Editors' Note

Abstract

The five articles included in issue of Tanzania Zamani vary widely in terms of themes, periodisation and geographical specificity. Three of them cover differing themes on the colonial and post-colonial history of Tanzania. Of the remaining two articles, one analyses the history of the topical phenomenon of oil politics in Nigeria. Although this article focusses exclusively on an area that is far removed geographically from the official cast of the Tanzania Zamani journal, the issues it explores are clearly relevant to the history of Africa in general, as further clarified below. The fifth article presents an aspect of the archaeology of rock art in central Tanzania. The editorial team considers this diversity of themes and geographical coverage to be a good opportunity for readers to gain access to a wide range of interesting historical issues within a single journal issue.