DAR ES SALAAM, April 26 -- IN theory, a beauty pageant is a simple affair. Young women gather, walk gracefully, answer questions with admirable composure, accompanied by some soothing music. At the e... Read More
DAR ES SALAAM, April 19 -- HISTORY, as it turns out, is not merely a collection of dusty events and longdead personalities. It is, in fact, that one relative who insists on reminding you that you hav... Read More
DAR ES SALAAM, April 5 -- ON any given weekend, in any given Tanzanian football ground, between the first whistle and the final insult hurled from the terraces, there is a drama. The ball is kicked, ... Read More
DAR ES SALAAM, March 29 -- THERE is something beautifully absurd about the way we handle football in Tanzania. Not the playing of it, of course. That part we approach with the seriousness of a nationa... Read More
DAR ES SALAAM, March 22 -- HELLO everybody! Welcome to the gently unravelling emotional landscape of AFCON 2027 preparations, to be jointly hosted by Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. Three nations current... Read More
DAR ES SALAAM, March 15 -- THERE are certain people in the media fraternity whose names rarely appear in flashing lights, yet somehow their fingerprints are on everything. They are the quiet engineer... Read More
DAR ES SALAAM, March 8 -- IN the long and occasionally unbelievable history of the Kariakoo Derby, last Sundays encounter at the New Amaan Stadium Complex in Zanzibar secured its own peculiar corner i... Read More
Dar es Salaam, March 1 -- THERE is a peculiar way in which time behaves when a great event approaches. At first it strolls along like a distant caravan on the horizon: Visible, romantic and comfortabl... Read More
DAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 22 -- THERE are some evenings that pass like polite dinner guests. They knock gently, compliment the curtains and leave before the tea goes cold. And then there are evenings that ... Read More