College of Humanities: Female Staff Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals. College of Humanities University of Dar es Salaam

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1 College of Humanities University of Dar es Salaam Issue No. 4, January 2018 College of Humanities: Female Staff Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals.

2 4th EDITION Content Message from the Principal 2 Note from the Editor 6 Staff News 7 Photo Gallery 16 Research and Innovation 22 PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES 41 Knowledge Exchange and Advancement 45 Student Section 48 In Rememberance 31 Fundraising - Editorial Team Julius Taji Chief Editor Edwin Msambwa Editor, Language and Linguistics Content Vol: 4 Noel Lwoga Editor, Heritage and Archaeology Content Joseph Olomy Editor, Communication Studies and Media Content College of Humanities University of Dar es Salaam Issue No. 4, January 2018 Mukoi Musagasa Editor, Literary and Cultural Content Eric Mgalula Editor, Philosophy and Religious Content Maxmillian Chuhila Editor, History Content College of Humanities: Female Staff Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals. Gyavira Kamara Editor, Creative Arts Content 1

3 2 MDIGRII Newsletter 3 The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), officially known as Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, is a set of 17 Global Goals with 169 targets among them. Happy new year to our esteemed readers! 2017 was a fantastic year for the College of Humanities and it is my sincere hope that 2018 opens up more opportunities for the College, staff and students alike. We here at the College of Humanities begin the year with a thankful spirit. We are grateful to the staff and students for putting in the time in raising the College profile and working hard to enrich their lives as part of our community. We are grateful for the continued support that Humanities Mdigrii MESSAGE FROM newsletter has received from its readership but also from our greatest supporters, the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) and the Public Social Pension Fund (PSPF). We want to personally acknowledge the management of these organizations but also the marketing teams that believed in our product as a conduit for reaching the general public. Asanteni sana! I also want to personally thank the editorial team and acknowledge their input for successfully preparing content in the past 3 issues and now in this forth issue. With THE PRINCIPAL Dr. Rose A. Upor Principal, College of Humanities University of Dar es Salaam them, we have been able to produce over 4000 copies of Humanities Mdigrii newsletter in 12 months! But where else would we get the content if it were not for the hard work of the College staff and students? We are forever grateful that as a College community, we continue to thrive regardless of the challenges. So, to every staff member and student, I sincerely appreciate your contribution to the College and the University of Dar es Salaam. Shukurani! The College of Humanities would like to open up 2018 with discussions of gendered contribution and graduate employability. It is even befitting for this issue to highlight these matters since we are in the third year of implementing the UN We intend to make graduate employability a central point in the review of our programmes so as to ensure that our graduates are relevant to the Country s needs and challenges. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), officially known as Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, is a set of 17 Global Goals with 169 targets among them. Our plan for this issue, as you can probably tell from the cover, is to highlight what the College of Humanities is doing to assist our Country in fulfilling the SDGs through its female workforce. The female workforce (18.5%) within the College of Humanities represent 11.6% of the University female workforce and 2.8% of the University employees. The contribution of this modest group of women in research, innovation and knowledge exchange requires no introduction. Through this issue, I hope we will have fresher perspective of the roles that they play in the University community and country at large and how their work plays in realizing the SDGs. The College of Humanities is about to begin the gruelling process of reviewing the curriculum of various programmes as well as course delivery. In doing so, we intend to make graduate employability a central point in the review of our programmes so as to ensure that our graduates are relevant to the Country s needs and challenges. Graduate employability, for us, means that our alumni have developed the capacity to obtain and/or create work. Furthermore, it indicates that institutions and employers have supported the student knowledge, skills, attributes, reflective disposition and identity that graduates need to succeed in the workforce. Our departure point in this case is the strengthening of our practical training programmes that we have been offering for a number of years. A team was constituted to study the practicum programme and recommend ways of improving the programme. The recommendations set forth have been presented at the College Board and they were heavily deliberated. From the discussions, it has become apparently clear that the programme needs urgent streamlining. Among the steps that we intend to take is create a database of practicum placements that will develop employable qualities required of our graduates. This database will be prepared with the help of departments that will identify the key organizations and players in the industry. The database will enable the College to select students placements based on their degree programmes and qualities that they would like to develop. However, this is not the only step that the College will take in improving employable qualities in our graduates. As we review our degree programmes, a key component would be the

4 4 MDIGRII Newsletter 5 development of a course that will teach our students soft skills needed for them to seek employment or create employment. This is part and parcel of the College strategies to deliver superior graduate outcomes with a focus on local and international relevant careers. Moreover, we do not want to end there, the College also wants to ensure that our students are prepared for new careers emerging from technological innovation and change. It should be known from the onset that the University supports practicum training; we here at the College are tasked to support increased opportunities for student work experience, placements and internships. We intend to do this as earlier mentioned, by inviting graduates and employers to engage. In addition, it is our role as the College to explicitly articulate the relevant graduate employability skills in the learning outcomes for every course that we offer as well as design authentic assessment activities, aligned with industry practices, standards and approaches. I call upon students to know and understand your disciplines career options and outcomes and be explicit about career pathways. I believe that would be the only way to explicitly teach students how to be employable. For many years, the College of Humanities has suffered in enrolment numbers due to several factors, and one of them being the national focus and priority being the STEM programmes which also for several decades prior to these times have suffered a similar plight. What this shift of prioritization has revealed is that concerted efforts always deliver requisite returns. In the international arena, support for the Humanities has been dwindling at a The humanities encourage the development of our own humanity. record rate however there has been persistent evidence that indicates that the phenomenon is not necessarily true for all institutions if there are constant efforts in ensuring that the Humanities continue to claim its space as a respectable profession and discipline. This goes to prove that with internal efforts of staff, the Humanities can stand the test of time. I call upon all units within the College to take resolute measures, first, ensure that we implement the College strategic plan to the best of our abilities; second, we make use of our creative spaces to seek funding for research and development within the College; third, we strive for academic excellence for both staff and students; fourth, we utilize the space provided by the Humanities Research Centre for collaborative and multidisciplinary work within the College and beyond our confines and fifth, we build a team spirit from grassroots within the College and encourage innovation and entrepreneurship among staff and students. I strongly believe that these measured steps if taken with the aim of producing employable graduates, the case for Humanities would have been made loud and clear. Last but not least, the College of Humanities joined hands with other UDSM constituents in witnessing the change of guard at our esteemed institution. 7th December 2017 marked the end of an era of the leadership of Professor Rwekaza Sympho Mukandala as the Vice Chancellor and the beginning of the Vice Chancellorship for Prof. William L. Anangisye. We would like to congratulate Prof. Anangisye on becoming the Vice Chancellor and pledge our support in his vision of leading our venerated institution. We believe under him we will continue to prosper and reach indescribable heights of achievement and success. As for Prof. Mukandala, we would like to express our profound gratitude for the support that he has given the College of Humanities since its inception. The College of Humanities was born under his vision for the Humanities to grow and not remain stifled by other progressive disciplines. Indeed, we are now at a point where Humanities is strategically placed for progress in research, teaching and knowledge exchange. And, we intend to keep the momentum. We wish you the best in your future endeavours. Finally, I would like to end my message with a quote from Michael Dirda, a book critic for the Washington Post..the humanities encourage the development of our own humanity. They are our instruments of selfexploration. Let us begin 2018, using the instruments we know best for the development of not only humanity but also our College. #teamhumanities Dr. Rose A. Upor Principal, College of Humanities

5 6 MDIGRII Newsletter 7 I would like to start by thanking our readers for their continued support and encouragement. I am particularly delighted at the positive feedback we have been receiving from our readers for the past issues of the newsletter. Indeed, the three preceding issues of the newsletter were all received with an outpouring of support and commendations from different stakeholders. This inspires us to put more effort into our work. In this 4th issue of the newsletter, we cover events which have taken place in various departments and units of our college from October to December We also include issues which took place outside the college so long as they involved members from our college. Besides the usual tasks of teaching, research and consultancy (which are all covered in this issue), during NOTE FROM THE EDITOR the last quarter, our staff and students took part in a number of extracurricular activities. The most notable of such activities that we found worth reporting in this issue (under photo gallery) are the SHIMMUTA and TUSA games which took place in Iringa and Dodoma respectively. In the former games CoHu staff members joined their colleagues from other units of the University to form the University team which came back with a significant number of trophies. In the latter, students from our college joined their colleagues from other colleges to form the UDSM students team, which won a total of 50 medals and 6 cups. It is quite plain that our staff and students contributed significantly to the victory of these teams. On the aspect of research and innovation, we have decided to pay special attention to women researchers from various units of the college as a way of acknowledging their knowledge contribution to the college, the University and the country at large. We have succeeded to gather information from 13 women members of staff from various departments (11 academic staff and 2 administrative staff). We therefore report their research findings and innovations, in order to reveal their contribution to knowledge and the society at large. Finally, as the period covered by this newsletter coincided with graduation season at the University of Dar es Salaam we would like to briefly report about our staff members who obtained their Master s and doctoral awards during the graduations. We also include information on staff members who did their studies abroad, and those who have successfully defended their viva voce. Enjoy your reading. Dr. Julius J. Taji Chief Editor STAFF NEWS Grants, Awards and Scholarships During the last quarter, our college staff continued to work hard to solicit funding and scholarship opportunities from different international sources. Their efforts were not in vain. A number of them succeeded to win some academic awards, secure research grants, and grasp scholarship opportunities in different reputable institutions in the world. As we congratulate them, we would like to present summaries of their achievements below: Promotions Several members of staff from both academic and administrative sections got promoted to various positions. We understand that their promotions did not come accidentally, but rather they are a result of their hard working and commitment to their job. Congratulations to you all! Dr. Noel Lwoga Dr. Lwoga was awarded a one year postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Johannesburg in the Department of Tourism. Mr. Brighton Msagalla Mr. Msagalla from the Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics has won the PANGeA Scholarship to pursue PhD studies at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Ms. Yustina Komba Ms. Komba from the Department of History has won the PANGeA Scholarship to pursue PhD studies at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Ms. Deniza Nyakana Ms. Nyakana has won the PANGeA Scholarship to pursue PhD studies at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Dr. Thomas Biginagwa Dr. Biginagwa was promoted from the position of Lecturer to the position of Senior Lecturer. Dr. Biginagwa is from the Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies.

