The aim of this project is to study the Swedish missionary Barbro Johansson's work in Tanzania from 1946 until the 1990's. The focus will be on her work for Tanzanian women, her political opinions and attitudes in the struggle for independence and in the building of a socialist Tanzania. Of great interest is also her influence on the Church of Sweden's, Church of Sweden Mission's and the Swedish Social Democratic Party's view on Julius Nyerere's nation building as well as her importance for Swedish development aid to Tanzania. New research will be carried out on archival material, for instance Barbro Johansson's collections and source material in Tanzania and new knowledge will be generated considering Swedish and Tanzanian history. The project will clarify the attitudes of both the Church of Sweden and the Swedish Social Democratic Party towards the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) and the one party political system that developed in Tanzania. Barbro Johansson (1912-1999) was a Christian missionary, a socialist and a feminist. She was a member of the Tanzanian parliament and a Tanzanian citizen from the 1960's. She belonged to the inner circle around Nyerere and she had well established contacts with leading politicians in the Swedish Social Democratic Party.