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• ESRF: Economic and Social Research Foundation (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; via Kabissa, Washington, DC and London)
  The ESRF was established in 1993 as an independent not-for-profit non-governmental research institute for capacity building in economic and social policy analysis.
  
  
• HakiElimu (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
  • The website offers contact information and news about the activities of this organization which promotes educational development in Tanzania. "HakiElimu was established in early 2001 by a group of 13 Tanzanian founder members. The group consists of some of the leading members of the civil society, academic, research, media, human rights and critical gender community in Tanzania."
  • Publications (including Tanzanian goverment documents)
  
  
• Institute of Kiswahili Research, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (See below)
  
  
• International Bureau of Education = Bureau de l'Education International: Tanzania (UNESCO, Geneva, Switzerland)
  • The development of education: national report of the United Republic of Tanzania, September 2001 | part II. (Tanzania, Ministry of Education and Culture, Ministry of Education (Zanzibar). 46th Session of the International Conference on Education, Geneva, 5-8 September, 2001) PDF format.
  • Documents & resources on Tanzania (Reports and statistics)
  
  
• Islam in Tanzania (2000) (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
  Introductory texts and essays in English on the Muslim experience in Tanzania and East Africa generally; with links to publications in Swahili: selected issues of a weekly Islamic news magazine and a cultural magazine.
  
  
• The Kamusi Project: Online English-Swahili/Swahili-English Dictionary and Swahili Learning Resources. (World Documentation Centre, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK) --formerly at Yale University
  
  
• "Kanga & Kitenge: Cloth and Culture in East Africa," Erie Art Museum, September 27, 2008--April 5, 2009 (Erie, Pennsylvania)
  The web site for this art exhibition features images of kanga from the Museum's collections and photographs of kanga and kitenge being used, Swahili inscriptions, etc. ...all in downloadable PowerPoint files.
  
  
• Kanga Writings -- Pictures -- History (Hassan Ali, Ottawa, Canada)
  A chart of Swahili sayings that often appear on the cotton cloth commonly worn by women in East Africa, especially in Tanzania or coastal Kenya. The chart also includes literal English translation and the deeper meanings.
  
  
• klnX: The Open Swahili Localization Project = Mradi wa kuswahilisha programu huria (University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; IT+46, Sweden)
  The website about the joint effort to provide computer operating software in Kiswahili.
  
  
• Kondoa Rock Art Site, Tanzania UNESCO World Heritage (United Nations Educational, Scientifique and Cultural Organization, Paris, France)
  
  
• The Languages of Tanzania: A Web Link Collection (Jouni Maho and Bonny Sands, Göteborgs Universitet, Institutionen för orientaliska och afrikanska sprâk, Sweden) Appendix to: The languages of Tanzania: a bibliography. (forthcoming 2002)
  An extensive listing of links to documents, grammars, dictionaries, related articles on the Web.
  
  
• Maarifa ni Ufunguo = Knowledge is the key (Arusha, Tanzania)
  • 'Maarifa ni Ufunguo is a Tanzanian NGO, initiated in late 1998 and registered formally in March 1999. We advocate for equitable accessible, affordable good quality education, which is ethically managed, promotes social integration, and develops citizens with the capacity and motivation to address problems of ignorance and poverty.'
  • Reports
  
  
• Maasai Language Project (Doris L. Payne et al., Department of Linguistics, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon)
  The web site offers a description of the project and a set of texts on the history and major features of the Maa language spoken in Kenya and Tanzania.
  
  
• Maji Maji Bibliography Project (Dr. Jan-Georg Deutsch et al., Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany)
  A bibliography project compiled by graduate students consisting of an annotated list of German newspaper and journal articles, and some book chapters, by writers and observers of the 1905-1907 'Maji Maji rebellion' in what is now southern Tanzania.
  
  
• Mfuko wa Utamaduni Tanzania = Tanzania Culture Trust Fund (Dar es Salaam)
  The website provides general and contact information on the activities of the organization; and related links. "The Mfuko is an independent funding organization which, within the framework of national culture policy, promotes and strengthens cultural actors, Practitioners and activities through out Tanzania by facilitating access to funds, sensitization and advocacy."
  
  
• Ministries -- Education and Social Welfare
  • Community Development, Gender and Children
  • Health and Social Welfare
  • Higher Education, Science and Technology
  • Planning, Economy & Empowerment -- "Mkukuta": National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty
    
    
  • All Ministries (via Official Gateway of the United Republic of Tanzania)
  
  
• Mkuki na Nyota Publishers (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
  A web site in English or Swahili: "Mkuki na Nyota Publishers (MnNP) ni kampuni ya uchapishaji vitabu ya Tanzania iliyoanzishwa mwaka 1991, Dar Es salaam, Tanzania. Baada ya kuongoza Kampuni ya Uchapishaji Vitabu ya Tanzania Publishing House kwa muda wa miaka 18, Bwana Walter Bgoya alianzisha kampuni hii kwa lengo la kuchapisha vitabu vya taaluma ya juu – yaani kwa vyuo vikuu na taasisi nyingine za elimu ya juu. Katika kutilia mkazo zaidi uchapishaji wa vitabu vya aina hiyo, Mkuki na Nyota imeweza kuchapisha vitabu mbalimbali katika fani ya Sayansi ya Jamii, vikiwamo vitabu vya Sanaa, vitabu vya ziada kwa shule za msingi na sekondari na vitabu vya watoto wadogo."
  
