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Banned and restricted books in Tanzania
16 titles have been banned or restricted in Tanzania, recorded across 16 dated, source-cited events, most often for immorality.
Titles
16
Ban events
16
Top reason
Immorality
Decades active
2
Most-restricted titles
| Title | Author | Year | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Satanic Verses | Salman Rushdie | 1988 | 1 |
| Diary of a Wimpy Kid | Jeff Kinney | 2007 | 1 |
| Rodrick Rules | Jeff Kinney | 2008 | 1 |
| The Last Straw | Jeff Kinney | 2009 | 1 |
| Dog Days | Jeff Kinney | 2009 | 1 |
| The Ugly Truth | Jeff Kinney | 2010 | 1 |
| Cabin Fever | Jeff Kinney | 2011 | 1 |
| The Third Wheel | Jeff Kinney | 2012 | 1 |
| Hard Luck | Jeff Kinney | 2013 | 1 |
| The Long Haul | Jeff Kinney | 2014 | 1 |
| Old School | Jeff Kinney | 2007 | 1 |
| Double Down | Jeff Kinney | 2007 | 1 |
| The Getaway | Jeff Kinney | 2017 | 1 |
| Diper Overlode | Jeff Kinney | 2014 | 1 |
| Sex Education: A Guide to Life | Jordan Paramor | 2021 | 1 |
| An ABC of Equality, Vol 1 | Chana Ginelle Ewing | 2025 | 1 |
Stated reasons
- Immorality
- 13
- Religious / blasphemy
- 1
- Sexual content
- 1
- LGBTQ+ content
- 1
By decade
1980s1
2020s15
Documented bans
All 16 recorded events, most severe and most recent first.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid2023
Rodrick Rules2023
The Last Straw2023
Dog Days2023
The Ugly Truth2023
Cabin Fever2023
The Third Wheel2023
Hard Luck2023
The Long Haul2023
Old School2023
Double Down2023
The Getaway2023
Diper Overlode2023
Sex Education: A Guide to Life2023
An ABC of Equality, Vol 12023
The Satanic Verses1988
Source: Verboten, built on the banned-books.org Open Censorship Core (CC BY 4.0). Verboten compilation CC BY 4.0.