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Comment on Uchambuzi: Fid Q – Propaganda (I) by @rams

@rams — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:15:27 +0000

I’ll get the most qeution when clear 2 explean dat!

Comment on Sgolbew Leaks: Information flow and secrecy by ak

ak — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:49:50 +0000

Triniti, Nur’s granddaughter, quit her job today here: http://vijana.fm/2012/02/04/beyond-the-global-eye/

Comment on Vazi la Taifa kwa kamati, imla iso tamati by Merinyo (mjumbe wa kamati)

Merinyo (mjumbe wa kamati) — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:12:39 +0000

Asante Kaguta kwa mchango wako murua sana!
Ili kuepusha mgongano wa utamaduni na ustaafrika wetu, basi nadhani ni busara nimalizie kwa kusema tu kwamba sisi kama kamati tuliteuliwa kwa suala la vazi la taifa, si umeme (una wizara na waziri wake, akitaka anaweza pia kuteua kamati!), wala maji, wala ufisadi, wala kilimo nk nk.
Sasa sisi tuko kwenye masuala ya mavazi kama wadau tu, serikali imetuteua kuweza kuchukua maoni YENU na kuyafikisha kwake. Hayo mengine tuibane serikali kwa mahali na nafasi yake. Mie binafsi nina masuala kadhaa ambayo pia huwa natafuta mahali na nafasi yake kuibana serikali, na si kawaida yangu kuchanganya mambo na kuchomeka pasipostahili.
Lakini pia nitajitahidi nisichanganye hasira na matusi au lugha isiyokubalika katika ustaafrika wangu.
Asante, na kila la heri katika harakati hizi za kuiweka jamii yetu sawa (Inshaalah pale itakapowezekana!!)

Comment on Vazi la Taifa kwa kamati, imla iso tamati by Kaguta

Kaguta — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:30:50 +0000

Merinyo ukianza ku-lecture ustaarabu ni nini utaanza kuchemsha. Watu wataanza kuchukua etimology ya “utsaarabu” na kukuta root ni “arab” na kusema dhana nzima ni ya kigeni, kwa mtu aliye katika kamati ya kutafuta vazi la taifa kutokujua kwamba ustaarabu wako ni ushenzi kwa mwingine kunaleta maswali mengi sana.

Kati ya anayetukana ushenzi na anayekataa kutukana ushenzi kwa sababu kutukana si “ustaarabu” nani mstaarabu?

Mimi naona anayetukana ushenzi mstaarabu. Tatizo si kutukana, tatizo unatukana nini na wapi. Na yeyote anatetukana kamati hii kwa hasira mimi nampa maksi za uanamapinduzi na utaifa kwa sababu hataki habari za ukoloni mamboleo za wachache kuwaamulia wengi. Anachomelea mbali habari za ustaarabu wa kijinga uliopelekea leo miaka 50 baada ya uhuru bado tuko ombaomba sawa na nchi zenye vita wakati nchi yetu si tu ina amani, bali ia na maziwa (ya kijiografia na ya wanyama) na asali.

Natumaini hizo ziara zenu za “Town Hall meeting” style ziataweza ku accommodate out of scope issues, kwa maana huko mnakoenda watu hawana maji na umeme, sasa mtu ambaye hana maji na umeme uklianza kumuuliza msawali ya vazi gani la taifa anataka kuvaa wakati hata hana uhakika wa kulifua na kulipiga pasi kileo, naona kama mtakuwa mnacheza Makida Makida na kutafuta kutupiwa mawe na wananchi wenye hasira ambayo haijatulizwa na ulimbwende wa elimu ndogo kama sie wengine tunaoweza kuwa entertain humu mitandaoni.

Wewe mwenyewe ushahalalisha hasira ya wananchi katika response yako ya kwanza kwamba kwa kusema “nio halali kabisa”. Vipi sasa unataka kuleta censorship on self censors?

Comment on Vazi la Taifa kwa kamati, imla iso tamati by Merinyo (mjumbe wa kamati)

Merinyo (mjumbe wa kamati) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:00:24 +0000