6 8 MDIGRII Newsletter 9 Dr. Edwinus Lyaya Dr. Lyaya was promoted from the position of Lecturer to the position of Senior Lecturer. Dr. Lyaya is from the Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies. Mr. Stephen Ndibalema Mr. Ndibalema from the Department of Creative Arts was promoted from the position of Senior Studio Instructor to the position of Principal Studio Instructor. Mr. Arnold Bitegeko Mr. Bitegeko was promoted from the position of Senior Accountant II to the position of Senior Accountant I. Mr. Bitegeko is the College Accountant. Dr. Elizabeth Gwajima Dr. Gwajima travelled to the University of Western Cape, South Africa for the AHP programme. Dr. Daines Sanga Dr. Sanga travelled to the University of Western Cape, South Africa for the AHP programme. Prof. Helen Lauer Prof. Lauer travelled to Nigeria to attend a conference on The State of African Philosophy in Africa Today which was held at the University of Calabar. Dr E. Magoti Dr Magoti attended an international conference in Cotonou, Benin on Being Human in Today s Africa, where he presented a paper entitled, Nyerere s Philosophy on the Full Human Develop-ment of the African People. Travels Our staff continued to represent us abroad through workshops, seminars, conferences and other international events. Below are the details of staff members who travelled abroad during the past three months. Dr. Adam Korogoto Dr. Korogoto travelled to China to attend the One Belt One Road Cross Border Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum, and the Opening Ceremony of the Baltic Sea Region Research Center of Guizhou University. The event was held at the Guizhou University in Guiyang, China from 15 th to 17 th Dec 2017 Mr. Richard Ndunguru Mr. Ndunguru from the Department of Creative Arts was promoted from the position of Principal Studio Instructor III to the position of Principal Studio Instructor II. Dr. Noel Biseko Lwoga Dr. Lwoga travelled to China to attend the One Belt One Road Cross Border Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum, and the Opening Ceremony of the Baltic Sea Region Research Center of Guizhou University. The event was held at the Guizhou University in Guiyang, China from 15 th to 17 th Dec New Staff and Appointments The College manpower has continued to grow. In the last three months, we were lucky to have received 6 new members of staff. Some of these are fresh recruits while others are transfers from other units of the University. Their details are presented below: Dr. Rainer Ebert Dr. Ebert is a newly recruit to the department of philosophy and religious studies. He reported for duty at UDSM on Monday, November 6, Dr. Rainer is a Lecturer at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, and an Associate Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics. Before coming to Dar es Salaam, Dr. Rainer was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa, where he was working under the supervision of Professor Thaddeus Metz. Dr. Rainer graduated from Rice University with a PhD in Philosophy in May Also Dr. Rainer hold Master s degrees in Physics (Heidelberg University, 2009) and Philosophy (Rice University, 2014). Mr. Dismas Mwakatundu Mr. Mwakatundu joined the Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies as a Librarian. Before joining COHU, Mr. Mwakatundu was a librarian in the School of Education.

7 10 MDIGRII Newsletter 11 Ms. Phoebe Mshana Ms. Mshana joined the Department of Creative Arts as a Secretary. Ms. Mshana was transferred from the Directorate of Undergraduate Studies. Ms. Ramla Mwakasi joined the Department of History as a Secretary. Ms. Mwakasi previously worked with the Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication. Mr. Salvius Duwe Mr. Duwe joined the Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics as a Tutorial Assistant. Mr. Isaac Joseph Mr. Joseph joined the Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics as a Tutorial Assistant. Mr. Lukas Kitula Mr. Kitula is a new staff to the department of philosophy and Religious Studies. He has been employed as a tutorial assistant and he reported for duty on the 30 th of October Mr. Kitula has a B.A in Political Science and Public Administration with a GPA of 4.1 from the University of Dar es Salaam. Professor Helen Lauer Professor Lauer has been appointed by the Principal of College of Humanities as the new chief editor of the UTAFITI Journal. Deaths Prof. Mitchel Strumpf who was a member of staff of the Department of Creative Arts from July 2007 to July 2014 suffered a heart attack in the morning of 13th January Unfortunately, he did not survive the heart attack. Prof. Strumpf s demise occurred in Zanzibar where he was working at the Dhow Countries Music Academy (DCMA), Zanzibar as its academic director. Prof. Strumpf will be remembered from his great work at the Department of Creative Arts. May almighty God Rest Him in Peace. Completion of Studies The year 2017 ended with our college seeing a record number of academic staff members who have managed to finish their studies at various levels from different institutions located within and outside the country. As we congratulate them for their achievement, we would like herewith to present their photos, research areas, and names of institutions which they attended. Dr. Julius J. Taji Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics Dr. Taji did his PhD studies at the University of Dar es Salaam and was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics at the graduation ceremony which was held on 18th November The title of his study was the morphosyntactic and semantic properties of grammatical relations in Chiyao. Guided by Lexical-Functional Grammar theory (LFG), Dr. Taji s study sought to determine the order of grammatical relations, particularly subjects and objects in Chiyao, criteria for their marking on the verb, and their semantic roles within a sentence. Dr. Taji s study was a great contribution to the body of linguistic knowledge as it revealed the high flexibility of the subject and object relations in Chiyao. It also revealed that in addition to semantic properties of the object noun such as animacy, definiteness, and specificity, object marking in Chiyao is also determined by properties of a verb and syntactic structure. Dr. Nicholous Asheli Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics Dr. Asheli successfully completed his PhD studies at the University of Dar es Salaam in November He worked on the title The Semantics of Personal Names among the Kuria, Iraqw and Maasai. Guided by Cognitive Semantics approach, Dr. Asheli s main interest was to find out the principles governing the choice and bestowal of personal names in order to understand their semantics. Dr. Asheli s study was a great contribution to the body of linguistic knowledge, particularly in the area of semantics, as it revealed that while some naming patterns are shared across languages, others are language specific. As such, principles governing personal names can be shared irrespective of language family membership. Based on the findings, Dr. Asheli s study arrived at a conclusion that naming practices are principled and that they are likely to cut across languages provided they are done based on the same domains irrespective of language membership.

8 12 MDIGRII Newsletter 13 Dr. Neema Eliphas Laizer Department of Literature Dr. Laizer, who was enrolled for PhD in Literature at Stellenbosch University, successfully defended her thesis at a viva voce which took place on 5th December The title of her study was Configuring Maasainess : Contested Textual Embodiments. Her study sought to trace and interrogate the figure of the Maasai as a fossilized visual image circulated in local and global imaginaries since the nineteenth century by British explorers, missionaries and administrators. To trace the variously embodied figurings of Maasainess, Dr.Laizer engaged with multiple genres, including autobiographically inflected fiction, historically inflected novels, autobiographies, and music by Maasai and non-maasai authors and musicians. Dr. Laizer is of the view that multi-genre engagement allows for broader discursive contexts which move from polarized dichotomies of identity representation. Drawing from Rosi Braidotti s concept of the nomadic embodiment, as a figuration of a subject who defies fixity, which coincides with the Maasai nomadic lifestyle characterized by journeys, Dr. Laizer s study demonstrated that Maasainess as a term that registers essentialising qualities attributed to the Maasai, is fluid, pliable and nomadic. The main argument put forward in Dr. Laizer s is that Maasainess is a shifting cultural signifier at porous contact zones which renders itself legible to various appropriations, reconfigurations and contestations. Dr. George Ambindwile Department of History Dr. George Ambindwile completed his PhD from the University of Dar es Salaam. He worked on the title, Rice Farming and Environmental Change in the Usangu Plains, Tanzania, 1920s The study examined the ways and patterns in which rice-farming practices caused environmental changes under the period of study. It did this by considering the wider socio-economic situation, technology, livelihood and the environment in general. Dr. Iddy Magoti Department of History Dr. Iddy Magoti completed his PhD from the University of Dar es Salaam. He worked on the title Ethnic Identity and the State: The Dynamics of Intra-and Inter-ethnic relations in the Mara River Basin, This study examines how ethnic identities and the state influenced the dynamics of ethnic relations among the Kuria, Maasai and Kipsigis communities under the period of study. It analyses both conflictual and harmonious relationships of the communities studied. Dr George Nahimiani Department of Creative Arts Dr. George Nahimiani finished his PhD in Fine Arts at the University of Dar es Salaam this November. This study aimed at examining the stylistic evolution of painting in Tanzania. It specifically explores the stylistic changes in the Tingatinga painting school. Using Fry s Formalist theory, the study has compared between the First Generation of painters (those who began painting from 1968s including the founder of the school, Edward Saidi Tingatinga) and the Second Generation of painters (those who joined the school later after the death of Edward Saidi Tingatinga). The analysis showed that the First Generation of painters used fewer visual elements than the new style adopted by the Second Generation of painters. The researcher recommends the government s involvement in protecting the commercial rights of the school, conservation of its works, publicity of TACS activities and periodic academic investigation on styles. Dr. James Zotto Department of History Dr. James Zotto completed his PhD from the University of Dar es Salaam. He worked on the title The Malawi-Tanzania Border Conundrum; 1890s The study examined and analysed the causal factors for the dispute on the border formation on the Lake Nyasa area and the worries of the two post-colonial states in positioning themselves in a new context of post-coloniality. Dr. Hezron Kangalawe Department of History Dr. Hezron Kangalawe completed his PhD from Stellenbosch University. He worked on the title Plantation Forestry in Tanzania: A History of Sao Hill Forests, His PhD thesis uses plantation forests to explore the history of Tanzania between 1939 and It discusses the transitions within plantation forestry by using the changing history of the Sao Hill, the biggest plantation forest in Tanzania.

