Mr. Daniel Alinani Mwakasumba is an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Languages and Literature within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. He holds a Master of Arts in Education, specializing in Literature. He mainly focuses on Postcolonial Literatures. Both his undergraduate and postgraduate studies were completed at Dar es Salaam University College of Education. His teaching areas include African Literature and Sub-Saharan Literature. Additionally, he is a emerging scholar in the field of postcolonial ecocriticism, focusing on contemporary theories within this discipline.