January 2011
4 posts
Govt Still Undecided On Serengeti Highway →
Nation to Sell Banned Ivory →
Over 2,600 Candidates Get Zero in Math →
allAfrica.com: Tanzania:Teach in 25 Districts →
November 2010
3 posts
S.Korea to farm Tanzania site in early 2011 | Top... →
can’t see this ending well
allAfrica.com: Tanzania: Tourists to See Oldest... →
Half of Std 7 pupils 'illiterate' →
September 2010
2 posts
Two Tanzanian students of UOWD climb Mount... →
Wildebeest roadblock? →
July 2010
7 posts
Scandinavia is no more →
we’d always hold out for the Scandi in 2001. it was slower and more expensive, but we never felt our lives at risk like with some of the other companies. Even by 2005, though, the buses were in disrepair and a coach broke down on each leg of the journey I booked with Scandi.
Minister Hails Construction of Zanzibar Jetties →
jetties never have good outcomes
Ten Scaling Kili to Raise Funds for Hait Victims →
Outcry in West Over Plan to Build Road Through... →
a terrible plan
Congolese Pygmy Choir Takes Town By Storm →
no explanation needed, I think
“There was no malaria here back in the 1960s. Now, it’s becoming a serious...”
– The serial killer that has moved into Tanzania’s idyllic highlands - Mail & Guardian Online: The smart news source
Africa's lake Tanganyika warming fast, life dying →
May 2010
5 posts
“Miss Higher-Learning Tourism pageant will be slightly different from the...”
– allAfrica.com: Tanzania: Arusha to Stage ‘Miss Higher-Learning Tourism’
Street Children a Menace in Town →
The Human-Elephant Conflict →
Tanzania naturalizes 162,000 and gives hope to... →
“Apart from ice-cream, the parlour also sells pop-corn, a traditional snack in...”
– allAfrica.com: Tanzania: Like Coca-Cola, Arusha’s Parlour Claims to Hold Secret to Unique Ice-Cream
April 2010
5 posts
New tourist site of Songea in southern Tanzania... →
I’ve been to the Songea museum and have pictures of Mamertus trying on the local style back packs made of goat skin. It was a dusty little museum, benignly neglected like so much old infrastructure.
Crater Overwhelmed With Visitors, Vehicles →
long tails of dust as the cars tore through the dry grassland
New Law Allows Young Mothers to Continue School →
I remember several students who were forced to leave school after they got pregnant by classmates or teachers. They would come in baggier sweaters to hide their pregnancy as long as possible, but eventually they would leave and not return again.
When EAC Elephants Fight →
Saving Tanzania's mountain forests →
February 2010
2 posts
London woman to hula hoop on Kilimanjaro for... →
Business Daily - Tanzania single textbook plan... →
I remember teaching a science unit where my textbook recommended that if students wish to protect themselves in the event of a volcanic eruption, their best recourse would be to live far away from any volcano.
January 2010
3 posts
Bishop urges condom use to protect against HIV →
But, as far as I can tell, his parishioners oppose it.
Universal Primary Education →
Jessica Biel starts Kilimanjaro climb →
nice folk drinkin water
December 2009
3 posts
“So many women in Tanzania are regretting the days they laid hands on these...”
– Home » Features » Health
Singapore fall to Tanzania 33-41 in Netball... →
seemed so inscrutable when our students would play with balled up rags and rusty metal hoops and giggle while the boys ogled.
Tanzanians on the road →
November 2009
3 posts
“Technology has today made it possible for people to conduct a tele-conversation”
– Making a Fool of People With ‘Longa’ Calls
“Local residents discovered the rare Pangolin an animal believed to be able to...”
– Tanzania: Pandemonium as Pangolin is Sighted at Mang’ola
20 years →
October 2009
4 posts
The bus even features a digital clock. →
The buses were always Scania and for a few short years, Scandinavia seemed to have a whole fleet of brand news buses that reached even the farthest corners of Tanzania. We would wait at 5:00 in the morning in the cold Songea bus stand for the 12-15 hour trip to Dar es Salaam, but we knew that we would likely arrive more safely and with more comfort than if we had taken any of the cheaper lines,...
Tanzania not to have reliable power until 2032. →
Almost seems incredible
Drinking Dirt Soup and Banana Beer in Tanzania ||... →
a favorite pc past time - listing the unusual foods and alcohols you’ve encountered in your corner of the country. bamboo wine was one of the most popular of the Songean specialties.
Hunting Concession vs. Maasai →
September 2009
2 posts
interesting take on daily practices in Arusha →
Neither Principals nor Students →
One of the greatest difficulties in Tanzanian education arises from teachers who themselves are unable to speak English trying to to impart lessons in English to students who also have little understanding of English. Witness the principal in this article.
August 2009
6 posts
“The party’s president has personal needs”
– Have You Seen the President’s New Suit?
Fewer dalas →
Modern transport? →
Two articles on transport in Dar in one day - one promising articulated buses to clean the air and speed passengers along dedicated lanes and the other lamenting that most of the new buses in Dar are ones, which had been formally been consigned to the grave yard, only to be resurrected so the owners could make easy money under a new regulatory regime - the upshot in either case is bad news for the...
Road to Mtwara →
This is a pretty big deal - especially since taxpayers funded it - I went down that way once and slept overnight on a ferry that had been imported from Greece and still bore traces of the decor from when it was built in the 1970’s - lots of coloured glass and shiny baubles.
Ubungo →
It’s not the most pleasant place to be stuck during a strike. I remember the first time I left from the place - Peace Corps had wanted us to go to our sites for the first time during a holiday on which the Scandi wouldn’t travel, so they put us on the Air Tawqual, and we lumbered away from the station on a scary and uncomfortable ride. I was never a passgener when a bus killed someone,...
0.5 letters a year →
and mad dogs
July 2009
6 posts
Chamwino Secondary Scales Mount Kilimanjaro
In many ways, it began with our banner—undoubtedly you will it see brandished with pride in many of our photos. I started the students on the project the week we were to depart as something nice to hold at the summit, to show our school pride and also to thank those who made the trip possible (it is hard to see, but there is a light blue “ASANTE SANA” across the top). Since I was missing a week...