TANZANIA, Sept. 27 -- SOME people wake up every morning with one important assignment: to locate African sunshine and rush there carrying a bucket of darkness. Give them good news, and they immediate... Read More
DAR ES SALAAM, Sept. 20 -- BRING the tea, dust off the good cup, and if you are Simba, perhaps add an extra spoonful of honey because seven goals over two legs are not collected from a supermarket she... Read More
DAR ES SALAAM, Sept. 13 -- A SMALL word before we begin: Watani wa Jadi is used here in the old East African spirit of affectionate rivalry, teasing and neighbourly banter. In Tanzania, the phrase is... Read More
DAR ES SALAAM, Sept. 7 -- THIS week we lost one of those sounds with the passing of DJ Super Deo, real name Deonatus Kahana, a veteran disc jockey stitched firmly into Dar es Salaam golden disco years... Read More
DAR ES SALAAM, Aug. 28 -- I HAVE, on three separate occasions in my life, stood at a Dar es Salaam bus terminal before sunrise, bag in one hand and dignity in the other, wondering why the stand I was ... Read More
TANZANIA, Aug. 16 -- WHEN Bongo Flava marked its 30th anniversary in Dar es Salaam and Mwanza recently, the celebrations were meant to be simple acts of nostalgia. What was expected was a clap for th... Read More