Dr. Abdallah Rashid Mkumbukwa is a lecturer in History and Dean of School of Natural and Social Sciences at the State University of Zanzibar (SUZA). He has experience in academic management as he is a former Head of Department of Arts and Member of Senate of SUZA in 2009. Also, he was a Coordinator of History and Archaeology programmes at SUZA. Dr. Mkumbukwa is also currently serving as a Member of SUZA Senate and General Secretary of the Historical Association of Tanzania (HAT).

Dr Mkumbukwa is recipient of a German Academic Exchange Services (DAAD) scholarship and the Norwegian Council for Higher Education’s Programme for Development, Research and Education (NUFU) Scholarship. He has experience in teaching and research in areas of natural and social sciences on historical perspectives. He has written a book and published on history of spread and control of malaria in Zanzibar, Wildlife conservation policies in Tanzania and history of use and conservation of marine resources in Zanzibar as well as social development issues. Dr Mkumbukwa is interested in research on cultural and natural heritage, history of health and healing in Africa, social and political history, marine and environmental history. 

Dr Mkumbukwa studied his Bachelor degree at the Al-Sumait University in Zanzibar, Master degree at the University of Dar es Salaam and PhD at Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS) of University of Bayreuth in Germany in 2014.