The Director, Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR), cordially invites you to the PhD public defense of Mr. Stanley Elias, entitled, Theatre for Development and the Nation: Rethinking Nation-Building in "Post-Socialist" Tanzania.

Opponent:
Prof. Eliah S. Mwaifuge, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Supervisors:
Assoc. Prof. Ernest Okello Ogwang
Dr. Florence Ebila
Assoc. Prof. Lyn Ossome

Chair:
Dr. Yahya Sseremba

Date: Friday, 23^rd January 2026
Time: 10:00 A.M - 1:00 P.M

Please see below for the thesis abstract.