My scholarship focuses on Tanzania, Zanzibar, and East Africa, examining the Tanganyika–Zanzibar Union, Zanzibar’s reconciliation, one-party dominance, opposition politics, elections, constitutional reform, foreign policy, and regional integration. I combine historical analysis, fieldwork, and political interpretation of identity and authority. Key work includes Tanganyika and Zanzibar: Tanzania’s 60-year-old Union May Need a Restructure (https://theconversation.com/tanganyika-and-zanzibar-tanzanias-60-year-old-union-may-need-a-restructure-229933) and “Tunataka Nchi Yetu” (https://mambo.hypotheses.org/3088). I also study EAC integration, security, and East Africa’s geopolitical role, with emerging research on mediation, memory, elections, and regional order.
