Reading culture facing the grave

There is this saying that ‘If you want to hide something from an African put it in a book’. I really hate it, but sadly it is one that I get to hear regularly and it makes me cringe each time it’s said. I cringe because most of us use the phrase in a comical manner, yet there is more to it.

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Habari Zinazoendana

9 years ago

IPPmedia

16 Sep

Let's raise reading culture in schools

IPPmedia
Let's raise reading culture in schools
IPPmedia
Education, as we all know, has no end, but it is common for students to regard completion of educational institutions as enough. Most do not think that they have just embarked on climbing the tall ladder of achievement in their pursuit of further ...

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

22 Feb

Reading culture ‘can end albino killings’

>Albino killings, lack of accountability, laziness and other crimes and unacceptable behaviours can only end once more Tanzanians engage in scientific thinking rather than being superstitious.

 

11 years ago

Daily News

27 Feb

Parents urged to assist in reading culture growth

Daily News
Parents urged to assist in reading culture growth
Daily News
PARENTS, society and education stakeholders have been urged to assist children in developing a reading culture. Speaking during the opening session of a Policy Dialogue for Reading, Writing and Arithmetic (3R's) held in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday, ...

 

9 years ago

Daily News | The National Newspaper (Press Release) (Blog)

28 Sep

Rotary Club pushes to promote reading culture

Rotary Club pushes to promote reading culture
Daily News | The National Newspaper (press release) (blog)
THE Rotary Club of Dar es Salaam- Mikocheni has launched a reading club at Mkunguni Primary School in Dar es Salaam, as part of efforts to promote a culture of reading among primary school students. 0 Comments. According to a statement over the ...

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

24 May

A nation drinking itself to the grave

>A rising number of Tanzanians are drinking themselves into an early grave, according to a new World Health Organisation (WHO) report. The 2014 Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health suggests that thousands of young Tanzanians will die if the government does not step in.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

11 Sep

Grave of crash victim dug up

Unidentified people have dug up the grave of a victim of last week’s road accident in Butiama District.

 

10 years ago

BBC

Anger over 'Hottentot Venus' grave

The defacing of the grave in South Africa of a woman who was exhibited in Europe during the 19th Century causes outrage.

 

10 years ago

BBC

Ugandan LRA rebel's 'grave found'

Ugandan troops find the grave of what is believed to be that of a rebel commander who had been wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on war crimes charges

 

11 years ago

BBC

Mali investigators find mass grave

A mass grave containing 21 bodies is found in Mali by investigators looking for soldiers who disappeared after last year's coup

 

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