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TheorySource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0174 · as of 2026-10-23 · about: Tanzanian ujamaa and villagisation · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team

“James C. Scott treats Tanzanian villagisation as a high-modernist scheme that disregarded local knowledge, while Coulson notes it made primary schools, dispensaries and water supplies easier to provide.”

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Tanzania: A Political Economy (2nd ed.), chapter 22 ‘Ujamaa and Villagization’

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