A CHAT FROM LONDON: On wife beating, balance and plight of rural women

>Balance. Balance is the most profound word.  Quite hard to achieve. Found in all social and natural sciences. The Indian yogi and guru (teacher) who died in 1952, Parahamansa Yogananda, had this to say about balance:

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

10 Jul

A CHAT FROM LONDON: Cigarette smoking in Africa and the Women’s World Cup

Cigarette smoking is not the leading choice of leisure in Africa. Three years ago when the World Health Organisation (WHO) issued statistics, it was concluded that there were no figures for Africa.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

07 Feb

A CHAT FROM LONDON: Morning chat with a fabulous, frail English old lady

A good day becomes evident in the morning...so the Swahili proverb goes. It was ice cold but the sun was shining.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

12 Sep

A CHAT FROM LONDON: Now let’s chat about memorable videos and films

>May I share a few clips from last week? First the video.  A mass of frenzied people are chasing a man somewhere in West Africa.   Right on the knees of Ebola.  Someone sent it via WhatsApp.  Don’t frown if you don’t use WhatsApp.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

20 Apr

There is absolutely no excuse for wife beating

Wife beating is wrong, yet it is a practice that is so widespread in Tanzania that it has come to be taken for granted. A survey conducted in 2011 by an NGO, Champion, shows that 54 per cent of women and 38 per cent of men aged between 15 and 49 years believe that husbands are justified in beating their wives!

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

10 Oct

A CHAT FROM LONDON: London welcomes, supports anti-FGM push in Tanzania

>Wednesday, October 15, 2014...A tiny delegation of well educated women; modest and intelligent, will be welcomed into one of the most powerful rooms in the northern hemisphere. First is Mrs Rhobi Samwelly (pictured), mother of four children, hailing from Butiama, Mara Region.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

27 Nov

A CHAT FROM LONDON: Wet afternoon, junkie hobbling on a London street

It is a cold wet winter afternoon, a few days after the Paris and Bamako terrorist attacks. As I stroll down a major street in East London, a man is melodically hollering:“Evening Standard! Evening Standard!”

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

11 Apr

The plight of Tanzanian women silently suffering in China

Ignorance, education, ignorance; Africa’s problem mantra.What is needed and what is the reality? No wonder the Guinean woman I quoted last week said Ebola (the killer virus) was not caused by eating “bush meat” – but by God. God, forever.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

29 May

A CHAT FROM LONDON: Living away from home makes you know who you are

>May we begin by asking a question? Is it true that there is a huge difference between the thinking of Africans living on the continent and those outside it? Over 50 years ago, we used to call overseas-based ones the “African Wazungus” not because of race but attitude and manners. It was insulting being called Mzungu Mweusi. Nevertheless, behind closed doors it was privileged.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

05 Mar

Women demand gender balance in CA top posts

Constituent Assembly proceedings turned chaotic yesterday as women members demanded a rule that would guarantee that one of them was elected either the chairperson or deputy.

 

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