the connection between land legislations and land conflicts among the peasant and pastoral communities. There are also three articles which are examining the state of the study of the African religion, trends in oral history methodology in Tanzania and the need for the formation of the association of Tanzanian archaeologists. At the end of the issue, there are two book reviews.
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Note, Editors
(2024)
"Front Matter - Zamani 1, no. 2,"
Zamani: A Journal of African Historical Studies: Vol. 1:
Iss.
2, Article 1.
DOI: 10.56279/ZJAHS1121
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https://commons.udsm.ac.tz/zjahs/vol1/iss2/1
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