Lone organizers : opposition party-building in hostile places in Tanzania

Acknowledgements Thanks to all those that assisted me during my field research. I owe special gratitude to all the candidates and party activists that welcomed me to their campaigns in 2015. I am especially grateful to Benson Kigaila, Jesca Kishoa, Susan Kiwanga, Tundu Lissu, Joseph Mbilinyi, Fanuel Mkisi, Jon Mrema, Babila Shilogela, David Silinde and all those others who afforded me so much of their time during and since Chadema’s 2015 campaign, under such difficult circumstances. Thanks to Deogratias Munishi, who not only afforded me such time in the field, but provided comments on an earlier draft of the paper. Thanks to Michaela Collord, who reviewed an earlier draft of this paper. Thanks to the two anonymous reviewers for their feedback, which greatly improved the paper. Thanks to the editors of the special issue, Sarah Lockwood, Robert Mattes, Matthias Krönke, and Jeremy Seekings. Special thanks to Nic Cheeseman, who supervised my doctorate and has been a constant source of inspiration and support. Special thanks to my research assistants, who with to remain anonymous. Any remaining errors are my ownPeer reviewedPostprin