Editorial Notes

Abstract

Our esteemed readers will recall that, in recent years, successive issues of this journal have typically featured four articles per issue. However, in a recent routine review the journal stakeholders recommended that the minimum number of articles per issue be increased to five. We are glad to report that we have taken that recommendation on board with immediate effect. The current issue therefore consists of five articles and a book review. The articles are notably diverse both thematically and in spatial scope. Readers will especially note that one of the articles included in this issue focuses on Mozambique, which is obviously outside of the journal’s geographical scope. The decision to include this article was based on its unambiguous relevance to the history of Tanzania, given that the theme it covers, that is, a cholera pandemic in northern colonial Mozambique, has historically been matter of public concern in colonial and post-colonial Tanzania. In addition, northern Mozambique as an ecological and cultural zone can hardly be distinguished from southern Tanzania.