The Tanzanet Journal was established to promote interdisciplinary research on Tanzania, with particular interest in information technology issues that impact the East African nation.  

Dr. Paul Kaiser

Similar to other scholarly journals, our goal is to promote dialogue among Tanzanians, and other scholars of Tanzania, in a way that furthers theoretical debates while remaining relevant to the needs of the Tanzanian people.  Since this journal will be on-line, the articles included in each issue will be available to all who have access to basic, web-based technologies, and they will be published in a timely manner.

This journal also seeks to contribute toward the sharing of scholarly discourse across continents, between African countries, and throughout mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar.  Often scholarship about Africa is generated by field research on the continent, but produced and circulated abroad, thus rendering the enterprise irrelevant to those who stand to benefit the most from the theoretical and empirical findings.  To address this imbalance, we are especially interested in publishing scholarly research papers written by Tanzanian scholars and practitioners at home and in the diaspora.  Like most accredited refereed journals, each and every article received by the Tanzanet Journal editorial board will be sent to two or three external reviewers with expertise in the addressed area, and our publication decisions will be based on the recommendations of these reviewers.  This will ensure our journal to publish only original, high quality research that is empirically rich and theoretically sound.  Since the ongoing process of intellectual inquiry is enhanced by the sharing of diverse, and sometimes divergent perspectives, we welcome constructive comments about how to improve this new journal, and make it interesting, provocative, and, most importantly, relevant to all of our readers.

EDITOR

Prof. Paul. J. Kaiser
African Studies Center
University of Pennsyvania
464 Williams Hall
Philadephia, PA 19104-6305
USA