Public Spheres, Personal Papers, Pedagogical Practices: Ruth First's Academic Postings to/from Dar Es Salaam and Maputo (Critical Essay‪)‬

This article discusses Ruth First's work in her final years at the University of Dares Salaam (Tanzania) and the Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (Maputo, Mozamibque), with reference to First's biographical trajectory and towards a reconsideration of contemporary and subsequent developments in the institutional history of post-independence education: public spheres (the university), personal papers (the archive), and pedagogical practices (the classroom). **********