Operation Vijiji and Local Ecological Consciousness: The case of Eastern Iraqw land, (1974-1976)

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dc.contributor.authorLawi, Yusufu Q.
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-17T11:26:51Z
dc.date.available2016-03-17T11:26:51Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.descriptionFull text available at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=988940&fileId=S0021853707002526en_US
dc.description.abstractTanzania's Ujamaa villagization campaign of 1973–6 was one of the greatest social experiments in postcolonial Africa. Occurring during a time of continuing hope for a better future for the nation, the experiment aimed to improve the lives of the majority of rural Tanzanians. Despite this noble intention, the attempt at rural modernization failed miserably in many respects. Discussions of these failures have tended to give prominence to tangible explanations, ignoring more nuanced and qualitative issues, including environmental concerns based on local cosmologies. In an attempt to fill this gap, the present article uses a case study of eastern Iraqwland in northern Tanzania to explore local articulations of the compulsory villagization campaign and to interpret them in light of ecological perspectives that were prevalent at the time in Iraqw village communities.en_US
dc.identifier.citationLawi, Y.Q., 2007. Tanzania's Operation Vijiji and Local Ecological Consciousness: The Case of Eastern Iraqwland, 1974–1976. The Journal of African History, 48(01), pp.69-93.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0021853707002526
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1094
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of African Historyen_US
dc.subjectTanzaniaen_US
dc.subjectDevelopmenten_US
dc.subjectEnvironmenten_US
dc.subjectLand tenureen_US
dc.subjectPolitical ecologyen_US
dc.subjectSocialism.en_US
dc.titleOperation Vijiji and Local Ecological Consciousness: The case of Eastern Iraqw land, (1974-1976)en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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