Ethnicity, voting and the promises of the independence movement in Mwanza, Tanzania

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" Ethnicity, voting and the promises of the independence movement in Mwanza, Tanzania "
Mrisho Mbegu Malipula

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1064194
Doc. No	:	LA107823
Call No	:	‭10.1163/2031356X-03001011‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Mrisho Mbegu Malipula
Title & Author	:	Ethnicity, voting and the promises of the independence movement in Mwanza, Tanzania [Article]\ Mrisho Mbegu Malipula
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Afrika Focus
Date	:	2017
Volume/ Issue Number	:	30/1
Page No	:	141–150
Abstract	:	This report explores influences of ethnicity on determining voters’ choices in Tanzania. It questions the dominant neo-patrimonial and hybrid approaches to African politics, which argue that primordial (traditional) ways of organising politics inform ethnic voting. This study deviates from ethnic structure theorists arguing that outcomes of elections are determined by the ability of ethnic groups to form minimum winning coalitions (MWCs). Instead, it looks at the ideational structure of nationalisation, driven mainly by the promises of the independence movement (PslM). The movement created an experiential and discursive framework that emphasises depoliticisation of ethnicity, peacefulness and national unity as ‘Tanzanian’ national values. The frame is intact despite Tanzania’s ethnic diversity and liberal socio-economic as well as political reforms it has undergone overtime. The report critically divulges this capacity to build a political organisation encompassing the political leaders, ideals of the independence movement and the people in informing voters’ choices.
Descriptor	:	African Studies
Descriptor	:	ethnicity
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	hybrid regimes
Descriptor	:	neo-patrimonialism
Descriptor	:	promises of independence and voting
Descriptor	:	Social Sciences
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/2031356X-03001011‬