9 14 MDIGRII Newsletter 15 Dr. Herbert Ndomba Department of History Dr. Herbert Ndomba completed his PhD from Stellenbosch University. He worked on the title A History of Peasant Tobacco production in Ruvuma Region, Southern Tanzania, c His thesis presents a history of African peasant agriculture in Ruvuma Region. He focused mainly on firecured tobacco tracing its history and wider socio-economic and livelihood implications from Mr. Jackson Juma Coy Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies Mr. Jackson Juma Coy from the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies successfully completed his M.A. (Ethics of Governance and Public Service) studies at the University of Dar es Salaam. Mr. Coy formerly graduated on 18th November Dr. Paul Joseph Luhende Centre for Communication Studies Dr. Paul Joseph Luhende from the Centre for Communication Studies (CCS), who was doing PhD studies at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, successfully passed his viva voce in December Dr. Luhende worked on a study entitled Lexical-semantic and Morpho-syntactic Properties of English Loanwords in Sukuma. He is currently awaiting the graduation ceremony scheduled for March this year. Mr. Philbert Komu Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies Mr. Philbert Komu from the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies successfully completed his M.A. (Ethics of Governance and Public Service) studies at the University of Dar es Salaam. Mr. Komu formerly graduated on 18th November Dr. Michael Karani Lukumai Centre for Communication Studies Dr. Michael Karani Lukumai from the Centre for Communication Studies (CCS), who was doing PhD studies at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, successfully passed his viva voce in December Dr. Lukumai worked on a study entitled Syntactic Categories and the Verb-argument Complex in Parakuyo Maasai. He will formerly be conferred a doctoral degree at the graduation ceremony which is scheduled for March this year. Dr. Paschal Mdukula Centre for Communication Studies Dr. Mdukula successfully defended his PhD research thesis and he is expected to graduate this year at the University of Dar es Salaam. Mr. Eric Clement Mgalula Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies Mr. Eric Clement Mgalula from the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies successfully completed his M.A. in Ethics of Governance and Public Service. Mr. Mgalula was enrolled for M.A. studies at the University of Dar es Salaam and was awarded the degree at the graduation ceremony held on 18th November The title of his study was The Effectiveness of Complaints Mechanism in Empowering Patients in Tanzania. Mr. Mgalula is the editor of philosophy and religious content of this newsletter. We congratulate him for his achievement.

10 16 MDIGRII Newsletter 17 Photo Gallery Creative Arts in a Nutshell Photo Gallery SHIMMUTA Games Iringa November 18 December 1, 2017 The UDSM staff team in joyful mood following their victory Nigerian Actor, Ramsey Nouah Mr. Idris Sultan BBA winner addressing the audience Ramsey Nouah, Jokate Mwegelo, and Idris Sultan in a group photo with Creative Arts Staff. A playing cards bronze medallist, Cyprian Kilangi, receives a trophy. Mr. Kilangi is a teaching staff from the Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics. The UDSM staff netball team poses for a group photo. Second left in the front row is Francisca Komba, secretary to the Deputy Principal College of Humanities A section of students who attended the Youth Empowerment Seminar at the Department of Creative Arts Music production activities at the creative arts music studio The UDSM staff team with their trophies displayed. First on the left (squating) is Mr. Idd Mfaume from the Office of the Principal, College of Humanities. The UDSM football team which was crowned as the third winner

11 18 MDIGRII Newsletter 19 Photo Gallery TUSA Games Dodoma 2017 The recently ended Tanzania University Sports Association (TUSA) games in Dodoma saw the participation of 8 College of Humanities students out of the 54 UDSM students present at the event. We would like to salute the following students for their efforts in contributing to the tremendous win of UDSM at the games. UDSM students netball team. 4th Left is Ms. Anselmina Albin, M. A. Linguistics student NETBALL 1. Ms. Anselmina Albin M.A. Linguistics 2. Ms. Agnes Daniel B.A. (Education 3. Ms. Anna Tataya B.A. (Education) 4. Ms. Maria A. Agapiti B.A. (Heritage Management) A total of 50 medals and 6 cups that the UDSM students teams won during TUSA 2017 games UDSM football teams shortly before a match kick off. BASKETBALL 1. Mr. Bruno Makombe B.A. (Education) 2. Mr. Hussein Abdalah B.A. (Philosophy and Ethics) FOOTBALL 1. Mr. Baraka Edward - B.A. (Education) 2. Mr. Emmanuel B. Msangila B.A. (Archaeology) The DARUSO Sports Minister receives a trophy for the overall winner, boys form the Deputy Minister, Ministry of Information, Youth, Culture and Sports, Hon. Juliana Shonza The UDSM sports coordinator, DARUSO leaders, and deans of sports smile for a group photo as they display the trophies that UDSM students teams won. Anselmina Albin M.A. Linguistics student joins the DARUSO leaders in this photo. UDSM women s basketball team UDSM men s football team UDSM participants of the TUSA 2017 games show a hopeful smile as they pose for a group photo with the Dean of Students (first on the left, sitting) on the opening day of the games. UDSM men s basketball team

12 20 MDIGRII Newsletter 21 Photo Gallery Graduation Ceremonies 18 th and 22 nd November 2017 Principal, CoHU Dr. Rose Upor presenting the colleage graduands to be conferred with degrees A female student showcases her talent of playing a piano as the University Choir performs Some graduands from CoHu pose for a photo at the memorable UDSM 50 years monument. The monument was designed by Dr. DinnahEnock, a member of staff from the Department of Creative Arts. The Choir Master, Dr.KedmonMapana, leads the University Choir during its performance at the 47th graduation ceremony. Dr. Mapana is also the Head of Department of Creative Arts. M.A. (Linguistics) graduands stand before the Chancellor (not seen in picture) ready to be conferred their degrees. Some of the graduands from different departments of CoHu UDSM choir Prof. Martha Qorro, Proctor and a CoHu member from the Centre for Communication Studies, leads the academic procession at the onset of the 47th graduation ceremony in November CoHu graduands celebrate their once in a life time achievements. Some graduands from the CoHu

13 22 MDIGRII Newsletter 23 RESEARCH AND INNOVATION In this issue of the newsletter, we have decided to focus on women members of staff as part of acknowledging their research contribution to the college and the University at large. Interpreting Tanzanian Cinema through a transnational lens Dr. Mona Mwakalinga We live in a world in which intensification, acceleration and expansion of cultural flows and permeability and blurring of nation boarders brings to question the monolithic view of culture and/or cultural identity as fixed and pure. Dr. Mona Mwakalinga is a Lecturer in the Department of Creative Arts. Her research interest is in the political economy of the film industry in Tanzania, particularly how Tanzanian Cinema can be interpreted through a transnational lens. She thus examines the history, production, distribution, marketing and exhibition of Tanzanian cinema and how those different modes of production impact the kinds of films that are made, especially in this interconnected cultural landscape. In her research, she has observed that we live in a world in which intensification, acceleration and expansion of cultural flows and permeability and blurring of nation boarders brings to question the monolithic view of culture and/or cultural identity as fixed and pure. On the basis of this observation, Dr. Mwakalinga argues that African and Tanzania cinema by the fault of history has been transnational. With a view that Tanzania cinema must be examined through a transnational lens, Dr. Mwakalinga explores how Tanzanian Cinema through its production, distribution and exhibition has become transnational. Dr.Mwakalinga has presented her research findings in different conferences inside and outside the country, and has used her findings in her teachings of African and Tanzania cinema. Moreover, she has used her research findings and film and theatre skills to train young artists in the areas of screenplay writing, film and theatre directing, acting for the stage. Additionally, she has trained local artists on how to turn their artistic skills into a business. Recently, through the African Studies Association Presidential Fellows Dr. Mwakalinga was able to travel to several universities in the United States where she presented her research findings. The universities she visited in the U.S include Michigan State University, where she presented a paper on women in filmmaking in Tanzania; Rutgers University in Brunswick New Jersey, where she presented a paper on the history of Tanzanian films and taught two classes (one postgraduate and one undergraduate);new Jersey State College, where she presented a paper on Politics and Gender in Tanzanian films; the University of Kansas (KU),where she talked to students about film in Tanzania; the African Studies Association in Chicago Illinois, where she presented a paper on Interpreting Tanzanian Cinema through a Transnational Lens. Dr. Mwakalinga is currently researching on Tanzanian film viewership during the colonial period ( ). Dr. Mona Mwakalinga at the University of Kansas with Prof. Kevin Willmott Dr. Mona Mwakalinga (second from left) at Rutgurs University, Brenwick New Jersey with Prof. Evyette, Prof. Stephanon, of Rutgers Dr. Mona Mwakalinga (second from left) delivering a presentation at the African Studies Association in Chicago Dr. Mona Mwakalinga (first from left) with Chambi Chachaghe, Dina Ligaga at the African Studies Association in Chicago Dr. Mona Mwakalinga at Michigan Stage University with Prof. Harrow Keneth a reknown African film scholar She presented a paper on Interpreting Tanzanian Cinema through a Transnational Lens.

