12 - 29 August 2013 Dr Khristina Turinskaya took part in the field research in The Republic of Kenya and The United Republic of Tanzania

Dr Khristina Turinskaya, senior research fellow of the Centre for Tropical African Studies, IAS RAS, took part in the field research inThe Republic of Kenya and The United Republic of Tanzania on 12 - 29 August 2013. This scientific expedition was conducted in cooperation with the colleagues from the Chair of Ethnology, Moscow State University -- Dr Andrey Tutorskiy.

Kenya

The research took place in Nairobi, Mombasa, Arusha, Mto wa Mbu, Moshi, Dodoma, Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar. The problems of social and political development in Kenya and Tanzania, actual processes in the culture, with special reference to the Indian and Greek communities, were among the main topics of scientific work. The research team from Moscow got into contact with the colleagues from the University of Nairobi, the University of Dodoma, the University of Dar es Salaam, the Mwalimu Nyerere Memorial Academy (Dar es Salaam) in an effort to develop and strengthen scientific collaboration between the Russian and African institutions.