  
• "Muziki wa Dansi"--Swahili for 'Dance Music,' The Pop Music of the Nation by Werner Graebner (via "East African Music", Douglas Patterson, Seattle, Washington)
  This article is an excerpt from the CD notes for a recorded compilation of music from four of Tanzania's best known dance bands (and from a "Rough Guide" travel handbook).
  
  
• Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere
  • Mwalimu Nyerere Foundation (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
  • The African National Congress Historical Documents: Julius Kambarage Nyerere and the Anti-Apartheid Struggle (ANC, South Africa)
    A few documents by Nyerere and news articles and statements in memorium.
  • Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere : A Short Biographical Note (South Centre, Geneva, Switzerland)
  
  
• Qur'ani Tukufu: Tarjuma ya Qur'ani Tukufu Kwa Kiswahili (1997) (Sheikh Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani, via GeoCities)
  An online translation of the Qur'an in KiSwahili.
  
  
• 6th Edition Sauti za Busara Music Festival, Zanzibar, Tanzania, 12-17 February 2009
  
  
• Sukuma Museum Home Page (M. Bessire, via PHOTO.NET, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA)
  General information about the Bujoro Cultural Center and Sukuma Museum in Kisesa, Tanzania (with colorful photos), and very briefly about the culture and history of the Sukuma people of western Tanzania.
  
  
• Swahili acquisitions at Columbia University Libraries, 1979-2006. (Dr.Yuusuf S. Caruso, Columbia University)
  
  
• Swahili Language on the Internet (via Columbia University Libraries)
  
  
• Tanzania Gateway's Swahili Page (NewAfrica.Com, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
  A short selection of excerpts from Tanzanian newspapers on KiSwahili, KiSwahili lessons, and useful links to other web sites on Swahili language and culture.
  
  
• TGNP: Tanzania Gender Networking Programme (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
  General information about the TGNP, its activities, conferences, and publications (with some online excerpts). "Tanzania Gender Networking Programme (TGNP) has been operational since 1993 as a registered non-governmental organization. During this period the NGO has built itself into an effective pressure group which promotes gender positive activism. TGNP is committed to facilitating social transformation leading to the creation of a vibrant Tanzanian society. It seeks to promote gender equality and social equity through the empowerment of women and other marginalised sections of the community."
  
  
• Tanzania Library Association (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
  
  
• Tanzania Studies Association (via Tony Waters, California State University, Auburn, California)
  • General information about the organization and its activities. TSA is an associate organization of the African Studies Association of the United States. The site has useful links for scholars and students of Tanzania and East African history; including two bibliographies and other documents.
  • Swahili studies bibliography, compiled by Kelly M. Askew.
  • Tanzania studies bibliography, compiled by Shobana Shankar.
  
  
• Tanzania Web Page (University of Dar es Salaam, Computing Centre)
  The site offers general information about the history and culture of Tanzania (including a brief primer on Swahili), and some current events.
  
  
• Universities in Tanzania
  • Ardhi University, Dar es Salaam Formerly University College of Lands and Architectural Studies of the University of Dar es Salaam
    This autonomous public university was incorporated in 2007.
    
    
  • Hubert Kairuki Memorial University, Dar es Salaam (Mikocheni, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
    A private university founded in 1997 specializing in the medical sciences.
    
    
  • Tumaini University of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (Moshi, Tanzania)
    
    
  • Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
    Formerly Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences of the University of Dar es Salaam, this autonomous public university was fully incorporated in 2007.
    
    
  • Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania
    
    
  • St. Augustine University of Tanzania, Mwanza
    "...SAUT, established in 1998, is the successor of the Nyegezi Social Training Institute (NSTI) founded in 1960 as the Nyegezi Social Training Centre by the Catholic White Fathers (now called the Missionaries of Africa), under the initiative of Bishop Joseph Blomjous of the Mwanza Diocese, the Centre became NSTI in 1983."
    
    
  • University of Dar es Salaam Official Home Page
    • University of Dar-es-Salaam -- Library
      Search the online catalogue.
    • TUKI: Taasisi ya Uchunguzi wa Kiswahili, Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam = Institute of Kiswahili Research
      -- TUKI Publications
  
  
• Zanzibar International Film Festival: 27 June--4 July 2009 (Zanzibar, Tanzania)
  General information on a wide variety of events and links to related websites. "ZIFF is a non-profit organisation based in Zanzibar [founded in 1997] which aims to promote film, music and arts from the Dhow Countries (African Continent, Gulf States, Iran, India, Pakistan and the islands of the Indian Ocean). The organisation is working throughout the year and seeks to include people from all sectors of society, with special programmes for women, children and people in rural areas."
  
  
• Zanzibar.net: Zanzibar Travel Network
  This site is mostly for tourists. However, there are a few useful documents on Zanzibar's history and culture; a helpful links page; plus, a short list of books.