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View article: Emergence of a Distinctive Nucleophile Activation Mechanism in an Enantiocomplementary SNArase
Emergence of a Distinctive Nucleophile Activation Mechanism in an Enantiocomplementary SNArase Open
Nucleophilic aromatic substitutions (SNAr) are among the most widely used transformations in the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries, however examples of selective catalytic processes are scarce. To address this limitation, our lab …
View article: Efficient and selective energy transfer photoenzymes powered by visible light
Efficient and selective energy transfer photoenzymes powered by visible light Open
View article: The paper famine: Newsprint, development, and the materialities of Third World media in the time of decolonisation
The paper famine: Newsprint, development, and the materialities of Third World media in the time of decolonisation Open
This article explores the global political economy of paper—particularly newsprint—during the era of decolonisation. It shows how Third World countries, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), and th…
View article: Engineered enzymes for enantioselective nucleophilic aromatic substitutions
Engineered enzymes for enantioselective nucleophilic aromatic substitutions Open
View article: Benchmarking Advanced Water Splitting Technologies: Best Practices in Materials Characterization
Benchmarking Advanced Water Splitting Technologies: Best Practices in Materials Characterization Open
The high-level project goal is to create a comprehensive Best Practices benchmarking framework at the materials, component, device and systems levels for advanced water splitting technologies. All advanced water splitting pathways covered …
View article: Process for producing low-sulfur boiler fuel by hydrotreatment of solvent deashed SRC
Process for producing low-sulfur boiler fuel by hydrotreatment of solvent deashed SRC Open
In this invention, a process is disclosed characterized by heating a slurry of coal in the presence of a process-derived recycle solvent and passing same to a dissolver zone, separating the resultant gases and liquid/solid products therefr…
View article: Process for coal liquefaction in staged dissolvers
Process for coal liquefaction in staged dissolvers Open
There is described an improved liquefaction process by which coal is converted to a low ash and low sulfur carbonaceous material that can be used as a fuel in an environmentally acceptable manner without costly gas scrubbing equipment. In …
View article: The rise and fall of a Swahili tabloid in socialist Tanzania: <i>Ngurumo</i> newspaper, 1959–76
The rise and fall of a Swahili tabloid in socialist Tanzania: <i>Ngurumo</i> newspaper, 1959–76 Open
While historians of East Africa have examined the region’s rich print cultures in the era of decolonisation, they have viewed newspapers primarily in intellectual terms, rather than as businesses embedded in capital networks. Through the A…
View article: Process for exchanging hydrogen isotopes between gaseous hydrogen and water
Process for exchanging hydrogen isotopes between gaseous hydrogen and water Open
A process for exchanging isotopes of hydrogen, particularly tritium, between gaseous hydrogen and water is provided whereby gaseous hydrogen depeleted in tritium and liquid or gaseous water containing tritium are reacted in the presence of…
View article: Liquid phase methanol reactor staging process for the production of methanol
Liquid phase methanol reactor staging process for the production of methanol Open
The present invention is a process for the production of methanol from a syngas feed containing carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and hydrogen. Basically, the process is the combination of two liquid phase methanol reactors into a staging pr…
View article: Decolonising the Media: Press and Politics in Revolutionary Dar es Salaam
Decolonising the Media: Press and Politics in Revolutionary Dar es Salaam Open
What was the relationship between a revolutionary African state and the postcolonial media? This chapter analyses the evolution of the press in Dar es Salaam after independence. By the mid-1970s, Tanzania had just two national daily newspa…
View article: Introduction
Introduction Open
From Tanganyika’s independence in 1961 to the collapse of the Portuguese empire in 1974, Dar es Salaam was an epicentre of revolution in Africa. The representatives of anticolonial liberation movements set up offices in the city, attractin…
View article: Revisiting the Politics of the Arusha Declaration
Revisiting the Politics of the Arusha Declaration Open
This chapter explores the debates about the future of the Tanzanian state after independence, which culminated in the Arusha Declaration of 1967. It sets out the contours of elite-level conversations about development in the 1960s, as Tanz…
View article: Index
Index Open
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View article: African Studies Series
African Studies Series Open
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View article: The Assassination of Eduardo Mondlane: Mozambican Revolutionaries in Dar es Salaam
The Assassination of Eduardo Mondlane: Mozambican Revolutionaries in Dar es Salaam Open
Dar es Salaam was a mecca for Third World liberation movements, whose presence in the city was fundamental to its emergence as a ‘Cold War city’. This chapter shows how their activities became embedded in the capital’s political life throu…
