-
Get to know the dedicated professionals behind our success -
Biography
Thomas has more than 20 years of teaching, conducting researches and consultancies in the areas of religion and society, fishing communities, artisanal and large scale mining, public health, and socio-economic assessment. He is the author of the book entitled: “Religious Discourse, Social Cohesion and Conflict in Tanzania: Muslim - Christian Relations in Tanzania” (2012, LIT, Berlin) and Co - edited the book entitled “Religion and State Revisited in Tanzania”: Reflection from 50 years of independence” (2014, LIT, Berlin). He has also published in both international and local journals on his areas of interest.
Research Interest
Religious studies, Sociology of religion, Artisanal activities, Social impact assessment
Contacts
Email:
Projects
Swahili Ocean Worlds: Fishing Communities and Sea Sustainability in Tanzania research project
Publications
Uwigiciro, A., Ndaluka, T., Karanja, A. et al. Barriers and facilitators to utilization of family planning among married women in Nyabiheke camp, Rwanda. Reprod Health, Vol. 22, No. 83; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-025-01996-1
Ndaluka, Thomas, Chima, E. & Kessy, A. (2025). ‘In God We Trust’: The role of religion in COVID-19
vaccinations in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Journal of Public Health in Africa, Vol. 16, No 3, a707; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/jphia.v16i3.707
Ndaluka, Thomas (2024). Language, Power, and Gender: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Social Media Chats on Intimate Partner Violence in Tanzania, Umma. Vol. 11 (2), pp: 115–138. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.56279/ummaj.v11i2.6
Ndaluka, Thomas (2023). Recycling Ujamaa Philosophy in Tanzania: A Critical Discourse Analysis of John Pombe Magufuli’s Speeches in Antoinette Kankindi and Frans Dokman (eds.) Beyond the Spirit of Bandung Philosophies of National Unity: Secular or Religious? Nijmegen, Radboud University Press.
Shagembe, M & Ndaluka, Thomas. (2023) Exploration of the Child Domestic Workers’ Lived Experiences in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Sociology. Vol. 9, No. 1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.56279/tajoso.v9i1.120
Shagembe, M & Ndaluka, Thomas. (2022). Are Child Domestic Workers Key Ingredients in Employers’ Households? Employers’ Perception towards Child Domestic Workers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Population Studies and Development, Vol. 29 No. 2. DOI: https://doi.org/10.56279/tjpsd.v29i2.177.
Mwaipopo, R. & Ndaluka, Thomas (2023). Local Narratives on the Blue Economy: An Analysis of Livelihood Mobility in Coastal Communities in Bagamoyo, Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 21, No. 2, 2023: 1–20
Ndaluka, Thomas. 2022. Paula Uimonen. 2020. Invoking Flora Nwapa: Nigerian Women Writers, Femininity and Spirituality in World Literature. Anthropology Book Forum, Vol. 8. No. 1. https://journals.sfu.ca/abf/index.php/abf/article/view/553.
Ndaluka, Thomas, Mathew Senga, Magolanga Shagembe and Jonas Kinanda. 2022. The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health among Individuals in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Tanzanian Journal of Sociology; Vol. 8. No. 1. https://journals.udsm.ac.tz/index.php/tjsociology/article/view/5119.
Ndaluka, Thomas., Vendelin Simon, Magolanga Shagembe and Jonas Kinanda. 2021. Faith in the Times of Covid-19: Integrating Religion in the Fight against Covid-19 in Tanzania. In Folklore: 82, pp. 117-134. Http://Www.Folklore.Ee/Folklore/Vol82/Tanzania.Pdf.
Josephine Sundqvist and Thomas Ndaluka. 2021. Toward Basic Health Justice: Grassroots Challenges in Church-Related Health Services in Tanzania. In V Päivänsalo, A Ahmad, G Zachariah, M Stenlund (eds.). Faith-Based Health Justice: Transforming Agendas of Faith Communities. Minneapolis, Fortless Press; pp. 45-64.
Ndaluka, T., Nandera Ernest Mhando, Vendelin Simon, Jacqueline Mgumia, Alfred Msasu, Magolanga Shagembe and Jonas Kinanda. 2020. Do Scarcity and Collective Culture Matter? An Exploration of Preventive Measures against the COVID-19 Pandemic in Tanzania. In A Book on Policy Brief against Covid – 19. Dar es Salaam, DUP.
Ndaluka, T. 2020. Religious Radicalization in Africa Today as a Challenge to Faith based Actors in Different Socio-political Context. In Kambale J., Kahonya B., and Jochen M. “Peace among the People: Interreligious Action for Peace and Inclusive Communities”. Solingen, Foedus- Verlag, Pp. 71-76.
Ndaluka, T. 2020. Is Mimetic Desire a root cause of religious violence in Tanzania? An analysis of Girardian – Mimetic Desire Theory. Tanzanian Journal of Sociology; Vol. 6. No. 1.