Growing up with Tanzania

A memoir by Karim Hirji, Professor of Medical Statistics and Fellow of the Tanzania Academy of Science, offering a multi-faceted portrait of his joyous but conflicted passage to adulthood during colonial and early-Uhuru Tanzania. Hirji’s engaging style carries the reader through absorbing true stories, cultural currents, critical commentary, and progressive social possibilities. By vividly contrasting the hope-filled 1960s with the more cynical modern era, the book lays bare the paradoxes of personal and social life (past and present) and stands as both personal narrative and a reflection on the arc of Tanzanian history. Hirji is Professor of Biostatistics at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences and has published extensively on statistical methodology, biomedical research, and the history and practice of education in Tanzania.