Nimerudi tena uwandani jamani, nilisafiri kijijini kidogo!
Nashukuru kuwa wenzangu mmeendelea kutoa maoni yenu. Nimeona pia wengine wameanza kutukana!!! (mfano: kama huna hasira i question your patriotism whatever the f*** you are wearing.) A patriot has to be angry???? Kwa hiyo kuweza kutamka f*** ni uzalendo?? Ajabu!!!!! Mimi hushiriki nyanja zenye ustaarabu ambazo hata waratibu wake wanapenda na kuheshimu ustaarabu. Kwani hata hili suala la vazi la taifa ni suala tu la kusailiana na kukubaliana au kutofautiana kistaarabu katika masuala ya kitaifa au ya utaifa. Na kama tukitumia ustaarabu katika kuulizana na kuelezana, naamini tutafika pahali tuelewane hata kama si kukubaliana. Suala hili linategemea sana mawazo na maoni ya kila mmoja wetu, ndio maana nilitoa ile anuani-pepe ya maoni info@vazilataifa.com na toll-free number kwa ajili ya sms 15046 ili maoni ya yeyote yawe rasmi. Lakini si maoni yenye matukano, yawe ya kistaarabu na yenye kujenga kwa maana ya kutoa hoja, maelezo yenye lumbi, mantiki na ushawishi wa hoja.
Naamini nimejitahidi kutoa maoni yangu, hata kama hayakuwa ya maana sana lakini huenda yamesaidia kuweka urari kwa kiasi fulani. Kwaherini kwa sasa!!!
Kuanzia wiki ijayo tutakuwa tunapata maoni ya wananchi kwenye kanda mbalimbali nchini (Kaskazini – Arusha, Kanda ya Ziwa – Mwanza, Kati – Dodoma, Nyanda za juu Kusini – Mbeya na Mashariki na Pwani – Mtwara) kwa mtindo kama town hall meetings. Tutaendelea kuangalia maoni ya wanamitandao na kuyazingatia; lakini nivema yawe rasmi kwa njia niliyoeleza.

Comment on Scheduling in the Sublime by Future Memory

Future Memory — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:37:47 +0000

@AM: I second Einstein. There seem to be no new ideas, just updated versions of previously-known knowledge. Also, doing “things” can be strangely religious; perhaps de Botton’s dichotomies are too polar.

@Hyperkei: Either that, or what you do is your religion How do we know when we are doing something for our souls? It’s rarely a to-do list item written that way. Often it might be “drop daughter # 1 to school” or “fix puncture”, either of which could lead to other events which could change the world for the better. This, it can be argued, could be doing work for the collective soul.

Comment on This Revolution Will Not Be Televised, Written or Spoken About by Natasha

Natasha — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:32:02 +0000

Additionally, one might interrogate notions of nationalism at independence in attempting to understand the revolution. The constructs of nationalism vis-a-vis race “on” the continent in contrast/ interaction with the oceanic world, so to speak. These changing perceptions of nationalism relating the land with the “ocean” politics has been greatly determined by its global interactions at different historical moments. So perhaps a fundamental factor to consider in understanding the revolution would be the political context in which the revolution occured, at the same time immersing the discourse in a much longer history of the understanding of nationalism. The terms used to describe the revolution which you have put in debate in this article, lend themselves partly to the same western liberal framework in understanding the state and “national identity”.

Comment on Kilimo Kwanza 101 by Sylvanus Ngaanaruwa

Sylvanus Ngaanaruwa — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:25:59 +0000

Iam local farmer at Mikese Morogoro. How can i get intellectual or physical materials help, in the way of meeting kilimo kwanza target?

Comment on This Revolution Will Not Be Televised, Written or Spoken About by Ahmed

Ahmed — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:31:16 +0000

Maj, thank you for your comments and critiques. Indeed, I have to admit that attempting to explain or even capture the complicated history revolving around the Zanzibar Revolution in a blog post is not an easy task. The causes of the revolution is something the literature did not get too involved with which is a testament to the limited purview of the literature perhaps, there is so much in the history such as the plantations and the dynamics associated with that.

I also wanted to draw light to the fact that a lot of the writings do not answer the major questions once would want to know regarding certain historical events. It also brings up the question of who writes history? Victors usually write history while victims are left in the darkened cloud of ambiguity. If all these writings are just historical revisionism then we again are left with more questions and untruths correct?

From the top of my head I cannot find a revolution that left everyone happy, by definition a revolution brings about rapid change and people are always adverse to change, and if it is accelerated then you will definitely have people unhappy. I’m not sure African Americans were too happy with the American Revolution, unless you argue that it led to the civil war which led to the Emancipation Proclamation…though the civil war was not really meant to free the slaves.

Comment on This Revolution Will Not Be Televised, Written or Spoken About by Maj

Maj — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:38:39 +0000

Ahmed,

This is not a bad attempt at trying to document the revolution in an objective manner by looking at the literature. However, any such attempt will fail in trying to look at the whole revolution happening unless you also look at the causes for the revolution (see for example literature on the American/French revolutions etc).

If you look at the basis for the revolution then one would be better informed to judge,or make a attempt to do so, whether what took place constituted a revolution or not. Apart from this i’d argue a lot of these recent writings are just attempts at historical revisitionism of January 11 1964.

Finally, I’d challenge you to look back on history and find one revolution that left everyone happy…by definition a revolution will always dissapoint the main players as its outcomes are never truly known until it becomes just that:”a revolution” I’d argue that of all the revolutions in recent memory, the American revolution came close to the latter but then again, the country went on to fight itself in a major “civil” war.

Tupo pamoja.