Tanganyika's Unhealthy Wilderness: The Visibility of Colonial Space.
Western Tanganyika Territory was one of the most neglected regions by the colonial government. This changed in the late 1920s, when the British administration considered relocation programs to counter and control the epidemic spread of sleeping sickness. The following study focuses on one region wit...
| Published in: | International Journal of African Historical Studies Vol. 56; no. 2; pp. 215 - 242 |
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Trustees of Boston University, acting through its African Studies Center
2023
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