"Angels of God"? - A History of China's Medical Assistance in Post-Colonial Tanzania

This book, drawing heavily on archival and oral sources, many of which have not been accessible before, discusses major Chinese-funded projects in Tanzania's health sector. It explores the contexts that gave birth to China's medical assistance in Tanzania and analyses how the funded projects contributed to the nation-building agenda and promoted South-South medical knowledge production, exchanges, and self-sufficiency within the country. By examining entanglements in bilateral relationships among countries of the Global South, the book contributes to research on South-South cooperation.

About the author

Andrea Azizi Kifyasi
, Department of History, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Product details

• Authors: Andrea Azizi Kifyasi
• Publisher: Oldenbourg
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 01.12.2025
• EAN: 9783119147163
• ISBN: 978-3-11-914716-3
• No. of pages: 205
• Weight: 500 g
• Illustrations: 13 b/w ill., 14 b/w tbl.
• Series: Africa in Global History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); China, Tansania, Afrikanische Geschichte, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, HISTORY / Africa / General, Tanzania, medizinische versorgung, Regionalstudien / Internationale Studien, South-South Cooperation, Süd-Süd-Kooperation, Medical Assistance