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Social Development

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Five questions with Ziyaan Virji

August 22, 2018August 22, 2018

Founder of Accessible and Affordable Sanitation for Women (AASW)

An analysis of the Pepsi ad featuring Kendall Jenner

August 7, 2018August 8, 2018

A review of a recent Pepsi ad that received public backlash.

Five questions with ANZA’s Comfort Badaru

October 6, 2015October 6, 2015

“People create spaces and spaces can very easily determine how people can interact with it”

Beauty Salons and the Beast

February 5, 2015February 5, 2015

On view 7-Feb to 7-Mar 2015,organized by Rehema Chachage and Jan van Esch

Skills gap weighs down ICT sector

January 31, 2015February 1, 2015

Rwanda’s ICT sector needs more than 13,000 qualified and skilled human resources in various areas.

Above the law

December 3, 2014December 3, 2014

Here I was, at 7:30am on a Monday morning during rush hour, hand cuffed for an offence I did not commit.

Is Our Waiting Finally Over?

October 28, 2014December 11, 2014

[fullwidth_text alt_background=”none” width=”3/4″ el_position=”first”] If you only had time to see one exhibition in Dar es Salaam this year, 8…

How contemporary is Tanzanian Art?

October 23, 2014October 23, 2014

Originally presented as a panel presentation by the author To call a spade a spade Above works are extracts from…

Ndoa ya Mkeka

September 8, 2014September 9, 2014

Nimesikia tetesi / Kitanda kimeingia papasi.

Kwanini hawezi kuwa kama kila mtu?

March 12, 2014March 12, 2014

Uhalifu (crime) ni uhalifu kwa sababu fulani. Uhalifu una mwathirika. Uhalifu hudhuru jamii. Hivyo, ni kwa vipi ushoga ni uhalifu?

Is Africa homophobic?

February 27, 2014February 27, 2014

Is Africa homophobic, Or is it neocolonial phobic? Terrified by your attitude, There is something about this movement that screams…

Five questions on the State of East Africa 2012

May 10, 2012January 21, 2014

In April 2012, the Society for International Development launched a report, The State of East Africa: Deepening Integration, Intensifying Challenges. We asked co-author Ahmed Salim (who also writes for Vijana FM) five questions about the report.

“We are all wading in blood”

February 22, 2012June 28, 2012

In this compelling article, Jonathan Littell describes the view from sniper-watched streets earlier this month in Homs, Syria. Reader discretion is advised.

TEDxDar in hindsight

January 3, 2012January 3, 2012

Omar Mohammed reviews the second TEDxDar event held in November 2011, including social media activities that linked people into the conversation from abroad.

TEDxDar – Who Killed Zinjanthropus?

November 27, 2011January 21, 2014

TEDxDar 2011 was held yesterday at the National Museum in Ilala. The speakers ranged from musicians, a politician, a scientist, an educator, a journalist, a former athlete and more. Here is a brief summary of what happened.