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Nancy Rushohora

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  • Role in Center:

    SMUS Post-Doctoral Researcher

  • Discipline:

    Cultural Heritage

  • University:

    University of Dar es Salaam

  • Country:

    Tanzania

Nancy Rushohora is a Tanzanian archaeologist and heritage scholar whose work focuses on memory, colonial history, and cultural heritage. She is a staff member in the Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies at the University of Dar es Salaam and an honorary research fellow at the University of Exeter (UK) and Stellenbosch University (South Africa). Her research explores the archaeology of resistance, trauma, collective memory, and the politics of photography and memorialization. She also curated an exhibition on Zaramo cultural heritage at the National Museum in Dar es Salaam. Among the projects she leads is Transgenerational Memories of the Majimaji War (1904–1908), a digital initiative examining memory landscapes, war memorials and restitution.

The working title of her research proposal: Urban Growth, Cultural Loss: Reviving the Indigenous Knowledge for Sustainable Cities in Tanzania.

Selected Publications:

  • Rushohora, Nancy. 2026. “Encountering Archaeology in Southern Tanzania: Challenges and Ambiguities of Material Culture.” Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites, May, 1–14. https://doi:10.1080/13505033.2026.2664109.

    Zimmerer, Jürgen, und Julian zur Lage, Hrsg. 2025. Global Memories of German Colonialism. übersetzt von Christelle Amina Djouldé. Hamburg University Press. https://doi.org/10.15460/hup.269.2088.

    Rushohora, Nancy Alexander. (2025). By the Way, Who is Cranford Pratt? Questioning Active and Symbolic Monumentalisation of the University of Dar es Salaam. Yesterday and Today, (34), 187-202. https://doi.org/10.17159/2223-0386/2025/n34a10.

    Mahonge, Felistas Richard, Maimuna Ismail Kisarwa, Nancy Rushohora, and Bertha Letara. “Myth and Mythology in the Conservation of Tanzania’s Forest and Water Resources”, Studies in the African Past 17, 1 (2025): 38-53, doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/25462237-12340003.

    Rushohora, N. (2022). Monuments of the Exiles and Memorialisation of Shared Heritage Between Mozambique and Tanzania. African Historical Review, 53(1–2), 65–90. https://doi.org/10.1080/17532523.2023.2186049

    Rushohora, N. (2019). Desperate Mourning and Atrophied Representation: A Tale of Two Skulls. African Historical Review, 51(1), 25–45. https://doi.org/10.1080/17532523.2019.1626064.

     

Areas of Expertise:

Archaeology of resistance, Memory, Colonial history, and Cultural heritage.

 

Current Position(s):

Lecturer in the Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies of the University of Dar es Salaam.

University of Exeter honorary research fellow.

Postdoctoral fellow of the Studies in Historical Trauma and Transformation at Stellenbosch University, South Africa.