Cheche: Reminiscences of a Radical Magazine

Contributor Profiles

Contributor Profiles george g hajivayanis is a holder of a BA (Hons) in Sociology and Political Science (University of dar es Salaam, 1972), MA in Sociology (University of dar es Salaam, 1974) and Phd in Sociology (University of Paris at Sorbonne, 1993). He is fluent in English, Kiswahili and French, and converses adequately in several Tanzanian dialects and Arabic. As a student at UdSM, he was a member of USArF and an editor of MajiMaji. He has lectured at the institute of development Management at Mzumbe, institute of regional Planning in dodoma, Sokoine University of Agriculture of Morogoro, National University of Lesotho, Lesotho and University of the North in South Africa. in 1997, he attained the rank of Associate Professor. His research has dealt with agricultural issues, politics and nationalism. Among his key publications are: Hajivayanis (1974; 1995; 2000), and Hajivayanis and Ferguson (1991). KarimFhirji:isholderofBSc(FirstClass)inMathematicsandEducation(University of dar es Salaam, 1971), MSc in operations research (University of London, 1972), and SM (1982) and dSc (1986) in Biostatistics from Harvard University. As a student at UdSM, he was a USArF activist and an editor of Cheche. Currently he is a Professor of Biostatistics at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences in dar es Salaam. Previously he taught at the University of dar es Salaam, National institute of Transport, Tanzania, University of California at Los Angeles, and University of California, San Francisco. He is a recognized authority on methods for analysis of small sample discrete data, the author of the only book on the subject (Hirji 2006), and a recipient of the Snedecor Prize for Best Publication in Biometry from the American Statistical Association and the international Biometrics Society. He has published extensively in areas of statistical methodology, applied biomedical research, and the history and practice of education in Tanzania. His current research relates to quality assessment of clinical trials, analysis of clinical trial data, teaching methods for biostatistics, and ethics of health research. He is writing a case-studies based textbook on medical statistics. Christopher C liundi holds BA (Political Science and Education, 1974) from the University of dar es Salaam. Before joining UdSM, he worked at the TYL Headquarters as a liaison for TYL branches at higher educational institutions. As a student at UdSM, he was a TYL activist, chairman of the Hill TYL branch, and member of the editorial board of MajiMaji. After graduation, he worked with TANU. Later, he joined the Tanzanian foreign service and rose to be the Permanent delegate to the organization of African Unity, the Permanent delegate to UNESCo, and Ambassador to France for Tanzania. Ambassador Liundi is associated with radio Uhuru, a major broadcaster in Tanzania, and participates in national affairs. He was an invitee at the oslo Forum 2009, a gathering of prominent African personalities. 214 CHECHE: REMINISCENCES OF A RADICAL MAGAZINE henry mapolu holds BA (Sociology, 1972) and MA (Sociology, 1974) degrees, both from the University of dar es Salaam. As a student at UdSM, he was a USArF/TYL activist and member of the editorial boards of Cheche and MajiMaji. He played a criticalroleinenablingthebirthofthelattermagazineafterthedemiseoftheformer. After graduation he joined the Sociology department of UdSM reaching the post of lecturer in 1977. The following year, he made the transition from academia to industry by joining the Friendship Textile Mill as a Worker Education officer and Training officer. Among other things, he instituted a series of innovative educational programs for the more than 5,000 employees at the Mill and produced numerous educational pamphlets. From 1982 to 1993, he was a Consultant at the East and Southern Africa Management institute in Arusha. He left this position to co-found a private management consulting firm, rEdMA, which he runs to this day. His company has taken assignments from clients inTanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Namibia that have focused on organizational development, human resource management and training technology. in the 1970s, he authored a series of path-breaking papers on workers and management in Tanzania. Two of these were reproduced in the classic work Mapolu (1979). He also did stellar research on Ujamaa villages and peasantry under imperialism. Two representative works are Mapolu (1985; 1990). ramadhan N meghji held BA (Economics, 1971) and MA (development Studies, 1975) degrees, both from the University of dar es Salaam. As a student at UdSM, he was a USArF/TYL activist and was the designated designer and artist for Cheche. After graduation in 1971, he joined the National Agriculture Marketing Board in dar es Salaam. From 1972...