Change the name ‘Lake Victoria’

By Mboneko MunyagaEast African News Agency
As East Africa inches towards integration, there is great need, as in the words of Professor Ngugi wa Thiong’o, for the region to also ‘re-member’ its broken past. One of the tragedies of colonialism was to treat the people in colonized lands as if they had no past or meaningful pre-existence.
Thus in the name of religion, the people were given new names or local names were Anglicized in order for them to appear ‘civilized.’ It is not uncommon that...

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BBC

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BBC

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TheCitizen

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11 years ago

Coastweek

19 Apr

Ten rescued after Tanzanian vessel capsizes in Lake Victoria

Ten rescued after Tanzanian vessel capsizes in Lake Victoria
Coastweek
DAR ES SALAAM (Xinhua) -- Ten crew members were rescued on Thursday night after their ship carrying 280 tonnes of sugar capsized in Lake Victoria in Tanzania, police confirmed. Kagera regional police commander Valentino Mlowola said the ship ...
Ten cheat death as ship capsizes in Lake VictoriaIPPmedia

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