Ally Baharoon @venturally

An excerpt from "The Tale of Marengo," a story by ALLY BAHAROON in our latest issue. Read the full story here - ubwali.com/the-tale-of-ma…

Ubwali Literary Magazine @UbwaliLitMag

5 months ago

Happy 2nd Birthday to us! We’re celebrating with a special Masterclass issue featuring work from Zambia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, South Africa & Tanzania. Special thanks to our guest editors, Kasimma & Sihle Ntuli. Enjoy! ubwali.com/ubwali-masterc… 🎈🎈

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“hamtaki arena nyinyi?” 🤣 get the fuck outta here man!

a desperate activist tells Malcolm X that the situation is hopeless as there are too many powerful interests and too few to oppose them. Malcolm's response is as important today as it was then: "Never let your enemy tell you how many of you there are."

Somewhere off the coast of East Afrika

Dear writers, we need your imagination, your narrative creativity and your lively thinking. We need these to create spaces of freedom and authenticity, within which divine grace can make the promise of consolation and peace resound. vatican.va/content/leo-xi…

Personally, I'm learning Swahili and I think as an African, wherever on the continent you come from, that language is the future for a variety of reasons. That's the most important language our kids will need to speak over the next 25-40 years. I'm not wrong about this. I'm just early.

Dave @d_e470

4 months ago

My language is only spoken by 7 villages in the entire world. I assure you, my children don’t need it for anything. The only Nigerian language i owe my kids is Pidgin☺️ (which is actually more common in my state than my language)

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my response to Mayor Mamdani, the reporters calling me, etc.

Comparing the general population or an average person to gifted and resourceful dropouts only shows your stupidity. Elon, Gates, Zuck, Bezos were all high performers, your motivational speaker isn’t.

We did a thing on Sunday, on international women’s day, thanks to all of you that donated. At least 30 children in Kicheko, under the age of 5, got warm clothes for the rainy season. I know some of you still want to send stuff. The drop off point is in CBD at bebabeba Trade Center Ground floor. Shop A10. Collections can be done there. Or you can reach me on 0710479170 For those who want to send pads I liasing with @Bintipads and @j_lornz we see how we can do that. I know there’s a group that’s also fundraising for diapers, we truly appreciate. 🙏❤️

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My dear fellow sons and daughters of Mungu, I promise you that "tourism" is a false god that brings you no prosperity. It a fake pseudo-industry that creates next to no actual wealth for the people and places it exploits, and reduces the value of said people to mere trinkets and experiences. The worst part about this video is that the only time it shows any black people is only where they are an aesthetic backdrop to the "magical experience" being advertised. The subconscious message being passed is that all of Kenya and its 99% black population are just a temporary experience for rich white people to enjoy. You can draw a straight line from messaging like this to the existence of large numbers of abandoned mixed race children in Kenya. Everything there - including the buxom damsels - is meant to be a "magical experience" after all, and magical experiences never last long. For the love of God, leave tourism alone and build factories, power stations, factories and more factories like every other nation that escaped poverty has done. Give Kenyans access to real productive power and wealth, and stop advertising these beautiful African people as aesthetic landmarks and busty bed warmers to muzungus who are having their post-divorce midlife crisis.🤦🏿‍♂️

Kenya Tourism Board @magicalkenya

5 months ago

Tonight, Kenya unveils its bold new global tourism campaign - Experience Wonder 🇰🇪 at ITB Berlin. More than a campaign, it is an invitation to the world to discover the Origin of Wonder - the Origin of all things. This campaign invites the world to discover a destination where

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Running a newsroom in sub-Saharan Africa has stretched me in ways I never anticipated. Grants disappear without warning. Local advertising or subscription is an extreme sport. Real philanthropy for journalism is almost absent, and when funding appears, it is crowded, competitive, and tilted toward safer, less disruptive themes. You push for accountability, and governments bristle. Corporations shut their doors. Your reporters navigate legal threats, online harassment, and real physical danger. The public value of this work is obvious. The market value is not. Profit has never been the reason to wake up and do this again each morning. What keeps me here is impact. The farmer who got his land back after we exposed the grab. The detainee who walked free because we would not drop the story. The quiet policy reversals that happened because the facts refused to disappear. Somehow, @HumAngle_ has survived six years. That survival is not just ours. It belongs to the communities that trusted us with their pain and who endured the crossfire of violent conflicts across Africa. Today, we mark another year. We are still here.

Israel supplies 50% of the medjool dates around the world, often selling them under misleading labels. Al Jazeera’s Hala Al Shami looks at how Israel’s illegal agricultural settlements in Jericho produce medjool dates while exploiting Palestinian land, water, and labour.

