YOVITA ALBERT VAKOLAVENE

Lecturer in the Department of History, Political Science and Development Studies., Dar Es Salaam University College Of Education

Education:

Bachelor of Arts with Education, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. M.A (African Archaeology), UCL-London University, London, United Kingdom. PhD (History), Georg-August University, Goettingen, Germany.

Teaching:

Oral History of Tanzania, Regional History such as History of West Africa, History Research Methods and Basics in Archaeology.

Research:

Gender relations, gender in war, military history, diseases, historical archaeology and  cultural history.

Projects:

 

1. 2020-2021: University of Dar es Salaam Competitive Research Fund (with Samwel Mhajida, Victoria Makulilo and Idd Magoti): 

2. State and Local Responses to Health Related Pandemics in Tanzania, 1890s – 2020.”

Publications:

1. Vakolavene, Yovita A. (2021). Women and Warfare: African Women Roles in World War One in Germany East Africa, 1914-1918. Unpublished PhD Thesis.  Georg-August University.

2. Vakolavene, Yovita A. (2002). The Interpretation of Central Tanzanian Rock Art: The Use and Abuse of Models. Unpublished M. A Thesis. University College London.