14 24 MDIGRII Newsletter 25 Designing the 50th University of Dar es Salaam Monument Dr. Dinnah Enock Investigating the Expression of Location in Kiwoso- Dr Aurelia Mallya Monument as a form of art plays an important role in the community. Some of the monuments are meant to celebrate historic events and efforts made by various historical and heroic figures in the community. Dr. Dinnah Enock is a Lecturer in the Department of Creative Arts. If you want to find out what Dr. Dinnah Enock is proud of in her professional work of sculpture, she will tell you about the UDSM Fifty Years monument. Monument as a form of art plays an important role in the community. Some of the monuments are meant to celebrate historic events and efforts made by various historical and heroic figures in the community. Realizing this potentiality, the University of Dar es Salaam provided an opportunity to artists to produce a monument based on its 50 years Dr. Dinnah Enock at the early stage of designing the monument logo of UDSM. Dr. Dinnah Enock from the Department of Creative Arts, University of Dar es Salaam took the challenge and created the UDSM 50 years monument. The monument is planted closer to Nkurumah Hall. Those who have seen or would like to see the monument, should remember to note that; the wonderful monument artwork is from the hands of a woman, Dr. Dinnah Enock. We congratulate Dr. Enock for this magnificent product of her creativity. The UDSM 50th year monument, designed by Dr. Dinnah Enock Dr. Aurelia Mallya is a Lecturer in the Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics. Her research interest is language documentation and linguistic description of Bantu languages. One of the areas of linguistic research that Dr. Mallya has contributed to significantly is the analysis of different linguistic aspects of Kiwoso, a Bantu language spoken in the northeastern part of Mount Kilimanjaro. In one of her Kiwoso studies,she investigated how location is expressed in the language. Her study revealed that unlike many other Bantu languages, animate entities can be locativised in Kiwoso. This observation led to a conclusion that human languages are not homogeneous and that the uniqueness of an individual language cannot be unfolded unless it is researched. Besides language documentation and linguistic description of African languages, Dr. Mallya has offered significant contributions to the area of theoretical linguistics in African languages. In her doctoral research, she employed a combination of interrelated modern approaches to study the morphosyntax and the lexicalsemantic interfaces of verbal argument structure alternation in a Bantu language, Kiwoso. Her employment of multiple approaches was prompted by her earlier observation that no single framework can address morphosyntactic properties of Bantu languages such as agreement and properties of functional heads projections. As such, a combination of different generative perspectives seems appropriate to a study encompassing different linguistics aspects as addressed in the study. Emphasising the importance of languages documentation and description, Dr. Mallya argues that documentation and description of under-studied languages such as Kiwoso bring positive impacts and sometimes create a cultural climate where the ancestral language is respected and its status and prestige are enhanced. Dr. Mallya has had the opportunity to attend several trainings and present her research findings in several local and international and platforms from which she admits to have benefited a lot. In 2011 she attended summer school on language documentation methods organized by Leiden University, in Addis Ababa. Moreover, when at Stellenbosch University as a doctoral student, she attended training on proposal writing for funds, research methods, article writing, and

15 26 MDIGRII Newsletter 27 document formatting; and a course on Microsoft Word for Large Document, among others. The papers that she has presented in international conferences are listed below: 2016 Realization of External Argument. Paper presented at LSSA/SAALA/S Conference, 4 th - 7 th July, 2016 at the University of Western Cape, South Africa Anticausative and passive in Kiwoso: New Improving the Quality of Secondary Education in Tanzania Dr Rose A. Upor The overall Project Development Objective (PDO) was to improve the quality of secondary education with the focus on underserved areas. perspectives on the interaction of morphosyntax and lexicalsemantics. Paper presented at ALASA 18th International Conference, 24 th -26 th June, 2015 at Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa Locative Morphology in Kiwoso. Paper presented at International Workshop on the Languages of Tanzania, 1 st -2 nd May, 2012, Beachcomber Hotel, Dar es Salaam. Dr. Rose Upor is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics, and the Principal of the College of Humanities. Apart from her contribution in teaching and researching on languages, Dr. Upor has offered a very significant contribution to the transformation of secondary education in Tanzania when she worked as the National Coordinator of the Secondary Education Development Programme (SEDP II) Phase 2 Project from She worked directly under the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) in collaboration with the Office of the President, In addition to language documentation and description, Dr. Mallya deals with editing, proofreading, and translation activities which enable her to serve the community in different ways. We congratulate Dr. Mallya for her exemplary performance and commitment to her duties as a researcher and academic staff. Keep it up! Regional Administration and Local Government (PO- RALG). She coordinated two SEDP II teams located in both Ministries under the guidance and support of the Permanent Secretaries of the Ministries. MoEST had the overall responsibility of the implementation of the project. The overall objective of the programme was to improve the learning outcomes among the secondary education students in consistence with Tanzania s Education and Training Policy (2014) as well as National Development Vision The implementation of SEDP II was supported by a loan from the World Bank (WB) and the Government of Tanzania contribution. According to the agreement between the World Bank and the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania, the overall Project Development Objective (PDO) was to improve the quality of secondary education with the focus on underserved areas. The PDO is being realised through implementation of activities stipulated under four main components, namely: 1. upgrading existing school infrastructure by increasing the number of secondary schools meeting the minimum infrastructure requirements targeting to have 1200 fully functional secondary schools at the end of APL 1; 2. improving the equitable provision of teachers and the quality of teaching in mathematics, science, languages and the use of ICT in teaching and learning processes; 3. ensuring adequate financing to public secondary schools for the purchase of teaching and learning materials; and 4. providing capacity building support and technical assistance to Educational Management Information System (EMIS), TIE, NECTA, ADEM and EMAC in the implementation of current and future reforms. The key role of the National Coordinator of the project was to spearhead the coordination of the teams working on the project, link the Ministries in the implementation of the project, lead the implementation of the project to attain desired outcomes and oversee the administration and management of the project. The SEDP II project was successful in attaining a number of goals as planned. These are some of the project s key achievements: 100% completion of Phase 1 construction in 264 schools 1,106 classrooms, 232 laboratories, 144 teacher houses, 1,423 toilet stances, 104 electrical services, 181 water tanks; 100% completion of Phase 2 in 528 schools teacher houses, 1,259 classrooms, 6,490 toilet stances, 2bn set aside for connection to national grid/solar package. 19,744 Science, Mathematics and Language teachers trained. 139 District Environmental Management officers trained. 6,205 Heads of School trained in school management, 1,559 teachers trained in using ICT for teaching and learning. Science and Mathematics study materials for students with visual impairment were developed, tried out, reviewed, transcribed into braille writings, printed and distributed to schools countrywide Facilitated regular monitoring of CG use in 181 LGAs. Facilitated preparation and production of catalogue of approved books for secondary schools to TIE. Facilitated internal and external audit of the Project. Strengthened institutional development of ADEM, TIE and NECTA a total of TZS4.25bn. (TIE- TZS1.4bn, NECTA- TZS1.5bn, ADEM TZS1.35bn). Procured 168 computers for strengthening of educational information systems at LGAs. Supported decentralization of Educational Management Information System (EMIS) database to LGAs and trained 181 LGA technical staff on the newly harmonized EMIS database. Facilitated the consultant on Unit cost for secondary education, environmental safeguards and technical

16 28 MDIGRII Newsletter 29 assistance for computerization of form 5 selection process. Purchased and distributed ICT and multimedia equipment to 50 centres countrywide. Supplied laboratory equipment to 8 teacher training colleges. Among notable outcomes of the project can be seen in the improvement service delivery of ADEM, TIE and NECTA, improved secondary education examination results in the sciences and mathematics, improved teaching and learning environment in the underserved areas, prompt form 5 selection systems, improved educational data, improved inclusive education delivery and increased use of ICT in teaching and learning. Former President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete visiting the SEDP II display Opening a training session of District engineers, District education officers and district procurement officers from 181 districts on the construction of 528 schools SEDP II team of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology Mganza Secondary School in Kagera Classroom block Multi-unit staff house for teachers in Dodoma constructed during SEDP II Project under the coordination of Dr. Upor. match kick off. Ng apa Secondary School multipurpose laboratory constructed during SEDP II Project The overall objective of the programme was to improve the learning outcomes among the secondary education students in consistence with Tanzania s Education and Training Policy (2014) as well as National Development Vision Student toilets 8-stances at Maratani Secondary School in Nanyumbu district Staff toilets at Ibaga Secondary School in Singida A raised tank and an underground tank at Usongwe Secondary School in Mbeya A library at Kinampanda Secondary School in Singida

17 30 MDIGRII Newsletter 31 Researching Coffee Production in Mbinga District Ms. Yustina Komba Examining the Representation of Women and Girls in Literary Works Dr. Mpale Mwansasu-Silkiluwasha The study sought to examine the impact of coffee production on the socio-economic status of the people of Mbinga District from Ms. Yustina Komba is an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of History. She did her BAEd (2008) and MA History (2014) at the University of Dar es Salaam. At masters level she worked on a research topic titled The Impact of Coffee Production on the Socio-Economic Status of the People of Mbinga District from 1950 to The study sought to examine the impact of coffee production on the socioeconomic status of the people of Mbinga District from It adopted the political economy analytic approach to trace how capitalist relations brought impacts on precapitalist production relations and the socio-economic milieu at large. The study revealed four main findings. First, it established that the pre-colonial economy in Mbinga was characterized by a subsistence economy with minor exchange activities. Second, during the colonial period, before 1950, the society witnessed the transformation of the economy from that of subsistence to a commercial one,which involved the introduction of coffee. Third, the study has found out that, in the period from 1950 to 1960, there was expansion of coffee production in the districtas the British colonies in Africa were required to increase their production of raw materials for the economic recovery of the Empire. Fourth, after independence, the government encouraged more people to cultivate coffee. Ms. Komba s study offers a significant contribution to the body of historical knowledge as it provides scholars with a better understanding of the impact that coffee production has had on the socio-economic status of the people of Mbinga district. It also offers an understanding of how various steps taken to improve the well-being of people by encouraging cash crop production have benefited or impoverished the small coffee producers. In addition, it provides knowledge on how the deepening of capitalist exploitation has been a source of peasant impoverishment. Generally, we believe that this has been a valuable study for academicians, researchers, government officials especially policy makers and many other agricultural stakeholders in Mbinga district. Dr. Mpale Yvonne Mwansasu Silkiluwasha is a Lecturer in the Department of Literature. Dr. Silkiluwasha says she is passionate about children and it was the quest to make her children get the best books in terms of quality and relevance that was later translated into scholarship and made her a children s literature scholar. Dr. Silkiluwasha is interested in examining the representation of children in literary works for clues or answers to various issues. In her recent article titled Can t a Girl Have it All? Interrogating Gender Paradigms in Ama Ata Aidoo sthe Girl who Can and Other Stories, Dr. Silkiluwasha employs a feminist lens in examining the representation of women and girls while through a deconstructionist school of thought she points out the binaries that feminist approach might be creating when women who hold on to traditional lives (married with children) seem to be unfavourably represented compared to those who pursue professional careers. In its conclusion the study suggests that it is important to constantly check feminist writings aimed at decentring patriarchy for such works may also be creating new binaries, and it is only by examining and re-examining that newly established hierarchies may be noticed and subverted. As the title of the article suggests, the author strongly believes women don t have to settle for the either/or paradigm and children; especially girls, ought to grow up knowing that they can have it all. Dr. Silkiluwasha s work with books transcends her classrooms. She has worked with school children in an attempt to establish a book club so as to enhance a reading culture among children. She is also an active member in her church s book club. The need to bring children and books together is still there, and Dr. Silkiluwasha has tried to address that by writing her own book titled Mother Daughter, a spiritual based inspirational book for girls which is a result of the programs she held to educate girls on various matters. Can t a Girl Have it All? Interrogating Gender Paradigms in Ama Ata Aidoo sthe Girl who Can and Other Stories

