Affiliation

Senior Lecturer: Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Dar es Salaam.

 

Address

Dept of Sociology and Anthropology
University of Dar es Salaam
PO Box 35043
Dar es Salaam
Tanzania

 

Contact

Tel: 0741 407 625 (Mobile)
E-mail: mesakis@yahoo.com

 

Biosketch

Dr Mesaki is teaching at the University of Dar es Salaam since 1973. He obtained his PhD in 1993 at the University of Minnesota.

 

Key research/capacity building interests

 

Research Interests

• Witchcraft
• Indigenous knowledge systems  

Capacity Building Interests

• Teaching
• Development of proposals for NGO’s
• Training of the trainers

Key methodological skills

Qualitative research (participatory methods)

 

Current/planned research

Surveying the witchcraft phenomenon and its implications within Tanzania.

 

Current engagement in capacity building

See capacity building interests