A CHAT FROM LONDON :Processed meat, Tanzanian elections and other news

Living overseas and switching on mainstream TVs early this week the headlines were not Tanzania’s elections but the meat issue. As for international politics of governance, Sunday, October 25, appeared to incorporate elections in over five nations, Ivory Coast, Poland, Argentina, Congo Brazzaville and Tanzania... London’s BBC and other major channels hardly mentioned Tanzania on Sunday.

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

03 Apr

A CHAT FROM LONDON: Easter thoughts: Elections and the depressed

>As Easter 2015 arrives, two episodes to reflect. Fast moving Europe. Quarter of the year gone.   One person’s dustbin is another’s treasure. I am not sure if this old English idiom fits what I am about to present here but... let us not compare tragedies. We may discuss their implications. Tears are a reflection of pain; sorrow knows no definition.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

29 Aug

A CHAT FROM LONDON: Meet businesswoman who is a practical Tanzanian dreamer

>I cannot remember the exact date; but, it was a sunny day.  Some sort of conference. Huge hall.  Smooth floor. Comfy chairs.  Everyone smartly dressed. Some more than others. We of the media slightly casual. It is a busy environment and as a reporter you need to move around a lot. Interviewing. Jotting down names...

 

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.

 

11 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.

 

11 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!”

 

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

31 Oct

A CHAT FROM LONDON: The little that I knew of Professor Ali Mazrui

>It was three weeks ago that the eminent Prof Ali Mazrui, Kenyan international scholar, thinker and writer died. So much has already been written. So much more to come. Many continue to eulogise this rare East African son who died aged 81, in the USA.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

13 Jun

A CHAT FROM LONDON: The antagonistic man, his girlfriend and marijuana

>Well. We cannot really call her a girl, although she is very small, petite, short and thin. She is a grown up woman. He is a wiry and skinny matured guy; spindly almost, as though permanently twisting and wriggling around a spider’s web. The two shuffle inside fast, since trains hardly wait for over a minute.

 

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