18 32 MDIGRII Newsletter 33 Strengthening the African Philosophical Academy Prof. Helen Lauer Professor Helen Lauer is a member of the teaching staff in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies. On the October 2017 she attended an African Philosophy Conference at the University of Calabar(UNICAL), Nigeria. The main Theme of the Conference was The State of African Philosophy in Africa Today. In that conference Professor Helen Lauer had an opportunity to present a paper on African Knowledge Production in a Post-truth Era. Earlier on the 10th of October 2017, Professor Helen gave an inaugural lecture at the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences. The topic of her lecture was The Tyranny of Foreign Expertise: Epistemic Injustice in the Global Arena with Impacts for Ghanaians Public Health Care. In addition to her academic and research impact to the College of Humanities, Professor Lauer has contributed a lot to the infrastructural development of the college, particularly the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies. She has managed to raise funds that were used to improve the departmental internet connectivity, to design the department library, and to repair the system of running water in the staff block of Yombo 4 and 5. Prof. Lauer holding the programme of the 2ndAfrican Philsophy world conference at University of Calabar (UNICAL) Nigeria which took place on November 2017 Standing with her (from left); Dr. Itanrin, HoD Philosophy Adekunke Ajasin University, Ondo State Nigeria and Participating postgraduate students of the School of Conversationalism, UNICAL Philosophy department. Taking Interpretation Services across National Borders Prof. Imani Swilla Prof. Swilla is a teaching staff in the Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics. Apart from teaching and researching on various linguistic aspects, Prof. Swilla has served as a member of various national teams and committees, one of which being the Joint Team of Experts of the United Republic of Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo on the Management of Lake Tanganyika Basin and the Construction of a Barrage on Lukuga River.As a member of Ms. Peji Lunyili is an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics. Her research interest is morphology of Bantu languages. During her M.A. (Linguistics) study at the University of Dar es Salaam, Ms. Lunyilili was engaged is a study which addressed the interface between inflection and derivation of the noun class system of Kinasukuma, a dialect of Kisukuma. The study sought to identify the derivational roles of the noun class prefixes, to discuss the similarities between inflection this team, Prof. Swilla has been responsible, on the Tanzanian side (Ministry of Water and Irrigation), for ensuring that messages of spoken and written texts in English and French match. She was also invited to interpret during the African Union Summit (July 2017) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and the Pan African Parliament in Midrand, South Africa (October 2017), due to her experience in interpretation / translation involving English, French and Swahili. Understanding Kinasukuma Dialect of the Sukuma Language Ms. Peji Lunyili and derivation,and to determine the role played by these processes in the Kinasukuma dialect. The findings of her study revealed that in the Kinasukuma noun class system, there is interplay between inflection and derivation, making it possible for the noun class prefixes to play both inflectional and derivational roles. The findings further indicated that attachment of different noun class prefixes to the root noun results into various meanings. Moreover, Ms. Lunyili s study revealed that,

19 34 MDIGRII Newsletter 35 when nouns are derived from other word categories, they are also classified under the Kinasukuma noun class system, and that the noun class prefixes play the same inflectional and derivational roles when attached to these derived noun roots. Ms. Lunyili s study is an important contribution to the existing literature on Bantu linguistics as it revealed a variety of issues which had not been addressed by previous studies. On the social aspect, Ms. Lunyili has a sad but interesting story to tell. In 2013, she experienced a kidney failure which consequently led to a kidney transplant in Ms. Lunyili has been sharing her experience on how to handle a transplanted kidney with community members such as friends, neighbours, and academic staff by informing Finding the Interface between Phonology and Syntax in the Luo Language Ms. Zilpah Saul Ms. Zilpah Saul is an Assistant Lecturer at the Centre for Communication Studies (CCS). She is currently undertaking PhD studies at the University of Essex in the U.K. Ms. Saul is researching on the interface between phonology and syntax. Her research is aimed at examining two main aspects. The first aspect is on the Luo prosodic structure by investigating whether Luo has got phonological phrases (PhP) which can be signaled by segmental processes such as penultimate lengthening, or tonal processes such HT spreading, downstepping and simplification, or boundary them the causes of kidney failure, treatment and life after the transplantation. She often visits the Muhimbili National Hospital to encourage patients who are suffering from chronic diseases such as Cancer and Liver. In some cases, she has been offering financial support to sick people, believing that it is part of her offerings to God who had healed her from such a deadly disease. tones such as H% and L%. This relies on the hypothesis that not all languages have got p-phrases, but all languages are said to have i-phrases. The second aspect of her research is on the interaction between lexical tones and intonational tones. When these two types of tones interact, there can either be a superimposition, where both tones are visible; a submission where intonational tones override lexical tones; or avoidance, where lexical tones override intonational tones. Ms. Saul expects to graduate in October Investigating Educational Publishing in Tanzania Ms. Zamda Geuza Ms. Zamda Geuza is a member of staff at the Centre for Communication Studies (CCS). She did her Msc. in Publishing Studies at Moi University ( ). She did her research on the Tanzania educational publishing for primary and secondary schools textbooks with the aim of investigating textbooks vetting and evaluation process in Tanzanian in order to propose strategies that would enhance the process. Using the Value Chain Theory, she investigated the relationship among key players, textbook publishing activities and how these activities help to improve the value of the textbooks. The study used a mixed method research design with a sample size of 54 respondents drawn from Dar es Salaam. Ms. Geuza s study revealed that the Tanzania textbook publishing industry is unstable following the number of challenges that it faces; textbooks vetting and evaluation process had not been professionally conducted although there were standard criteria available for that; and that there had not been a good relationship, clear communication and well established roles among key players involved in the vetting and evaluation process, leading to conflict of interest between TIE and the publishers. Thus, the study concluded that the link between education system, curriculum development body and the publishing industry is missing, which results to ineffective vetting, and evaluation process that could not produce quality textbooks. Ms. Geuza s study is very significant as it gives an opportunity to various educational publishing stakeholders to get information on the textbook vetting and evaluation process in Tanzania. It alsoexposes the challenges and provides some suggestions on how to solve the situation to enhance the textbook publishing process. Besides teaching and researching, Ms. Geuza, who done several other projects, including coordinating book publishing activities, editing, and offering book marketing strategies to various authors from within and outside the country. My study gives an opportunity to various educational publishing stakeholders to get information on the textbook vetting and evaluation process in Tanzania.

