Shabani Mwakalinga

Name
Mr. Shabani Mohamedi Mwakalinga

Academic Rank
Assistant Lecturer

Department
History, Political Science and Development Studies

Biography

Biography

Mr Shabani Mohamedi Mwakalinga is an assistant lecturer in the Department of History, Political Science and Development Studies. He Holds a Master of Arts in History. He also holds a Bachelor of Education in Arts. He completed both his Bachelor's and Master's Degree studies at the University of Dar es Salaam in 2009 and 2018, respectively. His teaching areas include African Region histories, mining and the History of religion. His research interests and scholarly works focus on Mining, religion encounters, religion and State and Islamic law.

Contacts

Email:

Email Address
shabani.mwakalinga@duce.ac.tz

Mob:

Research Interest

Research Interest
History of mining, Religion encounter and History of Islam and Islamic law in Tanzania

Google Scholar

View Profile

Projects

Projects

Nil

Publications

Publications

Felicitas Becker with Shabani Mwakalinga, “Post-colonial Nostalgia, Conspiracy Theories and Uneasy Quiescence: Muslim Newspaper Commentary on the Debate on Kadhis’ Courts in Contemporary Tanzania.” In Mahmood Kooria, Sanne Ravensbergen (Eds), Islamic Law in the Indian Ocean World: Texts, Ideas and Practice. (Routledge, 2021).

Mwakalinga, S. (2019) “Our Faith Is Not Complete.” Muslims debating the absence of Islamic Law Courts in Tanzania.” A Paper Presented at the Symposium “Lived Islam in Africa” at the University of Florida on 22nd May 2019.

Mwakalinga, S. (2021) “Hii Sheria Inashida Sana.”: The Law of Marriage Act of 1971, Muslims and the Demands of the Kadhi Courts in Tanzania, the 1970s – 2010.” A Paper Presented at the BARAZA – Swahili Studies Conference at SOAS University of London 29 October 2021 – on Zoom. https://www.soas.ac.uk/cas/events/29oct2021-baraza---swahili-studies-conference.html?fbclid=IwAR3oKIr7fn1oYb0pE1u7BMBG4wIsBcLtGv8NyYalL-4gSp-ioy3VFRXzhik