Preliminaries

Abstract

It is our pleasure to welcome our esteemed readers to this issue of Tanzania Zamani. Like the immediate previous release, this issue consists of five articles that cover a wide range of historical issues; ranging from diseases, war and agricultural marketing societies, to colonial labour and wildlife ecology. Similarly, the articles cover different time periods spanning from the late 19^th century to the present. Although so diverse in terms of themes and temporal scope, the contributions are all bound together by their common thrust on human historical experience in Tanzania.