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Godfrey Mwakikagile (born 4 October 1949) is a prominent Tanzanian scholar, writer and specialist in African studies. ==Childhood== He was born in the town of Kigoma in western Tanganyika – what is now mainland Tanzania – on 4 October 1949.〔Godfrey Mwakikagile, ''Life in Tanganyika in The Fifties'', ISBN 9789987160129, New Africa Press, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 2009, p. 19. See also, G. Mwakikagile, ''My Life as an African: Autobiographical Writings'', Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: New Africa Press, 2009, p. 21. ISBN 9789987160051.〕 He was named Godfrey by his aunt Isabella, one of his father's younger sisters. Godfrey's father, Elijah Mwakikagile, attended Malangali Secondary School, one of the top schools in colonial Tanganyika. His classmates there included Jeremiah Kasambala, who became a member of the first independence cabinet under Prime Minister (later President) Julius Nyerere, and John Mwakangale, who in the 1950s became one of the leaders of the independence movement in Tanganyika. As Godfrey stated in his autobiographical works, he moved to Rungwe District in 1955 with his parents when he was five years old after living in different parts of Tanganyika – Kigoma, Ujiji, Kilosa, Morogoro, and Mbeya. Rungwe was the home district of Godfrey's parents, and they were members of an ethnic group indigenous to that part of Tanzania.〔''My Life as an African'', p. 87.〕 Elijah worked as a medical assistant for the British colonial government. He also worked at the Amani Research Institute in Muheza District. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Godfrey Mwakikagile」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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