20 36 MDIGRII Newsletter 37 Ndaki ya Insia inavyoleta mageuzi katika ulimwengu wetu kupitia wafanyakazi wanawake - Prof. Martha Qorro Matokeo ya kazi yangu ni kuwa na machapisho yenye matokeo ya tafiti yanayowaarifu watunga sera umuhimu wa kutumia lugha ya kufundishia inayoeleweka kwa walimu na wanafunzi. Kwa lengo la kuwafikishia ujumbe huu wasomaji wengi, ndani na nje ya Chuo cha Insia na Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam, nimeandika makala yangu kwa Kiswahili. Eneo la utafiti nililolichangia sana ni Sera ya lugha ya kufundishia na athari zake katika utoaji wa elimu nchini Tanzania (na barani Afrika kwa ujumla). Matokeo ya kazi yangu ni kuwa na machapisho yenye matokeo ya tafiti yanayowaarifu watunga sera umuhimu wa kutumia lugha ya kufundishia inayoeleweka kwa walimu na wanafunzi. Pia jamii pana ya Tanzania imeshirikishwa kwa njia ya mijadala mbali mbali kupitia warsha, mitandao, redio na televisheni kuhusu lugha ya kufundishia hapa nchini. Hoja za kitaaluma/masuali yaliyoulizwa/au yaliyojibiwa na utafiti A. Hoja za kitaaluma 1. Wanafunzi hujifunza kwa ufanisi zaidi wanapofundishwa mada mbali mbali za elimu kwa lugha wanayoelewa; kwa mfano, Kiswahili kwa shule za sekondari na lugha za asili katika madarasa ya awali ya shule za msingi. 2. Walimu hufundisha kwa ufanisi zaidi wanapofundisha kwa lugha wanayoelewa. 3. Ili walimu na wanafunzi waweze kuwasiliana wakiwa darasani na kufanikisha malengo ya elimu ni lazima watumie lugha inayowezesha mawasiliano hayo; hakuna elimu bila mawasiliano kati ya mwalimu na wanafunzi. 4. Elimu inapotolewa kwa lugha wasiyoelewa vizuri walimu na wanafunzi, matokeo yake wanafunzi wanashindwa kuelewa, kupambanua, kuchanganua mada mbali mbali; na pia wanakosa kuwa wabunifu na wenye kujiamini hata baada ya kuhitimu masomo yao. B. Masuali yaliyoulizwa na utafiti wangu 1. Je ni kwa kiwango gani wanafunzi wanaweza kusoma na kuelewa vitabu vya kiada vya Kiingereza vinavyotumika katika shule za sekondari nchini Tanzania? 2. Ni kwa kiwango gani wanafunzi wanaelewa mada zinazofundishwa wakati Kiingereza kinapotumika kufundishia katika shule za sekondari nchini Tanzania? 3. Ni kwa kiwango gani wanafunzi wanaelewa mada zinazofundishwa wakati Kiswahili kinapotumika kufundishia katika shule za sekondari nchini Tanzania? 4. Je, ni lugha ipi inayoleta ufanisi zaidi katika mawasiliano ya kufundisha/ kujifunza kati ya walimu na wanafunzi wa shule za sekondari nchini Tanzania? 5. Nini athari chanya na hasi za kutumia Kiingereza kufundishia elimu ya Tanzania? 6. Nini athari chanya na hasi za kutumia Kiswahili kufundishia elimu ya Tanzania? 7. Ni kwanini matokeo na mapendekezo ya tafiti kuhusu sera ya lugha ya kufundishia/kujifunzia hayajazingatiwa na watunga sera wa Tanzania? 8. Je, ni nani ananufaika na matokeo haya ya elimu duni ambapo wahitimu hawawezi kuelewa, kupambanua, kuchanganua mada mbali mbali walizojifunza; na pia wanakosa kuwa wabunifu na wenye kujiamini? C. Masuali yaliyojibiwa na utafiti wangu 1. Wanafunzi kati ya asilimia 94 hadi 95 hawana uwezo wa kusoma na kuelewa vitabu vya kiada vya Kiingereza vinavyotumika katika shule za sekondari nchini Tanzania (Campbell and Qorro, 1987). 2. Asilimia ndogo (20%) kwa ngazi ya chuo kikuu ndiyo wanaweza kuelewa mada zinazofundishwa kwa Kiingereza; na asilimia ndogo zaidi (10% - 15%) wa ngazi ya sekondari wanaoweza kuelewa mada zinazofundishwa kwa Kiingereza. 3. Ni kwa kiwango gani wanafunzi wanaelewa mada zinazofundishwa wakati Kiswahili kinapotumika kufundishia katika shule za sekondari nchini Tanzania. 4. Lugha ya Kiswahili ndiyo inayoleta ufanisi zaidi katika mawasiliano ya kufundisha/ kujifunza kati ya walimu na wanafunzi wa shule za sekondari nchini Tanzania. Athari chanya na hasi za kutumia Kiingereza kufundishia elimu ya Tanzania zilizogundulika na tafiti zangu ni kama ifuatavyo: Athari chanya 1. Kikitumika kufundishia kuanzia ngazi ya shule za awali, watoto hujifunza vizuri lafudhi na matamshi ya asili ya Kiingereza. 2. Tutaendelea kupata misaada kutoka Uingereza na Marekani. Athari hasi 1. Wanafunzi kutoelewa vizuri mada wanazofundishwa. 2. Waalimu kutumia Kiingereza kibovu shuleni (ndani na nje ya darasa) na wanafunzi kujifunza Kiingereza hicho kutoka kwa walimu wao. Jambo hili lilitabiriwa na utafiti wa Mlama na Matteru (1977) na sasa limetokea na linaendelea katika shule zetu. 3. Matumizi ya Kiingereza kibovu hufanya ufundishaji wa lugha ya Kiingereza katika shule za sekondari kuwa mgumu au kutofanikiwa. 4. Maandalizi ya waalimu wa lugha ya Kiingereza kukosa ufanisi kwa kuwa muda mwingi (Kidato cha 1 hadi cha 6) walijifunza Kiingereza kibovu kutoka kwa waalimu wao. 5. Elimu katika lugha ya kigeni (Kiingereza) huwatenga wasomi na jamii zao,

21 38 MDIGRII Newsletter 39 (mwanzo wa kukengeuka); na hatimaye wasomi wanajiona na kujisikia kuwa siyo sehemu ya umma wa Watanzania 6. Wanafunzi wanapolazimishwa kuzungumza Kiingereza tu, na wanapoadhibiwa kwa kuzungumza lugha nyingine wanajifunza na kuamini kwamba lugha zingine hazina hadhi au zinamapungufu, kwa hiyo wanazidharau. Hali hiyo huathiri uzalendo kwa jamii zao na nchi yao. Athari chanya na hasi za kufundisha kwa Kiswahili katika elimu ya Tanzania pia ziligundulika kwenye tafiti nilizofanya kama ifuatavyo: Athari chanya 1. Wanafunzi kuelewa vizuri mada mbali mbali wanazofundishwa. 2. Wanafunzi kujifunza Kiingereza vizuri zaidi kutoka kwa waalimu wataalamu watakaokuwa wamefuzi kufundisha Kiingereza kama lugha; na kwa kuwa watakuwa wameepushwa kusikia Kiingereza kibovu kutoka kwa walimu wa masomo mengine. 3. Maandalizi ya waalimu wataalamu wa lugha ya Kiingereza yatakuwa na ufanisi zaidi iwapo wanafunzi wataepushwa kusikiliza Kiingereza kibovu kwa kuwa muda mwingi wa masomo yao (Kidato cha 1 hadi cha 6) kwa hiyo kutakuwa na waalimu wa Kiingereza waliofuzu vizuri taaluma ya kufundisha Kiingereza. 4. Elimu katika lugha ya taifa (Kiswahili) kwa ngazi ya shule za msingi, sekondari na vyuo na katika lugha za jamii kwa madarasa ya awali na miaka miwili au mitatu ya shule za msingi itawaunganisha wasomi na jamii zao; na pia itapunguza kwa kiasi kikubwa au kuondoa kabisa hali ya kukengeuka kwa wasomi wetu wengi. Umoja wa kitaifa utaimarika zaidi na mshikamano kati ya wasomi na jamii zao utawezesha mawasiliano ya karibu na maendeleo kwa wengi au wote (Ngugi wa Thion go,.). 5. Muda mwingi sana unaopotea katika kurudia rudia na kukariri badala ya kuelewa mada utaokolewa na kutumika kwa kujifunza Kiingereza na lugha kadhaa za kigeni kama: Kifaransa, Kijerumani, Kichina, Kikorea, Kiarabu au Kispanyola. Hali hii itatuwezesha kuwa sehemu ya ulimwengu mpana wa utandawazi. 6. Wanafunzi watajifunza kuheshimu na kuthamini utu wao, utu wa wengine katika jamii bila kujali kama amesoma au la; pia wataheshimu utamaduni, lugha na utaifa wao kwa kuwaondolea adhabu inayotokana na kuzungumza lugha ya taifa lao au lugha zao za asili. Mawazo ya uzalendo kwa jamii zao na nchi yao yataimarika. 7. Wahitimu wa elimu yetu wataweza kuelewa, kupambanua, kuchanganua mada mbali mbali walizojifunza; na pia watakuwa wabunifu na wenye kujiamini na kuipenda jamii na nchi yao. Athari hasi 1. Tutahitajika kutafuta fedha na kufanya kazi zaidi ya kuandika na kutafsiri vitabu vya kiada na vya ziada kwa lugha ya Kiswahili kwa ajili ya kufundishia shule za sekondari na vyuo vikuu. Baadaye kazi hii itakuwa na athari chanya kwa Watanzania. 2. Tutaingia gharama ya kuwaandaa walimu (wasio na uwezo sasa) wa kufundisha kwa Kiswahili; na baadaye kazi hii pia itakuwa na athari chanya kwa nchi yetu. 3. Tutakosa misaada kutoka Uingereza na Marekani. 4. Tutapungukiwa na wasomi wanaozungumza Kiingereza kama waingereza au wamarekani. Utafiti niliochangia sana ni Sera ya lugha ya kufundishia na athari zake katika utoaji wa elimu nchini Tanzania (na barani Afrika kwa ujumla). Matokeo ya kazi yangu ni kuwa na machapisho yenye matokeo ya tafiti yanayowaarifu watunga sera umuhimu wa kutumia lugha ya kufundishia inayoeleweka kwa walimu na wanafunzi. Matokeo na mapendekezo ya tafiti kuhusu sera ya lugha ya kufundishia/kujifunzia hayajazingatiwa na watunga sera wa Tanzania kwa sababu zifufatazo: 1. Watunga sera wengi wameathirika na kasumba za kikoloni zinazoletwa na elimu tuliyorithi kutoka kwa wakoloni. Pia kutokana na kasumba yao, huwafundisha watoto wao Kiingereza na kwa hiyo hawaathiriki na janga la kutoelewa mada zinazofundishwa kwa Kiingereza katika shule za sekondari na vyuo. 2. Elimu yetu ikitukomboa ni kiama kwa wakoloni, kwa hiyo nchi zao hutumia kila mbinu kutushawishi kuendelea kutumia Kiingereza na kuendelea kukengeuka; na wakati huo huo mataifa yenye nguvu waendelee kutunyonya, kututawala na kutudharau kwa ajili ya ujinga wetu. 3. Imani potovu (ya dhati) kwamba kutumia Kiingereza kunawapa wanafunzi fursa ya kujifunza Kiingereza jambo ambalo katika uhalisi jambo siyo kweli. Yafuatayo yanaweza kufanyika: 1. Watanzania tujiulize: sisi ni nani? Tunatoka wapi? Tunakwenda wapi? Ni elimu ya aina gani itatufikisha tunakotaka kwenda? 2. Tushirikishane elimu ya kujikomboa ili tutumie ujuzi na maarifa tunayopata kutoka elimu ya shuleni yatumike kuboresha maisha ya Watanzania kwa ujumla. Wasomi tutambue kwamba sisi ni wahemeaji waliotumwa kuhemea maarifa na ujuzi kwa ajili ya wananchi wetu waliotuwezesha kusoma. 3. Matokeo ya tafiti zetu tulizofanya tuyatafsiri kwa lugha za jamii zetu ili ziweze kusomwa na idadi kubwa ya wananchi ili waweze kushiriki ujuzi na maarifa ambayo huwawezesha wengi kujiletea maendeleo yao wenyewe na maendeleo ya wote kwa pamoja. 4. Tufanye uraghbishi (lobbying) wa kuelimisha jamii juu ya umuhimu wa kutumia lugha zetu kufundishia elimu yetu, ili kuboresha mawasiliano kati ya walimu na wanafunzi na kati ya wasomi na jamii ya Watanzania kwa ujumla kwa ajili ya kuleta maendeleo ya nchi yetu. Jambo lenye hasara au lisilo na manufaa kwa wengi linapoendelezwa kwa muda mrefu, kwa kawaida huwa kuna wenye kunufaika nalo. Katika eneo la lugha ya kufundishia, unahitajika utafiti zaidi ufanyike kujua nani wananufaika na sera hii ya lugha ya sasa ambapo wanafunzi wanafundishwa kwa lugha wasiyoelewa na wanahitimu bila kupata maarifa na ujuzi wa kutosha? Wananufaika kwa njia zipi? Wanatumia mbinu gani kutushawishi kuendelea na sera ya lugha isiyo na tija kwa taifa letu? Tunawezaje kupambanua mbinu zao ili tujinusuru?

