Kathleen R. Smythe

Region of Interest	Africa
Primary Country of Residence	United States of America
Title	Assistant Professor
Affiliation	Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio
Email	smythe@xu.edu
Mailing Address	Deaprtment of History Xavier University 3800 Victory Parkway Cincinnati, Ohio 45207-4444 USA
Phone/Fax Number(s)	phone: 513 745-3279 fax: 513 745-3215
Countries of Specialization	Tanzania
Research Interests	Social history of East Africa during the colonial period.
Publications	(forthcoming) "Church and State in Nkansi, 1880-1980." Tanzania Zamani. (2000) "Where One Slept Mattered: Fipa Socialization and Cultural Markers of Growth in Nkansi, Ufipa" in Rethinking Age in Africa: Colonial and Post-Colonial Interpretations of Cultural Processes. Ed. by Mario Aguiler (Lawrenceville, NJ: Africa World Press). (1999) "'Child of the Clan' or 'Child of the Priests': Life Stories of Two Fipa Nuns" Journal of Religious History 23/1: 92-107. (1999) "The Creation of a Catholic Fipa Society: Conversion in Nkansi District, Ufipa," in East African Expressions of Christianity. Ed. by Thomas Spear and Isaria Kimambo (Oxford: James Currey), 129-149.
Keywords	social history ; colonial history ; Fipa ; Nkansi ; East Africa