Cover
Contents
Acknowledgements
Acronyms
1. Debating the Nation
1.1 Research Context
1.2 Some Theoretical Considerations
1.3 Structure
2 State and Society in the Colonial Era
2.1 Asian Agency in the Colonial State
2.2 African Nationalism
the Evolution of a "Common Sense"
2.3 Gender in Colonial Tanganyika
2.4 TANU
Seizing the State
2.5 The Social World and the Public Sphere after Independence
2.6 Conclusion: Challenges to Persistent Colonial Structures
3 1964-1966 Search for Unity & Independence
3.1 Racial Relations

3.2 Decolonizing Education?
3.3 Decolonizing Gender Roles?
3.4 Conclusion: Independence in Crisis
4 1967-1970: African Socialism or African Tradition?
4.1 (Non- ) Racialism in Schools
4.2 Reforms on the Hill
the Pretext
4.3 Gender
the Articulation of Women's Critique in the Public Sphere
4.4 Conclusion: Debating New Concepts and Struggling with Old Structures
5 1971-1974: Achieving Liberation from Colonial World Views?
5.1 The Comeback of "Race"?
5.2 The University
A Contested Space
5.3 Gender
A Struggle Against Colonial Laws and Values

5.4 Conclusion: "Race" Demoted and Gender Transformed
6 1975-1979: Finding New Arenas in which to Debate
6.1 Gender Roles in the Newspaper
6.2 New Arenas for Debates on Gender Roles
6.3 Conclusion: Uncertainty and Agency
7 Conclusion
7.1 A Contested National Narrative
7.2 Interrelation Between the Public Sphere and Social World
7.3 Formative Obscurities
7.4 Limitations and Prospects
8 Bibliography
8.1 Secondary Literature
8.2 Sources