Profile

Lecturer in the Department of History at the Muslim University of Morogoro with more than eight years of university teaching experience. I teach and research on African History, Sufism, Islamic thought, and the integration of African and Islamic intellectual traditions. My doctoral research at the International Islamic University Malaysia examines the role of Sufism in the spread of Islam from the East African coast to the interior, while my earlier master’s work explored the historical and economic ties between Tanzania and Malaysia (1960–2015). I have authored peer-reviewed publications and undergraduate textbooks, and I also serve on the Internal Examination Board of MUM, Chairperson of MUM Academic Staff Association, and chair the Kitwana Kondo Intellectual Desk. I am committed to advancing scholarship in African and Islamic intellectual history, promoting critical inquiry, and mentoring the next generation of historians.

Grants, Awards, and Academic Leadership

• Appointed Coordinator of NAMA Programs at the Muslim University of Morogoro, representing scholarship beneficiaries and serving as liaison between the University and NAMA Foundation.
• Recipient of the Erasmus+ Visiting Scholarship to Freie Universität Berlin, supporting doctoral research and international academic collaboration.
• Co-researcher awarded the Research Initiative Grant Scheme (Publication), AHAS Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia, for the project: “Islamic Intellectual Heritage and Post-Colonial Nation-Building: Cultural Continuity and Social Ethics in Malaysia and Tanzania.”
• Principal architect of the MUM Community Fund (MCF), leading its conceptualization, design, and governance framework in collaboration with technical experts.
• Chief Operating Officer, MUM Community Fund (Dec 2025 – Present): overseeing implementation, campaign strategy, and institutional fundraising systems, including micro-donation schemes and waqf-based sustainability models.
• University Council Member (Jan 2025 – Present)
• Member, Planning and Finance Committee of the Council (Jan 2025 – Present)
• Member, Appointment and Staff Development Committee of the Council (Jan 2025 – Present)
• Chairperson, Muslim University of Morogoro Academic Staff Association (MUMASA) (May 2024 – Present)
• Chairman, Kitwana Kondo Intellectual Desk (Feb 2023 – Present)

Kauzeni Secondary School, Morogoro
Chairperson of the Board (Oct 2022 – Present)
- Provide governance and oversight for academic and financial policies.

Publications

• Mtani, F. A. (2022). Integration of Knowledge: The Perspective of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi and Ismail Raj Al-Faruqi. The Journal of Risale-i Nur Studies, 5(2), 1–25. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6861739
• Mtani, F. A. (2022). Smart Partnership in The South: The History of Tanzania-Malaysia Economic Engagements, 1960–2015. African Journal of History and Geography, 1(1), 49–64. https://doi.org/10.37284/ajhg.1.1.934
• Mtani, F. A., & Ngohengo, J. (2023). Africa at the Crossroads: An Overview of the Covid-19 Pandemic and its Drama in Tanzania. African Journal of History and Geography, 2(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.37284/ajhg.2.1.1088
• Mtani, F. A., & Ngohengo, J. (2023). The Shrinking Space of Democracy in Africa: Comparative Reflections from 2005–2020 Presidential Terms in Tanzania. Political Science and Security Studies Journal, 4(2), 14–30. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8079022
• Mtani, F. A., & Semtawa, Z. R. (2015). The New Scramble for East Africa: An Assessment on the US-China Investments and the East African Interest. Mwenge Catholic University Conference Proceedings.

Authored Textbooks

• Philosophy and Methodologies of History
• The Colonial Capitalist Order: Wealth, Empire and the African Muslim Experience

Online Profiles

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