Chinua Achebe, being interviewed, in 1964, by Professor Wole Soyinka and South African Lewis Nkosi. We need to treasure our records…

Hello, While we appreciate the good intentions behind this clip, recording content in the roadway is unsafe and violates road safety regulations, as it puts road users at risk. For everyone’s safety, we advise that filming be done in safe areas. Thank you

Typical African @Joe__Bassey

5 months ago

Kigali, Rwanda 🇷🇼 is Africa's cleanest city.

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Baba Bonny: Lissu ni Mandela wa Tanzania

ⓘ This user is a TANGANYIKA supremacist.

Hakuna kitu kinaitwa Mtanzania Bara. Kuna Mtanganyika✅ Kuna Mtanzania✅ Kujiheshimu na kujiamini kama binadamu kunaimarishwa na kujielewa utambulisho wako.

Haya makala kuhusu #BibiTiti yaliandikwa tukijua yatawekwa wazi kwa wote ila yakaishia kufichwa kama mambo yake mengi yalivyofichwa; baada ya kuona mjadala kuhusu #Nyerere dhidi ya Bibi Titi Mojamed ngoja tuwakumbushe wachapishaji kuwa siyo sahihi kumpiga kufuli tena! oxfordre.com/africanhistory…

Mdadisi @Udadisi

6 months ago

The reignited (never-ending) ‘debate’ on Nyerere vs #BibiTiti Mohamed has inspired us to retweet all our tweets about Bibi Titi.

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I know I’m not the only one who notices the quiet grief we Africans carry. For delayed exposure, slow systems, almost zero safety nets, starting adulthood already tired and having dreams literally cut short by bad governance. No single day goes by on this app without reading it.

