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Kenya Uganda
First posted on July 2nd 2002, last revised on February 6th 2009







Tanzania independent, since 1961

for earlier history, see Tanganyika, Zanzibar

Historical atlas, Tanzania Page .. Zanzibar Page .. British East Africa Page

Students' Paper : Sung Ji Yun, History of Nutrition in East Africa (2012)









WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNAL FILES
Country Profiles from CIA World Factbook; BBC Country Profiles; World Desk Reference; Index Mundi, Nations Encyclopedia
Article : Tanzania, from Wikipedia
Country Profile : Tanzania, from ISS; from IRIN
Links, General from African Studies at UPenn; from Africa South of the Sahara at Stanford; from Library of Congress, Portals to the World; from BUBL
Category : Tanzania, from Wikipedia
Links, on History Category : History of Tanzania, from Wikipedia
Timelines from timelines.ws; from BBC News
Accounts of History from Wikipedia
Politics Politics of Tanzania, from Wikipedia; Political Resources on the Net : Tanzania; For the Record : Tanzania, from UN Human Rights System
Governments on the WWW : Tanzania
History of Tanzania, from EISA Web Encyclopedia
Military Wars of Tanzania, 1800-1999, from ACED
N. Luanda, A Changing Conception of Defence - A Historical Perspective of the Military in Tanzania , ch. 11, in M. Rupiya (ed.), Evolutions and Revolutions, A Contemporary History of Militaries in Southern Africa, ISS 2005
Orders, Decorations and Medals from Tanzania, posted by Jean Paul le Blanc
Category : Military History of Tanzania, from Wikipedia
Economy & Finances Entry Tanzania, from Global History of Currencies, by Bryan Taylor
Currency Boards and Dollarization by Kurt Schuler; click for Tanzania
Article Economy of Tanzania, from Wikipedia
Category : Economy of Tanzania, from Wikipedia
EAC in Brief, from EACHQ
Thaddeus Sunseri, Working in the Forests : Land, Labor and Nationalism in Late Colonial Tanzania, IEHC 2006
Global Integrity : Tanzania 2006, Tanzania 2007
Pages from World Bank History : East African Mediation (1977)
History of the Bank of Tanzania; of National Bank of Commerce Ltd. - Tanzania
Ethnography Languages of Tanzania (143), from Ethnologue
Category Languages of Tanzania, from Wikipedia
Country Reports : Tanzania, from U.S. Committee for Refugees
Tanzania : Zanzibaris, from Minorities at Risk
Art and Life in Africa : Tanzania
World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples : United Republic of Tanzania
Religion Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : Tanzania, from Kirken i Norge
Category : Religion in Tanzania, from Wikipedia
A Short History of Islam in Tanzania, from Islam Tanzania
History of Regions Category : Regions of Tanzania, from Wikipedia
Article Regions of Tanzania, from Wikipedia
Regions of Tanzania, from www.statoids.com
Districts of Tanzania, from www.statoids.com
History of Cities List of Cities in Tanzania, from Wikipedia
History of Bagamoyo, of Dar es Salam, Tanga, Ujiji, Dodoma, from Wikipedia
Institutions Tanzania, from Airline History
Article Rail Transport in Tanzania, from Wikipedia
List of Universities in Tanzania, University of Dar es Salaam, from Wikipedia
Structurae : Tanzania, search Lighthouse Explorer for Tanzania
Biographies List of Tanzanians, from Wikipedia
African Women Bibliographic Database
Bibliographies Tanzania, from The Online Books Page
RHS Bibliography, search for Tanzania; Search UK National Archive Online Library for Tanzania
Datenbasis Internationale Beziehungen und Länderkunde (Data Base on International Relations and Country Studies), keywords Tansania, Tanzania (site in German, most titles listed in English; hundreds of entries; publications mostly since 1970)
Tanzania-Bibliographie, from Afrika-Handbuch, at Univ. of Vienna
Food and Culture (a bibliography), by R.T. Dirks, click on Sub-Saharan Africa
Others Afrotropic Ecoregion, from WWF
Disaster History by Country : the United Republic of Tanzania, from Relief Web
Tanzania, from Crime and Society, A Comparative Crimonology Tour of the World (R. Winslow)
Alcohol and Drugs History Society : Tanzania
Article Tanzania at the Olympics, from Wikipedia
Rhonda M. Gonzales, Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE, diss. Columbia UP

WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS
Lists of Statesmen from World Statesmen (B. Cahoon), from Rulers (B. Schemmel), from World Rulers (E. Schulz, illustrated)
Lists of Ambassadors U.S. Ambassadors to Tanzania, from NNDB: List of Indian High Commissioners to Tanzania, from Wikipedia; Chinese Ambassadors to Tanzania, from PRC MOFA
Statistical Data Responsible Institution National Bureau of Statistics, Tanzania
Population Figures from Population Statistics (Jan Lahmeyer)
Election Results from Psephos, since 1995; from IFES Election Guide, since 2000; from African Elections Database, since 1958
Online Newspapers Newspapers and News Media : Tanzania, from ABYZ; from Online Newspapers, from World Newspapers (links)
Image Databanks Systematic Collections
General
Systematic Collections
Specialist
Der Bildbestand der Deutschen Kolonialgesellschaft in der Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Bundesarchiv, The Digital Picture Archives, Berlin
Accidental Collections
Universal Collections
Items on Tanzania
License Plates, from Francoplaque, from License Plates around the World
Passport, from World Passports
Airline Timetable Images : Tanzania
Document Surveys British Library, Tanzania Official Publications
Document Collections History of Tanzania, from World History Archives
Environmental Treaties : Tanzania, from Pop Planet
List of Ratifications of International Labour Conventions by Tanzania, from ILO, 35 docs. since 1962
Information by Country : Tanzania, from U.S. Committee for Refugees, 13 reports 1997-2003
Constitution of 1977, from Tanzania National Website
Arusha Declaration 1967, from Modern History Sourcebook
Search Hansard for Tanzania
Historical Maps responsible institutions Cartographic Association of Tanzania, National Mapping Agencies in Africa
Surveys and Mapping Division, National Mapping Agencies in Africa
collections : Africa Historical Maps of Africa, University of Alabama
collections : Tanzania Tanzania Maps, from Maps of the World
Tanzania Maps, PCL, UTexas
Category : Old maps of Tanzania, Maps of the history of Tanzania, Wikimedia Commons
David Rumsey Map Collection : Tanzania
Africa, Modern Africa 1905, 1912, 1938, 1959, 1967, 1993, J. de Salas Vara del Rey
Africa, Contemporary Historical Map of Africa 1885, Nations Online Project
Africa 1885, PCL, UTexas
Africa 1909, World Maps Online
Africa 1910, Emerson Kent
Africa 1913, Zonu
Tanzania, Modern
Tanzania, Contemporary R. de Lannoy de Bissy, Carte de l'Afrique ŕ l'échelle de 1:2 000 000 41. Tabora 1885, 41. Tabora 1892, 42. Zanzibar 1885, 42. Zanzibar 1892, 45. Livingstonia 1885, 45. Livingstonia 1888, 45. Livingstonia 1893, 46. Kiloua 1885, 46. Kiloua 1889 46. Kiloua 1893, Gallica
Africa 1:2.000.000, U.S. Army Map Service, sheet sheet 24 Nairobi (1968), 28 Dar es Salaam (1969), PCL, UTexas
Deutsch-Ostafrika 1912, 1919, Deutsche Schutzgebiete
Völkerkarte Deutsch-Ostafrika, n.d., Deutsch-Ostafrika, Regenverteilung n.d. (precipitation), GeoGreif
Deutsch-Ostafrika : Eisenbahnen, Bildarchiv der Deutschen Kolonialgesellschaft, Univ. Frankfurt
Tanganyika 1922, 1932, Probert Encyclopedia
detail, hindsight/modern
detail, contemporary Bundesarchiv : Station Kilossa, Deutsch-Ostafrika
Historical Encyclopedia Entries see under German East Africa, Zanzibar
Archives, Musea, Libraries Libraries in Tanzania, from LibDex
Museums in Tanzania, from International Council of African Museums
National Archive, Zanzibar, from UNESCO Archives Portal, scroll down
National Symbols Flag, from FOTW; Coat of Arms, from International Civic Heraldry
National Anthem, from Kbears
Coins, Banknotes Banknotes of Tanzania, from World Currency Museum, from Ron Wise's World Paper Money
Tanzanian coins from Collections of Coins, bilingual Russian and English page; from World Coin Gallery
Stamps

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bibliographies general Search ISBN Database
RHS Bibliography
UK National Archive Online Library
on Tanzania survey of bibliographies
bibliographic database AfricaBib : Africana Periodical Literature, African Women, Women Travelers, Explorers and Missionaries to Africa
African Borderlands Research Network : Bibliography
general bibliographies pp.255-331 in L.S. Kurtz, Historical Dictionary of Tanzania, Metuchen NJ : Scarecrow 1978 [G]
Tanzanian Studies Association : Works on Tanzania
annual bibliographies
specialist bibliographies Simon's Zanzibar, Zanzibar Bibliography
serial publications
general bibliographies
Tanzania entries
J. Gay, Bibliographie des ouvrages relatifs a l'Afrique et a l'Arabie : catalogue methodique de tous les ouvrages français et des principaux en langues etrangeres traitant de la geographie, de l'histoire, du commerce, des lettres et des arts de l'Afrique et de l'Arabie 1875, in French, Gallica
Roots Institute, Bibliography of Published Primary Sources in African History (English Language)
Tanzania-Bibliographie, from Afrika-Handbuch, at Univ. of Vienna
booksellers
Online Libraries general Google Books; Internet Archives; Gutenberg Library Online; HathiTrust; Gallica
International Boundary Studies
on Tanzania Aluka, African Online Digital Library (AODL), African Digital Library (ADL)
General Histories Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th edition, Macropaedia, Vol.17, pp.803-810 Article Eastern Africa : Tanzania. KMLA Lib.Sign. R 032 B862h v.17
Historical Dictionaries Laura S. Kurtz, Historical Dictionary of Tanzania, Metuchen NJ : Scarecrow 1978 [G]