22 40 MDIGRII Newsletter 41 CELEBRATING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE COHU ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Ms. Grace Nicholas Secretary, Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics Ms. Grace Nicholas is an Office Management Secretary (OMS) in the Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics. Her tasks include preparing meetings or appointments, maintaining files, sending s, receiving and making calls, typing, and attending to visitors. Sometimes she performs additional duties such as data base management, e.g. enrolling students in ARIS system. On the basis of these tasks, Ms. Nicholas describes herself as the face of the department. Ms. Nicholas tasks are very important for the daily proceedings of the department. Despite being overwhelmed with a lot of tasks coupled with scanty on job training to cope with the fast changing technology, Ms. Nicholas has been performing her duties with a high degree of commitment and dedication. Her advice to young men and women who aspire to become secretaries like her is that there is absolutely nothing wrong with being a secretary because being a true secretary means that you are exceptionally important and trusted person. Ms. Doroth Methusela Secretary, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies Ms. Doroth Methusela is an Office Management Secretary (OMS) in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies. Ms. Methusela has been serving as an OMS in different units of the University for 14 years now. Before joining the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Ms. Methusela worked at various units of the University, including the Departments of Computer Science, Admission Office, and the Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics. A mother of three, Ms. Methusela doesn t solely depend on her monthly salary to care for her family. A poultry project has transformed her into one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the College. She earns a lot through selling chickens and eggs to fellow staff and other customers outside the University. Ms. Methusela says self confidence is a key factor behind her success. PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES Building Futures, Saving Pasts: COHU Support Women Entrepreneurs around Heritage Sites in Tanzania Dr.E. Ichumbaki Project collaborators and local entrepreneurs at Kolo, Kondoa Several communities that live near the archaeological sites are relatively poor and their economic opportunities are very limited. Archaeologists and heritage professionals conducting research at these sites have not invested in resolving these communities poverty problems. While such a situation exists, archaeologists wish to see that the communities take initiatives to preserve sites for posterity. The intriguing question is, why should communities care about the archaeological sites that archaeologists conduct research on, while they (archaeologists) are not concerned with the economic situation of the local people? It is against this background that the College of Humanities, University of Dar es Salaam in collaboration with Sustainable Preservation Initiatives (SPI) and Rice University seeks to implement a project that will aim to improve communities economic base leading to preservation of the sites.

23 42 MDIGRII Newsletter 43 CoHU Building Academic and Research Collaboration in China Rock Art at Kolo, Kondoa As a pre-requisite to implement this project, the collaborators--dr. ElgidiusIchumbaki, Dr. Larry Coben, Dr. Noel Lwoga, and Dr. Jeffrey Fleisher from 2nd to 9th October 2017 visited various archaeological sites in Tanzania to get a sense of some of the communities living close to sites and possible business opportunities. The sites visited included Kunduchi (Dar es Salaam), Kaole (Bagamoyo), Pangani and Amboni (Tanga), Kondoa (Dodoma), Isimila (Iringa) and KilwaKisiwani (Lindi). After the visit and discussion of the way forward, project collaborators have decided to begin at two sites Kaole and KilwaKisiwasni as pilot study and the project will extend to other sites in the future. The College of Humanities and particularly department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies feels honoured to establish collaboration with both SPI and Rice University. More importantly, we feel humbled to help and facilitate the needy women living nearby the archaeology and heritage sites in Tanzania. Project collaborators at Amboni Caves As one of its strategies to expand, CoHU has been searching for, and initiating, collaborations beyond Africa. This time, the Office of the Principal of the College, through initiatives of CoHU s researcher, Dr. Noel Biseko Lwoga, managed to cross the Seas to China to extend its potentials for collaboration with the Guizhou University. Dr. Rose Upor (the Principal) who was represented by Dr. Adam Korogoto as a Guest Speaker, and Dr. Noel BisekoLwoga who was invited to present his research areas, travelled to China to attend the One Belt One Road Cross Border Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum, and the Opening Ceremony of the Baltic Sea Region Research Center of Guizhou University. The event was held at the Guizhou University in Guiyang in China from 15th to 17th December Apart from attending as presenters, the delegation intended to build long-term academic and research collaborations, and also extend the already long life existing friendship between China and Tanzania in general. It is worth noting that the One Belt One Road Initiative by his Excellency the President of the People s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, was proposed in connecting China to the World. Even more important was the choice of theme for the summit that reflected an actual need in both countries, Tanzania and China. This initiative, One Belt and One Road (OBOR), comprised more than physical connections. It aimed to create the world s largest platform for cooperation, including university alliance in research, to foster understanding and academic exchange. Dr. A. Korogoto and Dr. N. Lwoga with some participants at the event

24 44 MDIGRII Newsletter 45 The Deputy Principal of CoHU, Dr. Adam Korogoto noted that the theme for the summit was very timely as the University of Dar es salaam is hard at work in reviewing our programmes so that we prepare the youth of our country who have the opportunity of the joining our institution. Youth innovation and entrepreneurship is currently being added to our programmes as a core element in preparing our youth for joining our countries workforce. Humanities is viewed as a non-technology intensive discipline. Participation in this event dispelled such claims through the potential partnerships with the Guizhou University. The goals that were made clear in the event were to explore and develop technology as a tool for scholarly humanities research, to use technology to cultivate partnerships and participate in humanities computing initiatives with libraries, publishers, information technology companies, scholarly organizations, and other groups residing at the intersection of computers and cultural heritage. By achieving these goals, It is believed that a room will be created for our youth to be innovative and make use of technology for their entrepreneurial purposes. It is also believed that a path will be set through which University of Dar es Salaam (through CoHU) and Guizhou University can work on harnessing experiences from both sides for the benefit of our youth. The goals that were made clear in the event were to explore and develop technology as a tool for scholarly humanities research, to use technology to cultivate partnerships and participate in humanities computing initiatives with libraries, publishers, information technology companies, scholarly organizations, and other groups residing at the intersection of computers and cultural heritage. Dr. Noel Biseko Lwoga presented on Innovation and Sustainable Heritage: The Need for China-Tanzania Collaboration. Apart from issues related to challenges facing the management and development of cultural heritage for sustainability in Tanzania, he stressed on the presence of diverse Chinese-oriented cultural heritage in areas such as Kilwa, KaoleKunduchietc, some of which is in a poor state of conservation and development. This heritage is under-researched, and thus mark a promising avenue of research collaboration between Guizhou University and the University of Dar es Salaam (through the Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies) to reveal facts about the historic places, the nature of ancient Chinese-Tanzania trade, and actors of the human social activities of which the materials were a part. Dr.Lwoga stressed that the improved understanding and preservation of the Chineseoriented heritage in the country can further enhance its development for cultural tourism to attract millions of potential Chinese tourists, and enhance the socioeconomic development of the communities surrounding these sites. This aspect of conservation and development of the Chinese-Tanzanian cultural heritage for cultural wellbeing and socioeconomic development marks another area that requires the collaboration among researchers from the Guizhou University and University of Dar es Salaam. KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE AND ADVANCEMENT DEPARTMENT OF CREATIVE ARTS The East Africa Art Biennale Association (EASTAFAB) hosted a one day seminar at the Swiss Ambassador s residence in November 2017 in Dar es Salaam. This seminar was part of the EASTAFAB activities during the 8th East Africa Art Biennale. Specifically, the seminar was a forum for intensive interrogation of Participants of the forum Participants of the forum the state of art education in East Africa with focus on Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda so as to establish the basis for the need to influence the implementation of Fine Arts teaching in the East African school curricula. The East Africa Art Biennale is an organization that promotes visual arts and artists in the East African region, which in this particular forum was interested in getting reliable information from the Ministry of Education personnel responsible for Fine Art curriculum planning in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. The Fine Art Curriculum Planners from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda were therefore the main speakers in the forum. The chairperson of the EASTAFAB, Prof. Elias Jengo speaking during the forum The executive director of EASTAFAB, Dr. Kiagho Kilonzo speaking during the forum

25 46 MDIGRII Newsletter 47 THE DEPARTMENT OF CREATIVE ARTS CREATING PARTNERSHIPS In October 26th 2017 Head of Department of Creative Arts, Dr KedmonMapana held a meeting with the Executive Director of Culture and Development East Africa (CDEA) Ayeta Anne Wangusa in the Head s Department Office. This was a Collaborative meeting mainly to discuss the partnership between the Department and Culture and Development East Africa (CDEA), and agreed that; CDEA will receive students for internship, and will partner with the Department on CREATIVE ARTS FASHION DESIGN STUDIO IN ACTION Research and Creative projects. DEPARTMENTOF HISTORY Historical Association of Tanzania (HAT) Conference, 2017 The department of history organised the third conference of the historical Association of Tanzania on 2nd and 3rd November The theme for this year s conference was Change and Continuity in the post-colonial history of Tanzania. The conference brought together various participants who deliberated on several issues; one important issue was scheduling the next year s conference to assist in the production of secondary school history materials. Dr. Rose Upor, Principal, College of Humanities (left) and Prof. RwekazaMukandala, former Vice Chancellor follow a presentation during the HAT conference. The Department of Creative Arts has managed to set a small studio with modern equipment for effective teaching and learning of Fashion Design Courses for all undergraduates and postgraduate students. Fashion design is among the new Courses in the Degree of Art and Design offered by the Department. The studio has started with few equipment; four industrial straight sewing machines, one over- lock machine, one zigzag and straight sewing machine. Others are professional iron, electrical cutter and four scissors. The Fashion Design Studio is also open up for collaborations with outstanding fashion designer from the industry. The newly launched fashion design studio The University choir in a choir Uniforms that were designed and produced at the Creative Arts Fashion Design Studio. Prof. RewkazaMukandala, former Vice Chancellor gives a speech during the HAT conference. A section of participants of the HAT conference Dr. Rose Upor, the Principal, College of Humanities makes a speech during the HAT conference Dr. O. Masebo, Head of Department of History gives the opening speech at the onset of the conference. Dr. Abel Mreta from the Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics claps hands in appreciation of a point made by a presenter during the conference.

