TANU women : gender and culture in the making of Tanganyikan nationalism, 1955-1965

In this book, Susan Geiger establishes gender as a category of analysis that not only situates women in African political life, but also compels readers to reformulate concepts such as "nationalism" and the "state". By highlighting the key role women played in the nationalist struggle in Tanganyika, Geiger dispels "metanarratives" of African nationalism that privilege Western-educated African male elites and generally conceive African nationalism as an imported ideology. Map 1 -- The Metanarrative Of Tanzanian Nationalism -- Where Are The Women? -- Women, Woman, And Nationalism -- Past/present Narratives Of Nationalism -- About My Use Of Life History Interviews -- The Construction Of Bibi Titi Mohamed's Life History -- Women In Dar Es Salaam: Colonial Ideologies Vs. Urban Realities -- Constructing Gendered African Labor In Colonial Tanzania -- Dar Es Salaam: A Legacy Of Hierarchy, Racism, And Neglect -- Social Engineering And Political Anxieties -- Women In Dar Es Salaam -- Class, Religion, And The Construction Of Urban African Women: Domesticity Vs. Bad Habits -- Bibi Titi Mohamed: Dar Es Salaam -- Activists And Political Mobilization -- Women And The Construction Of Nationalist Consciousness -- Tatu Mzee -- Halima Hamisi -- Mwamvita Mnyamani -- Salima Ferouz -- Mashavu Binti Kibonge -- Binti Kipara -- Mwasaburi Ali -- Fatuma Abdallah -- Women's Nationalist Consciousness: Continuity, Collective Memory, And Affective Community -- Bibi Titi Mohamed: Travel For Tanu -- Nationalisms In The Hinterland: Kilimanjaro And Moshi -- Local Politics And Tanu In Northern Province -- The Club Movement And Kilimanjaro's Women And Girls -- Badges, Rank, And Federation: Club Politics -- Tanu Townswomen -- Halima Selengia Kinabo -- Mwamvita Salim And Zainabu Hatibu -- Mario Kinabo -- Violet Njiro -- Elizabeth Gupta -- Kanasia Tade Mtenga -- Natujwa Daniel Mashamba -- Lucy Lameck -- Nationalism In The Hinterland: Mwanza -- Politics, Prostitution, And Women In Mwanza -- Tanu Women In Mwanza -- Agnes Sahani. Susan Geiger. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 206-212) And Index.