Introduction; 1. A postcolonial project in the Cold War world; 2. Militants, mothers, and the national family; 3. Uneven development and the region; 4. Remembering villagization; Conclusion.
This is the first major historical study of Tanzania's socialist experiment: the ujamaa villagization initiative of 1967–75.
Priya Lal is an Assistant Professor of History at Boston College, Massachusetts. Her work has been published in the Journal of African History, Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, and Humanity.
'An eloquent, engaging and immensely gratifying work. Priya Lal's
nuanced analysis of the complexities and contradictions of the
imaginaries, implementation and experiences of ujamaa not only
challenges dominant readings of Tanzanian history (and African
history more broadly), but provides a sophisticated model for how
oral and archival history can be interwoven and why this kind of
history matters.' Dorothy L. Hodgson, Rutgers University, New
Jersey
'This beautifully crafted, subtly argued study offers a penetrating
reassessment of ujamaa, the villagization project that transformed
property ownership, agricultural production, and urban life in
postcolonial Tanzania. Highlighting local agency, it offers new
insight into an endeavor that was emblematic of African socialism
and the third way of the global south.' Elizabeth Schmidt, Loyola
University, Maryland
'This is a superb, richly textured book. Priya Lal not only offers
a very nuanced and convincing historical interpretation of the
probably most ambitious version of African Socialism, ujamaa in
Tanzania. Her study also carefully contextualizes this case within
the broader framework of transformations that took place in Africa
and the world during the 1960s and 70s.' Andreas Eckert, Humboldt
University Berlin
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