African Socialism in Retrospect: Karim Hirji’s "The Travails of a Tanzanian Teacher"

In Louis Allday & Mahmoud Najib (eds.), Liberated Texted, Collected Reviews: Volume One. Ebb Books. pp. 223 - 234 (2022)
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Abstract

Hirji’s book, somewhat overlooked since its release, offers a compelling analysis of the history and sociology of the sciences in Tanzania, with a focus on Hirji’s own field of statistics, from the post-independence period through to the 2010s. The first chapter provides an overview of Hirji’s career as a teacher. The second presents an account of Hirji’s experiences as a teacher under training, especially in light of the Arusha Declaration of 1967 and the turn towards building socialism in Tanzania, and the philosophy of education for self-reliance that Nyerere attempted to institutionalize. The next four chapters provide a detailed account of Hirji’s years as a teacher at the University of Dar Es Salaam (UDSM) from 1971 until his dismissal and internal-exile in 1974.

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Zeyad El Nabolsy
York University

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