Queen of Katwe and the Danger of the Single Story
On a recent bumpy flight from Entebbe to New York City, I finally had the privilege of watching Mira Nair‘s Queen…
Magufuli and Social Media- Is Jamii Forums Africa’s WikiLeaks?
Academics need to take note of ordinary Tanzanians leveraging social media for change.
161 Years
It has been reported in local and international news agencies that Tanzanian Members of Parliament have legislated a $98,000 payout…
Goldilocks and Ozymandias
The argument against setting prices is a symmetric one. Whether EWURA is lowering them or SUMATRA is hiking them is irrelevant. Both are wrong moves.
Hili Shamba la Babu
Miongo mitano, uongo mtamu!
Lucky Number 13
I am hopeful as this New Year trudges on. I am not always a fan of nationalistic sentiment, as it often results in dangerous rhetoric, however, I cannot help but be nationalistic this year. Let us work hard to continue to build our economy.
Dar es Salaam ni Sisi
Wakazi wa Mburahati wanakwambia “Dar ni Sisi”.
A perspective on economic development
Economic development should be evaluated according to the level of basic services the poorest citizen enjoys.
Growing up in Dar
A short video about young people growing up in a slum area.
Babu Sikare’s story
Let’s speak out, discuss and help Babu to provide a better future for albinos in Tanzania.
Aid agencies in Africa
Applaud achievers but keep wanna-be’s in check!
A bottom-up approach
The creation of a developed Tanzanian nation must resonate with addressing the needs of its citizens whose economic activities contribute the largest in her GDP.
Watoto wa Mererani
(w. English subtitles) Tuliosikia tu yanayoendelea Mererani, tunajua hali halisi ilivyokuwa?
Nini dhambi
Hivi, mbona huu wimbo haupewi heshima inayostahili?
Killer number 1
Malaria claims three million lives every year worldwide, most of them in the countries south of the Sahara. In Ethiopia, malaria can wipe out the lives of hundreds of thousands of villagers in a single epidemic.
Tukemee ufedhuli!
“Niguse bahati mbaya; nikuumize makusudi,” Imam Abbas kwenye wimbo wake ‘Bila Sanaa.’ Wanadamu wenzangu, mbona utu umetukimbia?
Kibera – Slum survivors
(w. English subtitles) Sijui ukiona au kusikia mambo kama yaliyopo kwenye hii filamu unajisiakiaje? Unazima tarakilishi na kwenda kulala? Huguswi? Hujisikii kufanya lolote lile kuwasaidia watu kama hawa?
Lower IQs found in disease-rife countries
Please read the following article and leave your comment(s); let’s try to be as objective as possible. I would like to hear views from doctors, biologists, neurosurgeons/neuroscientists, cognitive psychologists and, lastly but not least, people who have taken more than one statistics course.
Education innovation in the slums
The world’s poorest kids are finding transformative new ways to learn.
Scientific research and society – a lecture by Kofi Annan
Lecture by Mr. Kofi Annan, the former UN-SG and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
Darwin’s Nightmare
A 2004 documentary film written and directed by Hubert Sauper.
Uvumbuzi mahsusi kwa walemavu
Amos Winter, mwanafunzi wa shahada ya uzamivu pale MIT, Marekani yuko njiani kuwekeza matokeo ya elimu yake katika kusaidia walemavu wa nchi maskini.
Tuzo za waandishi wa habari Afrika
Mwandishi wa habari kutoka Afrika Kusini, Sam Rogers , (Mtengenezaji wa Filamu za Factuals — kitengo cha Uhalifu na Uchunguzi)…
Watanzania na ujio wa Brazil
Je Tenga na TFF wana hoja ya msingi?
Tovuti ya Wahapahapa Na Sanaa..
Leo hii sanaa bado haijapewa heshima na kipaumbele kama inavyotakiwa, pamoja na sanaa kuwa kioo cha jamii. Tovuti na blog…
Tanzania ni Nchi ya Wapole
Mzazi: We Sikuzani, embu acha hiyo! Mtoto: Kwanini!? Mzazi: Kwasababu nimesema! Haya ndio yaweza kuwa majibizano mafupi katika familia nyingi…