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Shakila

Name
Shakila Halifan Mteti

Academic Rank
Lecturer

Department
History, Political Science, and Development Studies

Biography

Biography

Dr. Shakila Halifan Mteti is a lecturer in the Department of History, Political Sciences and Development Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences teaching history and archaeology courses. Dr. Shakila is a scholar, researcher and consultant in areas of archaeology, cultural heritage management, economic history, indigenous technologies, gender, and rural livelihood. Dr. Mteti is passionate in writing academic papers, reports and mentor of undergraduate and postgraduate students on the areas of her specialization.

Contacts

Email:

Email Address
shakila.mteti@muce.ac.tz

Research Interest

Research Interest
Gender and women studies, archaeology, history, traditional technologies (iron and pottery), cultural tourism, cultural heritage management, archaeology, land grabbing, history, and rural livelihood.

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Projects

Projects

  • November 2023 to present: Principal Investigator (Ongoing) Decades of Health Care Provision by the District/Councils Designated Hospitals in Tanzania, 1960s – 2020s: Is the Future still Bright?

  • March 2024 to present: Principal Investigator: (Innovation Project) Ongoing “Compositing of disposable diapers: Empowering women on management of Disposable Diapers for economic and environmental health improvement”. 

  • December 2021-December 2022: Co-Investigator (completed) “Diversifying Cultural Heritage Tourist Products for Sustainable Rural Livelihood in Southern Circuit of Tanzania”.

  • September 2020 – September 2021: Principal investigator (completed) “Vua Mkono wa Sweta”: Fighting for Cultural resistances in Iringa District maintained by New Religions in the Post-colonial Period.

  • 2014 – 2015 Co-Investigator (completed) Nature and Magnitude of Land Acquisitions in Tanzania: The Role of Different Actors, Key Trends and Drivers in Land Acquisitions.

Publications

Publications

  • Mteti, S.H. & Jackson, A. (2024). “Vua Mkono Wa Sweta” Fighting for Cultural Resistances Maintained by New Religions in the Post-Colonial Period: Case of Male Circumcision in Iringa District. In Żukowski, A., Gemechu, D.K. & Gilarowski, J. (Eds.). Change and Adaptations towards Sustainable Development: Africa in the Contemporary World- Literature, Education, Religion, Politics. Poznan: FNCE Publishing Group, pp. 250-275.

  • Mteti, S. H. (2022). Pottery production potentials for rural livelihood and empowerment of Kisi female potters in Tanzania, 1970–2010. The Journal of Rural and Community Development, 17(4), 1–25.

  • Mulungu, C.A. & Mteti, S.H. (2020). Rural Livelihood and Household Survival Strategies in Ileje District, Tanzania. Mkwawa Journal of Education and Development, 4(1): 1-20. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37759/mjed.2020.4.1.1

  • Mteti, Shakila (2020) Colonial male outmigration and its implication to women potters and traditional pottery industry in Tanzania: A reflection from Pare pottery producing communities, in Gemechu D, Haulle E, Żukowski A (eds.), Migrations in the contemporary world: A case of Africa Politics, economic and social issues, Bernadinum Publishing Press, Poland, pages 163 – 195

  • Mteti, S. H. (2016) "Engendering Pottery Production and Distribution Processes among the Kisi and Pare of Tanzania", International Journal of Gender and Women’s Studies, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 127-141

  • Katundu, M. A., I. M. A. Makungu & S. H. Mteti (2014) Nature and Magnitude of Land Acquisitions in Tanzania: The Role of Different Actors, Key Trends and Drivers in Land Acquisitions. In Paschal B. Mihyo (ed) International Land Deals in Eastern and Southern Africa, OSSREA, pp 123 – 157