Telling the forgotten stories of MV Liemba

To the passengers aboard the Tanzania Railway Limited (TRL) coach, these were just some wazungus enjoying life in this part of the world. But for the Das letzte Kleinod, this was a pursuit of stories that connect the Germany landscape to the rest of the world.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

TheCitizen

18 Mar

There are not enough storytellers telling African stories

>Lisa Noudehou clearly remembers how her father used to read to her when she was a little girl. Together, they would make up stories and enjoy each other’s company that way. Now that Lisa has children of her own – Matoko (19) and Sena (15) – she has had many made up stories with the two of them.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

21 Jun

ZIFF: We’re not telling enough stories - Pheto

ZIFF is turning out to be a common meeting place for filmmakers and enthusiasts from around Stone Town at a season that has been christened a ‘Common Destiny’.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

11 Feb

Telling the stories of ordinary Tanzanian people

If you, like many Africans survive on a steady and somewhat gluttonous diet of western films and documentaries and crave something original and packed with local flavour, then Taswira Yetu is just the show for you.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

30 Sep

MEET THE AUTHOR: Telling ‘sooo’ many stories from Uganda

>Nyana Kakoma is a Ugandan blogger based in Kampala. She started writing when she was in high school and has worked as a journalist before she quit and decided to be a blogger.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

30 Dec

MEET THE AUTHOR: Telling Tanzanian stories one at a time

>Hussein Tuwa,43, recently took home about Sh7 million with his winning book ‘Temporary Orphan’ after he was announced as the second  winner of Burt Award for African Literature (BAAL). He shares with Success his writing journey.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

19 Oct

Touring the legendary MV Liemba

I recently returned from Kigoma with new-found memories of sights and richness in history. Having been invited by the Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB), my companions, like me, were first-timers in Kigoma.

 

10 years ago

Dewji Blog

13 Jun

13 to perform a play about Colonial Steamboat Liemba

Probe vlnr Straussova-Siemssen-Haule Foto Hausmann.

LIEMBA auf dem Tanganjika-See DLK 2015.

Press Release Goetzen_Liemba_15_06.doc

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

21 Feb

MV Liemba still plies on Lake Tanganyika even at 100 years

Lake Tanganyika. On Lake Tanganyika, a century-old relic of World War I that became the stuff of Hollywood legend still plies the slate-grey waters - but it is not clear for how much longer.

 

10 years ago

IPPmedia

22 Jun

Theatre troupe completes MV Liemba play tour

Theatre troupe completes MV Liemba play tour
IPPmedia
Burundi refugees head to board MV Liemba and escape to Tanzania fleeing fighting in the country. (Photo Courtesy of Plan International). A theatre troupe is touring the country to showcase a performance made to honour ongoing services of the World's ...
Tanzania carries out audit on marine vesselsEast African Business Week

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