I am not sure if I’ve much authority (academic) to pose any analysis of the issues in the title. But given my disciplinary background (International Relations), I feel like throwing out some of what is battling in my mind: Continue reading
Author Archives: Aikande Kwayu
Books (social) I have read in 2015:
Consolation: this list excludes books I’ve had to read for teaching purposes (some I had to read in full – e.g. those of Collective Security just for class confidence), research, and/or consultancy. All in all, upon reflection, I’ve not read as much as I could…and I’ve a feeling (apportioning the blame here) it’s mostly due to having elections in Tanzania. Trust me, elections took lots of my time – a pleasurable distraction it was!
Axelrod D. (2015). Believer: My Forty Years in Politics. Penguin Press
This book was a classic for Continue reading
#Burundi under Armed Conflict Paradox: The UN Security Council Must Act Now – by Castro Pius Shirima
Note from Aikande: I am proud to post this blog entry written by Castro Shirima, my former L.L.M (International Law with International Relations) student at Tumaini University-Makumira, Arusha. Castro is an excellent student and he is an Advocate and a District Magistrate in Arusha. Please read and comment…Thank you!
For a long time I used to ask myself “how and why states behave the way they do towards one another? For example, why nations continue with its normal business while in the neighbourhood there’s a bloodshed, massive violation and abuse of human rights and rule of law? Continue reading
Series 2: #Tanzania: #ACandleOnKilimanjaro – sending rays of dignity where there’s humiliation: the true meaning of #Uhuru.
Today. Tanzania celebrated its 54th year of Independence. It did so in style different from conventional way. Away from having festivities Continue reading
Series 1: #Tanzania: #ACandleOnKilimanjaro – sending rays of a true story of Africa Rising?
Ok, while the #WhatWouldMagufuliDo dust is settling…and the “Maguphoria” is inhabiting in Tanzanians’ minds, I feel like sharing something too. This is also the start of a new series I am going to have on the uniqueness of Tanzania as a country- based on its vision.
In 1958, Nyerere envisioned Tanzania as a “Candle on Kilimanjaro” Continue reading
Hemingway Ernest (1927). Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises. London. Arrow Books
As I was really struggling with English writing Continue reading
Series 12: #ElectionsInTanzania2015: In an attempt to understand voting preferences based on Manin’s Prospective and Retrospective Voters
So I got very intellectually provoking response to my series 11 from a Continue reading
Series 11: #ElectionsTanzania2015 : Reflections on #Mafuriko against Blair’s statement “Democracy is not about numbers, it’s the way of thinking”
Today. I witnessed something that I have never seen in my entire life. Lowassa, the presidential candidate for CHADEMA, was having a campaigning rally in Moshi town. Since morning, Continue reading
#Japan from my eyes
In 2003/04, I was an exchange student at Kansai Gaidai in Osaka. It was a life changing experience for me. A program. Continue reading
Power and International Relations – my brief/loud/raw reflections on #SDGs:
Every time, am trying to make my mind “nice” on #SDGs especially since the Pope was in the launch as well as their mentioning of inequality, responsible consumerism, and institutions…I can’t settle on the Continue reading