View article: The Making of a Cold War City in Eastern Africa
The Making of a Cold War City in Eastern Africa Open
How did Dar es Salaam became a ‘Cold War city’ in Africa? This chapter sets out the principles which informed the basis of Julius Nyerere’s engagement with the outside world – a set of foreign policy coordinates which remained remarkably c…
View article: Revolutionary State-Making in Dar es Salaam
Revolutionary State-Making in Dar es Salaam Open
Examining revolutionary Dar es Salaam as a key site of Third World attempts to shape a new global order after empire, this book analyses the encounter between the transnational dynamics of the Cold War, African liberation, and the politics…
View article: <i>Mwongozo:</i> The African Revolution, Reloaded
<i>Mwongozo:</i> The African Revolution, Reloaded Open
Dar es Salaam’s politics became radicalised further still in the early 1970s. A series of developments – Britain’s proposal to sell arms to South Africa, a Portuguese invasion of Guinea-Conakry, and a coup in Uganda, plus internal unrest –…
View article: Bibliography
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View article: Dilemmas of Non-Alignment: Tanzania and the German Cold War
Dilemmas of Non-Alignment: Tanzania and the German Cold War Open
The rivalry between the two states of divided Germany played out on a global scale across the Third World. The chain of upheavals in East Africa in 1964-65 led to Dar es Salaam becoming the first African capital south of the Sahara in whic…
View article: Conclusion
Conclusion Open
By the mid-1970s, much of the wind had gone out of the sails of Tanzania’s socialist project. Economic crisis, political authoritarianism, and the collapse of the Portuguese empire meant that Dar es Salaam ceased to be a major centre of an…
View article: Tanzania’s ’68: Cold War Interventions, Youth Protest, and Global Anti-Imperialism
Tanzania’s ’68: Cold War Interventions, Youth Protest, and Global Anti-Imperialism Open
Although usually associated with events in Europe and North America, the events of the ‘global 1968’ were global in scope. This chapter shows how Tanzanian youths shared common ground with their contemporaries around the world in protestin…
View article: TANU’s Bombay Delegates: Stephen Mhando, Ali Mwinyi Tambwe, and the Global Itineraries of Tanganyikan Decolonisation
TANU’s Bombay Delegates: Stephen Mhando, Ali Mwinyi Tambwe, and the Global Itineraries of Tanganyikan Decolonisation Open
Despite the recent move to understand African decolonisation in more global and transnational terms, the history of TANU’s struggle for independence remains understood primarily through a nationalist paradigm. Tanganyikans remain largely o…
View article: MOLINACO, the Comorian Diaspora, and Decolonisation in East Africa's Indian Ocean
MOLINACO, the Comorian Diaspora, and Decolonisation in East Africa's Indian Ocean Open
The marginal case of the decolonisation of Comoros has gained little attention from historians of Africa. By tracing the evolution of the Mouvement de libération nationale des Comores (MOLINACO) around East Africa's Indian Ocean basin, thi…
View article: Synthetic Enzyme‐Catalyzed CO<sub>2</sub> Fixation Reactions
Synthetic Enzyme‐Catalyzed CO<sub>2</sub> Fixation Reactions Open
In recent years, (de)carboxylases that catalyze reversible (de)carboxylation have been targeted for application as carboxylation catalysts. This has led to the development of proof‐of‐concept (bio)synthetic CO 2 fixation routes for chemica…
View article: Issa G. Shivji, Saida Yahya-Othman, and Ng’wanza Kamata. Development as Rebellion: Julius Nyerere—A Biography. Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota, 2020. Distributed by African Books Collective. 3 volumes. xxii + 1,054 pp. Photographs. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $110.00. Cloth. ISBN: 9789987084111.
Issa G. Shivji, Saida Yahya-Othman, and Ng’wanza Kamata. Development as Rebellion: Julius Nyerere—A Biography. Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota, 2020. Distributed by African Books Collective. 3 volumes. xxii + 1,054 pp. Photographs. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $110.00. Cloth. ISBN: 9789987084111. Open
Issa G. Shivji, Saida Yahya-Othman, and Ng’wanza Kamata. Development as Rebellion: Julius Nyerere—A Biography. Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota, 2020. Distributed by African Books Collective. 3 volumes. xxii + 1,054 pp. Photographs. Notes. Bi…
View article: Association of lameness and mastitis with return‐to‐service oestrus detection in the dairy cow
Association of lameness and mastitis with return‐to‐service oestrus detection in the dairy cow Open
Oestrus detection is an important part of maintaining efficient reproductive performance in dairy herds. Both lameness and mastitis are common diseases of dairy cows that may impact oestrus detection. A set of data from 28 herds identified…
View article: 2018 LTE Questionnaire Summary
2018 LTE Questionnaire Summary Open
EMN 2B LTE Questionnaire Summary: Includes background and motivation, respondent demographics and summary of LTE questionnaire responses.
View article: Hydrogenolysis of Glycerol over γ-Al2O3-Supported Iridium Catalyst
Hydrogenolysis of Glycerol over γ-Al2O3-Supported Iridium Catalyst Open
In recent years, much attention has been focused on the hydrogenolysis of biodiesel derived glycerol to other high value products for the sustainable development and efficient valorization strategies. In the present work, alumina-supported…