Paul Chacha Mahere

Colonial Alien: House Crows, Disposability and Necropolitics in Urban Tanzania

ABSTRACT Which lives are allowed to flourish in the city, and which are rendered excessive, alien, or disposable? This article examines kunguru (a Swahili term for crows/ravens, commonly referring to the house crow, Corvus splendens , in urban Tanzania) in Dar es Salaam as a lens...