UJUMBE WA RAMBIRAMBI WA @TunduALissu KUFUATIA KIFO CHA MZEE EDWIN ISAAC MBILIEWI MTEI. EDWIN MTEI: MJENZI WA NCHI, KIONGOZI WA MFANO Mheshimiwa Freeman Aikaeli Mbowe na wanafamilia wa marehemu Edwin Mtei, Viongozi, wanachama na wafuasi wa Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA), Ndugu wananchi, waombolezaji, mabibi na mabwana; Nimepokea taarifa za kifo cha Mwenyekiti Mwanzilishi na Mwasisi wa Chama chetu, marehemu Edwin Isaac Mbiliewi Mtei kwa masikitiko makubwa. Katika hili nafikiri sitakosea nikisema kwamba siko peke yangu. Hata hivyo, naombeni mniruhusu niwape pole nyingi watoto, wajukuu, ndugu na wanafamilia wa marehemu Mzee Mtei. Salamu hizi za rambirambi zinawahusu pia viongozi, wanachama na wafuasi wote wa CHADEMA popote walipo katika nchi yetu na nje ya nchi. Aidha, Mzee Mtei alisimama katika mstari wa mbele kabisa katika harakati za ujenzi wa nchi yetu; kwa sababu hiyo, salamu hizi ziwafikie pia wananchi wote wa Tanzania katika ujumla wao. Maandiko Matakatifu yanatufundisha katika Zaburi 90:10, kwamba “miaka ya kuishi ni sabini, au tukiwa wenye afya, themanini…” Mwenyezi Mungu alimbariki marehemu Mzee Mtei kwa kumpa ziada ya miaka ishirini na nne (24) katika gawio lake la kawaida la miaka ya hapa duniani; na alimzidishia miaka kumi na minne katika nyongeza yake ya miaka kumi kwa wenye afya. W.E.B Dubois, kiongozi wa harakati za ukombozi wa Waafrika duniani, aliandika katika kusherehekea miaka tisini ya kuzaliwa kwake kwamba “…kama kuishi hakukupi thamani, busara na maana ya maisha, basi hakuna sababu yoyote ile ya kuishi.” Miaka tisini na nne (94) ya maisha ya marehemu Mzee Mtei yalitupa thamani kubwa, yalijaa busara tele na yalikuwa na maana kubwa. Naomba nikope maneno ya Amiri bin Sudi, au kwa jina lake maarufu ‘Andanenga’, mtenzi na mshairi maarufu wa Kiswahili, pale aliposema: Mzee Mtei …. “alisheheni sifa nyingi sana, njema zisizo idadi, za marefu na mapana, hazipimiki kwa yadi, ilobaki sisi kushindana, dua tumuombe wadudi, ampokee Baba yetu, kwa fukisho la ubani, udi na uvumba.” Ndugu Waombolezaji, Marehemu Mzee Mtei alikuwa mmojawapo wa wajenzi wakuu wa misingi mikuu ya kiuchumi ya nchi yetu, hasa katika miongo miwili ya mwanzo ya Uhuru. Alikuwa mmojawapo wa wasomi mahiri wa kwanza katika fani ya uchumi wa mara baada ya Uhuru. Kwa sababu ya umahiri wake, haikuwa ajabu kwamba pale wakuu wa nchi za Afrika Mashariki walipoamua kuvunja iliyokuwa Bodi ya Sarafu ya Afrika Mashariki, na kila nchi kuanzisha Benki Kuu yake, Edwin Mtei aliteuliwa kuwa Gavana Mteule, hata kabla Benki Kuu yenyewe haijaanzishwa rasmi. Kwa vyovyote vile itakavyokuwa, jina la Edwin Isaac Mbiliewi Mtei litahusishwa milele na Benki Kuu ya Tanzania; jina na saini yake yalikuwa kwenye noti za kwanza kabisa kutolewa na Benki Kuu ya Tanzania kati ya mwaka 1966 na 1974; na kati ya mwaka 1978 na 1981 alipokuwa Waziri wa Fedha wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania. Kwa nafasi yake ya Gavana wa Benki Kuu na baadae Waziri wa Fedha, Mzee Mtei alikuwa mmoja wa washiriki wakuu katika kutunga na kutekeleza sera za kiuchumi za serikali ya Mwalimu Nyerere. Historia halisi ya nchi yetu haiwezi kumtenganisha Mzee Mtei na Azimio la Arusha lililopelekea utaifishaji wa mali za makampuni na mashirika binafsi na kuanzishwa kwa mfumo wa serikali kuhodhi njia zote muhimu za uchumi, yote yakifanywa kwa jina la Ujamaa na Kujitegemea. Na wala historia ya kweli ya nchi yetu haiwezi kumtenganisha Mzee Mtei na kushindwa kwa sera hizo kuanzia miaka ya mwisho ya sabini. Alikuwa ‘jikoni’ wakati sera hizo zinaandaliwa; na alikuwa mmoja wa ‘wapishi’! Heshima yake kuu, na mchango wake kuhusu suala hili ambalo historia ya nchi yetu itauenzi milele ni huu; Mzee Mtei hakunyamaza mara alipogundua kwamba sera za kiuchumi za serikali yake, sera alizoshiriki kuzitunga na kuzisimamia hazitekelezeki tena. Mzee Mtei alimkabili Mwalimu na kumweleza ukweli wake; kwamba sera za kiuchumi za Azimio la Arusha zilikuwa zimeshindikana kutekelezwa; akamshauri