The mechoui of Tipaza
In April, 1974 I boarded an ALITALIA flight from Rome to Algiers, where I was to start my stint as...
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UKUHAMBA UKUBONA!
My Dear Brother, Problem, Hamba Kahle!This segment is dedicated to those instructive lessons one comes across travelling around, be it...
Rule Britannia
Many people around here have heard or read such colourful figures as Lawrence of Arabia. Or Richard Burton. Or Gertrude...
Buriani, Giriki Kritsos: Usingalikuwapo tungalikutengeneza!
Alipelekwa Peramiho kusomea Upadri, lakini yeye alijua nini anatafuta!
We are helping the Chinese to have more babies
Chinese poster from 1987 promoting one-child policy. Text reads, “Fewer and better births revitalize China”. Provided by IISG, via Flickr....
Wisdom in education lies in marrying the traditional with the modern
April 6 2017 - Education, as we commonly talk of it, is that process by which an individual is taken...
Harness the millennials’ energies or prepare for destruction
March 9 2017 The debate around the need to have a serious constitutional review in Tanzania is simply refusing to...
We’re all victims of Afrophobia, self-haters
March 2 2017 Chirau Ali Mwakwere “Zipapa” is a former Kenyan minister and ambassador who is so funny he could...
Do unto others as if they were you
November 11 2016 - An object lesson in how to do unto your opponents was delivered many years ago in...
Now Magufuli, give us a constitution
November 3 2016 At about this time in November of the year two thousand and seventeen, President John Pombe Magufuli...