Festo Mkenda Author

Leslie Anne Hadfield is a professor of African history at Brigham Young University. Her research interests include South African liberation movements and the work and lives of Black nurses in the Eastern Cape. She has accompanied several groups of students on Mt. Kilimanjaro climbing experiences.

Festo Mkenda, SJ, is a Tanzanian political historian who focuses on matters of identity and nationalism and the history of Christianity in Africa. He currently serves as academic director of the Roman archives of the Society of Jesus and part-time lectures at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.

Kokel Melubo is an associate professor at the College of African Wildlife Management at Mweka, Tanzania. His research focuses on heritage tourism, tour guiding, visitor experience, and community-based tourism, exploring how tourism can create value for local communities. He has led several groups of students on climbing expeditions on Kilimanjaro.