Mwalimu kubadili msimamo wake ili kwenda sambamba na mahitaji ya nyakati na hali halisi ya uchumi wa kimataifa. Hili halikuwa jambo jepesi. Mwaka ambao Mzee Mtei aliteuliwa kuwa Waziri wa Fedha, Mwalimu alisema katika mahojiano na BBC kwamba, alikuwa na madaraka, kwa mujibu wa Katiba na Sheria za nchi yetu, ya kuwa Dikteta kama angetaka! Mfumo wa Kikatiba na kiutawala wa aina hii sio tu ulimgeuza Rais kuwa Mungu mtu, bali pia ulitengeneza mazingira mazuri ya ‘uchawa’ miongoni mwa viongozi na watendaji wa serikali na chama pekee cha siasa cha wajati huo, yaani TANU na baadaye CCM. Baadhi yenu mtakumbuka salamu rasmi za kisiasa za miaka hiyo; ‘Zidumu Fikra za Mwenyekiti wa CCM!’ Mzee Mtei alikuwa na ujasiri wa kumweleza Mwalimu, kwa heshima zote, kwamba fikra zake za kiuchumi zilikuwa zimefeli; hazikupaswa kuendelea kudumishwa! Kwa ujasiri huo huo, marehemu Mzee Mtei aliwajibika kwa kujiuzulu nafasi pale Mwalimu alipomkatalia ushauri wake huo. Alikuwa na uadilifu wa kuona kwamba haikuwa sahihi kwake kuendelea kutumikia nchi yetu katika masuala ambayo msimamo wake ulikuwa tofauti na msimamo wa Kiongozi Mkuu wa Serikali yake. Leo hii, kwa jinsi ambavyo ‘uchawa’ kwa Rais umekuwa ni donda ndugu na umekithiri katika ngazi zote za utumishi wa umma na hata katika sekta binafsi, tunaweza kupima kiwango cha juu cha ujasiri wa Mzee Mtei na uzalendo wake kwa nchi yetu. Itoshe tu kusema, kama nyongeza, kwamba yale yote ambayo Mzee Mtei aliyapendekeza kwa Mwalimu na yakakataliwa, yalikubaliwa na kuanza kutekelezwa Miaka miwili tu baada ya Mzee Mtei kulazimika kujiuzulu nafasi yake ya Waziri wa Fedha! Kwa maneno mengine, ukweli wa msimamo wake ulithibitishwa kwa vitendo, licha ya yeye mwenyewe kulazimika kuwa nje ya Serikali. Kwangu mimi, hii ndio thamani na maana kubwa ya maisha marefu ya Mzee Edwin Mtei. Ndugu Waombolezaji, Mzee Edwin Mtei alikuwa mjenzi wa demokrasia ya vyama vingi katika nchi yetu. Na kwenye hili, kama ilivyokuwa hulka yake, aliongoza kwa mfano na kwa vitendo. Alikuwa mmoja wa Waasisi na Mwenyekiti Mwanzilishi wa CHADEMA. Leo hii, CHADEMA ndio chama kikuu cha siasa katika nchi yetu; sio CCM, kwa sababu CCM ni chama-dola, sio chama cha siasa kinachoishi kwa ridhaa na mapenzi ya wananchi na wanachama wake. CHADEMA, chama cha Edwin Isaac Mbiliewi Mtei, kinaishi kwa ridhaa na mapenzi ya mamilioni ya Watanzania kwa sababu Mzee Mtei alitufundisha kuwa utumishi wa kisiasa sio biashara au mahali pa kujipatia fedha au vyeo, bali ni huduma na utumishi kwa wananchi. Kama Mwenyektii Mwanzilishi, Mzee Mtei hakuwahi kupokea mshahara au posho yoyote kutoka kwa Chama. Hakuwahi kupatiwa gari au usafiri wa Chama; na wala hakuwahi kuwa diwani au mbunge wa CHADEMA. Hakuwahi kutumia uongozi wake wa Chama kujinufaisha yeye binafsi au watoto wake au ndugu na marafiki zake. Kwa Edwin Mtei uongozi ulikuwa ni dhamana, sio fursa. Alitumia Muda wake, na mali zake na nguvu zake kukijenga Chama na kuwatumikia wanachama na wananchi wake. Na hii ndio thamani nyingine kubwa na maana muhimu ya maisha marefu ya Mzee Edwin Mtei. Thamani hii na maana hii ya maisha yake imejidhihirisha wazi katika miaka hii kumi ambapo Chama chetu, viongozi wake, wanachama na wafuasi wake tumepitishwa katika bonde la uvuli wa mauti mara kwa mara. Tumeumizwa sana, lakini tumeimarishwa sana pia, kwa sababu ya mfano wa utumishi na kujitolea aliotuwekea Mzee Edwin Mtei. Na kwa mfano huo tutashinda. Ndugu Waombolezaji, Mzee Edwin Mtei ametuachia urithi mwingine wenye thamani na maana kubwa kwa Chama chetu na nchi yetu. Alitumikia Chama chetu kama Mwenyekiti wake kwa kipindi kimoja tu cha miaka mitano. Ilipofika mwaka 1998, akiwa na umri wa miaka sitini na sita (66), Mzee Mtei aliamua kustaafu uongozi wa Chama ili, kwa maneno yake mwenyewe, “kupisha damu changa” kuchukua uongozi wa Chama. Kama angetaka angeweza kuendelea kuongoza Chama kwa kipindi kingine kimoja au hata viwili. Lakini, kwa Edwin Mtei, uongozi wa Chama ulikuwa ni dhamana, sio fursa ya