26 48 MDIGRII Newsletter 49 STUDENT SECTION COHU Students Participated in Development Workshop held at Magaliesburg, Gauteng, South Africa: 2 nd -7 th December 2017 Two students: Neema Munisi (BA Archaeology) and Miza Alex (MA Heritage Management) attended a students development workshop held in Megalisburg, South Africa, 2nd to 7th December The workshop gave Neema and Miza opportunity to meet with other archaeology and heritage students from other Southern African countries including Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa. At the workshop, these Neema and Miza participated in practical sessions, which many universities do not offer and, discussed career opportunities in the field of archaeology and heritage. Ms. Neema Munisi and Ms. Miza Alex pose aside a roll-up banner of the event they attended. We learned a lot of issues including stone tool knapping and usage; including types of rocks which are suitable for making tools, hafting and throwing spears. Miza showing a stone tool she made to Dr. Scott A group photo of students who attended the event in South Africa Miza appreciates her participation in the workshop when she says: We learned a lot of issues including stone tool knapping and usage; including types of rocks which are suitable for making tools, hafting and throwing spears. We also learnt the archaeology of different countries such as Malawi and South Africa. Of interest to me was beads analysis, something which is not taught at our University. Indeed, the workshop contributed much in developing our academic capability, knowledge exchange and experience in archaeology and heritage issues. On her side, Neema says: At this workshop, I got opportunity to present my ongoing research to fellow students and mentors from across the Southern Africa region. Sharing experience with workshop participants on the styles and challenges of learning archaeology and heritage at the University of Dar es Salaam did not only motivate my desire to do postgraduate studies but showed me that we are able and can do it when enabled As one of the mentors during this workshop, I felt privileged to witness Neema making a wonderful presentation and Miza winning an award of the best stone tool knapper The workshop contributed much in developing our academic capability, knowledge exchange and experience in archaeology and heritage issues. Neema presenting her research

27 50 MDIGRII Newsletter 51 IN REMEMBERANCE PROFESSOR MITCHEL STRUMPF Mitchel Strumpf alizaliwa Desemba 15, 1943 Elimu Profesa Strumpf alisoma pale State University of New York, Fredonia, New York ambapo alihitimu na shahada ya kwanza katika ualimu wa muziki yaani Bachelor of Science in Music Education mnamo mwaka Kisha alikwenda kufanya masomo ya uzamili katika Chuo Kikuu cha Ghana, pale Legon ambapo alipata fursa ya kufundishwa na gwiji wa taaluma za muziki wa Afrika Profesa Kwabena Nketia. Alihitimu mwaka 1975 na Masters in African Studies. Baadaye alikwenda kusoma shahada ya uzamivu hapo Chuo Kikuu cha Washington, Seattle, Marekani akiwa anabobea kataka stadi za Elimu ya Muziki, Ukuzaji mitaala, Etnomusicology na Taaluma za mambo ya Afrika. Alihitimu mwaka 1981 na Shahada ya Udaktari katika sanaa za muziki yaani Doctor of Musical Arts. Kazi Alipofuzu shahada yake ya awali alipata kufundisha muziki katika shule moja huko New York iliyotambulika kama Sagamore Junior High School, Holtsville kati ya mwaka 1956 na Profesa Mitchel Strumpf alikuja nchini Tanzania kwa mara ya kwanza mwaka 1966 kama mmoja wa Peace Corps kutoka Marekani na kufundisha wanafunzi wa shule ya msingi huko Tarime masomo ya Sayansi, Kilimo na Muziki. Kwa kifupi, Profesa ameishi na kufanya kazi katika nchi mbalimbali za bara la Afrika: Huko Ghana alifundisha muziki na hasa upigagaji wa Clarinet kwa wanafunzi, na waalimu pale Winneba Teacher Training College. Alikuwa pia Muhadhiri katika Chuo Kikuu cha Ife, huko Ile-Ife, Nigeria kati ya mwaka ambako alifundisha nadharia ya muziki, Elimu (Ualimu), utunzi wa muziki na ala mbalimbali za muziki. Mnamo miaka ya 1982 mpaka 1999 Profesa Strumpf alifanya kazi katika Chuo Kikuu cha Malawi. Hapo alipata kuwa Profesa wa Muziki, na Mkuu wa Sehemu ndogo ya Muziki katika Idara ya Sanaa, Mwaka 1999 alikwenda Zimbabwe ambako alikuwa Profesa wa Muziki katika Chuo Kikuu cha Afrika (yaani Africa University) mpaka mwaka Baada ya kufundisha kwa kipindi kifupi katika Meli iliyozunguka dunia kutoka Marekani, Amerika kusini, Asia na Afrika Alirudi tena hapa nchini Tanzania na kufanya kazi pale Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam na baadaye Dhow Countries Music Academy (DCMA) Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam Profesa Strumpf aliajiriwa na Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam mwaka 2006 kama Profesa wa Muziki katika Idara ya Sanaa (FPA, sasa Creative Arts). Alifundisha kozi mbalimbali zikiwemo zile za nadharia, muziki na jamii na upigaji wa ala. Alishiriki katika kuhuisha mitaala ya muziki katika ngazi mbalimbali yaani ule wa Shahada ya awali na Umahiri. Profesa Strumpf amewasimamia watu wengi katika kufanya tafiti na kuandika tasnifu kwa masomo ya Umahiri na Uzamivu. Wengi katika ya hao sasa wanafundisha muziki katika vyuo mbalimbali hapa nchini. Wengine kati yao walikuwa wakisoma taaluma za Ualimu au Uchoraji sanifu. Pia alikuwa mratibu wa Masomo ya Uzamili (MA na PhD) wa Idara na kuwakilisha idara katika Kamati za masomo ya juu kwenye Ndaki cha Insia. Orodha hii ni ndefu: Lakini muhimu katika maisha yake hapa Chuoni ni upendo aliokuwa nao na kuuonyesha kwa wafanyakazi wenzake na wanafunzi wote idarani. Alijitolea muda, mali na uwezo wake kitaaluma kuhakikisha wanafunzi wake wanaelewa masomo, wanafanya vizuri mitihani na tafiti. Kwa hiyo katika kipindi alichokuwepo Chuo Kikuu idadi ya wahitimu wa Shahada za Juu yaani MA na PhD iliongezeka sana. Alikuwa mbinufu na mwenye maono mazuri. Alianzisha Kongamano la Kimataifa la Ethnomusicology ambalo limedumu na sasa linaingia mwaka wake wa 12. Na alianzisha ushirikiano wa kimataifa kati ya idara na vyuo vikuu na taasisis mbalimbali kote ulimwenguni. Na alifanya wanataaluma wengi kuja na kushirikiana na Idara ya Sanaa na Chuo kwa Ujumla. Atakumbukwa daima, kwa upendo, kujitoa na kujituma kwake. Apumzike kwa Amani Profesa Mitchel Strumpf. MEET THE EDITORIAL TEAM Julius J. Taji Chief Editor Dr. Taji is a Lecturer in the Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics. His areas of research are morphosyntax, and lexicography of Bantu languages. Joseph J. Olomy Editor, communication studies and media content Mr. Olomi is an Assistant Lecturer at the Centre for Communication Studies. His research interest is human communication. Edwin Msambwa Editor, language and linguistics content Mr. Msambwa is an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics. His areas of specialisation include second language acquisition and communication skills. Eric C. Mgalula Editor, philosophyand religious content Mr. Mgalula is an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies. His research interest is practical ethics in public administration.

28 52 MDIGRII Newsletter HUMANITIES rd EDITION 53 Mukoi Musagasa Editor, literary and cultural content Mr. Musagasa is an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Literature. His area of specialisation include Postcolonial literature, African Literature, Autobiographical Writings, Gender Studies. He is currently working on his PhD proposal on Life Story Writings. Dr. Noel Lwoga Editor, heritage and archaeology content Dr Lwoga is a Lecturer in the Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies. Gyavira Kamara Editor, creative arts content The humanities encourage the development of our own humanity. Your Gift to the College of Humanities Thank you for supporting the College of Humanities Contact Information Name: Preferred Address City Preferred Phone Cell Home Work Personal Work College of Humanities University of Dar es Salaam My Gift Cheque My one-time gift of is enclosed Please make the cheque payable to College of Humanities I pledge a total of Please contact me for collection EFT payments Mobile money payments Credit card payments Please contact the College for support and secure details Mr. Kamara is an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Creative Arts My affiliation with the College of Humanities Alumnus/Alumna Faculty/Staff Please direct my gift to: (designate one or more options) We live in a world in which intensification, acceleration and expansion of cultural flows and permeability. Dr. Maxmillian Chuhila Editor, history content Dr. Chuhila is a Lecturer in the Department of History Parent/Former Parent Student Friend Beneficiary I prefer to remain anonymous My gift should be credited to my family My gift is in honour in memory of College of Humanities Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies Department of Creative Arts Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics Department of History Department of Literature Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies Name and address of person to be notified Centre of Communications Studies University Museum All donors will be recognized for the full amount of their gifts. Reports of all giving will be presented at the College Board and the UFPC COHU student Government Humanities Newsletter Other Return completed form to: College of Humanities, University of Dar es Salaam, Changanyikeni Rd, 14115, Dar es Salaam, P.O. Box 35051, Dar es Salaam. Questions? Contact

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