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A specialist inTanzanian and East African history, Professor Rockel also has strong interests in South African history, African labour history, slavery, and war and society throughout the continent and beyond.  His book, Carriers of Culture: Labor on the Road in Nineteenth-Century East Africa, was published in the Heinemann Social History of Africa series. His current projects include explorations in the history of slavery in Tanzania, the roots of Tanzanian national identity, and a book on commercial change in nineteenth century East Africa.  He is also completing an edited collection, “‘Collateral Damage’: Civilian Casualties, War and Empire.” He prepares students for fields in African history, colonialisms, comparative histories of labour and slavery, and war and society in imperial and postcolonial contexts.