kung’ang’ania madarakani. Na kwa sababu ya mfano wake huo, CHADEMA imekuwa na itaendelea kuwa Chama pekee chenye kubeba matumaini na ndoto za mamilioni ya wananchi wetu ya kujenga nchi yenye kujali haki, uhuru na utu na maendeleo ya kweli ya watu wetu. Ndugu Waombolezaji, Mambo ya kusema juu ya Mzee wetu huyu ni mengi na mazuri, hatutaweza kuyamaliza yote kwa muda mfupi tulionao leo. Naomba nimalizie salamu zangu hizi kwa jambo moja ninaloamini ni muhimu kwa nchi yetu. Jambo hili linatudhihirishia aina ya kiongozi ambaye Edwin Mtei alikuwa, na thamani na maana ya maisha yake marefu. Kwa muda mrefu wa miaka ya uhuru, viongozi wetu wa kisiasa hawakujenga utamaduni wa kuandika na kuchapisha vitabu na maandiko yanayohusu historia za maisha na nyakati zao baada ya kuondoka madarakani. Mwalimu Nyerere na rika lake lote la kwanza la uhuru waliondoka bila kutuachia simulizi za maisha na nyakati zao na changamoto walizokabiliana nazo kutoka kwenye midomo na kalamu zao wenyewe. Hatuna ‘autobiography’ au ‘memoirs’ za Mwalimu au Rashid Mfaume Kawawa, au za kiongozi mwingine wa rika hilo. Kwa sababu ya ombwe hili katika kumbukumbu zetu za pamoja, ufahamu wetu kama viongozi na wananchi kuhusu historia yetu wenyewe na kuhusu matukio muhimu ya historia hiyo ni ndogo na wakati mwingine haupo kabisa. Mzee Edwin Isaac Mbiliewi Mtei alitupatia mfano wa namna ya kuondokana na upofu huu wa kujitakia. Mwaka 2009 akiwa na umri wa miaka sabini na saba (77), Mzee Mtei alichapisha ‘From Goatherd to Governor’ (Kutoka Mchunga Mbuzi Hadi Gavana), historia ya maisha na nyakati zake. Kwa sababu ya ‘autobiography’ hii, tumeweza kufahamu mambo mengi kuhusu nchi yetu ambayo pengine tusingeyafahamu. Tumeweza kufahamu, kwa mfano, jinsi sera za Ujamaa na Kujitegemea zilivyoipeleka nchi yetu kwenye lindi kubwa la matatizo ya kiuchumi. Tumeweza kufahamu angalau jinsi ambavyo kiongozi mmoja mwenye ujasiri na mwadilifu alivyosimama na kumwambia Mwalimu Nyerere ukweli wa hali yetu halisi na jinsi alivyowajibika kwa sababu ya kusimamia ukweli huo. Kwa sababu ya mfano alioonyesha Mzee Mtei, viongozi wetu wengine nao walipata ujasiri wa kuandika na kuchapisha kumbukumbu za maisha yao na nyakati zao. Mwaka 2019, marehemu Rais Benjamin William Mkapa alichapisha ‘My Life, My Purpose’ (Maisha Yangu, Kusudio Langu), ambacho, kwa kiasi kikubwa, ni utetezi wake wa miaka kumi ya urais wake. Kwa kitabu hicho, marehemu Mzee Mkapa naye alituachia maelezo yake binafsi juu ya changamoto alizokumbana nazo katika maisha yake na alivyokabiliana nazo. Pengine kiongozi aliyetupatia kumbukumbu bora zaidi za maisha ya utumishi wa umma na uongozi wa kisiasa ni ‘Mzee Rukhsa’, marehemu Rais Ali Hassan Mwinyi ambaye kitabu chake chenye kichwa hicho kilichapishwa mwaka 2022. Kitabi hicho kina hazina kubwa ya taarifa za matukio mbalimbali ya utawala wa Mwalimu Nyerere nay a utawala wa Rais Mwinyi yeye mwenyewe. Tumshukuru Mzee Mtei kwa kuwa mwasisi wa utamaduni huu mpya wa kisiasa katika nchi yetu. Ndugu Waombolezaji, Sasa naomba kumaliza salamu zangu hizi. Edwin Isaac Mbiliewi Mtei aliishi maisha marefu na yenye thamani, maana na mafundisho mengi kwetu. Hatupaswi kuomboleza kifo chake; tunapaswa kusherehekea maisha yake marefu. Hatumdai chochote; alikwisha lipa madeni yake yote kwetu na kwa nchi yake na riba juu. Alivipiga vita vilivyo vizuri; aliilinda Imani yake, na sasa mwendo wake ameumaliza. Basi tumshukuru Mwenyezi Mungu kwa maisha mema na marefu, kwa malezi bora aliyotupatia, kwa utumishi uliotukuka na adilifu wa Edwin Isaac Mbiliewi Mtei. Na sisi sote ambao maisha yetu yaliguswa na kufadhiliwa na baba yetu huyu, tuungane katika dua hii: “Ewe Mwenyezi Mungu, muumba wa mbingu na nchi, mapenzi yako yametimia, uyasamehe makosa ya baba yetu huyu, umwangazie nuru ya uso wako, uiweke roho yake mahali pema peponi. Amina.” Nawashukuru kwa uvumilivu wenu na Mwenyezi Mungu awape nguvu na faraja katika kipindi hiki kigumu. Tundu Antiphas Lissu Gereza Kuu la Ukonga - Dar es Salaam January 2026