CHRISTINA S. MFANGA

Dynamic social justice lawyer with more than seven years of experience in activism and strategic litigation, dedicated to advancing social, economic, cultural, political, and environmental rights. Expertise in organizing and advocating for marginalized communities through an interdisciplinary approach that integrates nuanced legal reasoning, research, and interpretation. Proven track record of navigating complex legal landscapes at national and international levels to effect meaningful change. Committed to leveraging legal expertise to empower individuals and drive systemic reform.

• Led the group of grassroots women to form a cooperative as an alternative to the loan sharks
• Established the Winnie Mandela Cooperative School to support grassroots people's cooperatives.

• Member, Zanzibar Law Society ZLS. 2020- Present
• Vice Chair, Tanzania-Sahara Solidarity Committee. 2016- Present
• Member, University of Dar es salaam Student Representative Council (DARUSO USRC). 2011-2012
• Member, University of Dar es salaam Human rights Association (UDHRA) 2010-2015

PROFESSIONAL CONFERESNCES.

Ø Presenter, ‘The government’s perspective on the revised National Land Policy and its implications for the tenure of land for smallholder producers in Tanzania’ at the National Land Forum, Tanzania, July 2025

Ø Panelist, ‘Worker Cooperatives– Lessons on Growth and Governance’ at the Digital Africa Rising Conference, Mombasa Kenya, November 2024

Ø Presenter, ‘The manifestation of the collective agency of social movements through the lenses of class and gender’, Accra Ghana, August 2023

Ø Panelist, ‘Intersectionality and class politics’ at the International Feminist Futures Festival , Essen German, September 2019

Ø Attendee, ‘The African Ministerial Council on Water (AMCOW)’,Dar es salaam, September 2016.

Ø Organizer, ‘Pre African Ministerial Conference on Environment (AMCEN)’, during the 14th Session of the AMCEN, Arusha Tanzania, September 2012.

• 17th – 22nd JUNE 2019; Short course on Co-Operatisation of small peasant production and village level democratic governance, at the Nyerere resource center, Dar es salaam.
• July 10th 2017 - 26th August 2017; International course on the Political Training for Political Educators at the Escola Nacianal Florestant Fernandes in Sao Paul Brazil.
• On February 2011; Training on human rights and constitutionalism at the Legal and Human right Centre in Dar es salaam.

• Mfanga, C. S. (2023) Kuelekea Ushirika Mpya wa Wavuja jasho. In Sabatho N. (Ed) Wamachinga na Hakijiji Nchini Tanzania (pp. 151). Rosa Luxemburg Foundation – East Africa.
• Mfanga C.S. (2019) Nani Atakisikiliza Kilio cha Wakulima Wadogo wa Kahawa Kagera?. In Sabatho.N (Ed) Wavuja jasho Dhidi ya Soko Huria: Uzoefu, Mapambano na Dira Mbadala (pp. 75). Rosa Luxemburg Foundation – East Africa.

• Carole, Boyce-Davies, Dr., 607-255-4625, 607-277-1360, Cornell University, 310 Triphammer Road, Ithaca, New York, 14850, Frank H.T. Rhodes Professor of Humane Letters, Professor of Africana Studies and Literatures in English, Africana Studies and Research Center
• Issa, Shivji, Prof., issashivji@gmail.com, +255 754 475 372, University of Dar es Salaam, P. O. Box 953, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Professor Emeritus of Public Law & First Julius Nyerere Professor of Pan-African Studies
• Ng’wanza, Kamata, Dr., ngwanza.kamata@gmail.com, +255754 663 062, University of Dar es Salaam, P. O. Box 35042, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Senior Lecturer