PARTISANS’ SONG (Anonymous) Leave your spade Your hammer and your pen, companion In the forest heart rise up With your spear, your knife and your gun. Forward in our fight With weapons and with courage hurry. All your people have risen up They have but one road freedom There is no prison, no torture and no death Which makes us fear Our people…
Author: Msomi Bora
JUDGMENT OF THE BLACK MAN By Kaoberdiano Dambara The white man looked him in the face My black brother did not stir The white man shouted, roared, beat and kicked him My black brother did not tremble In his eyes there kindled the flames of rage, of dried tears, of force. My black brother did not stir, did not answer, did not tremble In his steady eyes there kindled the flames of a force which only The black man knows INTRODUCTION Dambara was born in 1939 in the Cape Verde Islands. He was writing mainly in…
I LOVE HAPPY ENDING TOO Manga J. Kingazi Mmbagha I like poems with happy endings best Because I want to be happy and gay But it’s true that night cannot become day. And if we alter truth for lies, it is unjust. It is sad all the same, but I like happy endings best. I hate poems with tragic endings the more But is it bad to tell when it is painful When I can’t stand any more this cruelty And the heat that is melting my soul And the shadows that hide the truth, That fought me and kill…
SOLVED HISTORY – NECTA EXAMS From 1985 Enjoy the following Solving: Solved Exams and History Maps Click the links below, to view Solved Exams and Maps: SOLVED EXAMS HISTORY MAPS
STUDY NOTES FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLSWe have:English Medium and Swahili MediumTo read the Notes, click the links below:ENGLISH MEDIUMSWAHILI MEDIUMPRIMARY EDUCATION IN DEVELOPMENTPrimary education is the foremost and basic right of every child. To ensure the accessibility to all children is not only the duty of government but also of parents. The main objective of the primary education is to bring awareness among the children, opens avenues of opportunities along with self-development and reduces inter-generational poverty. It is the first step in the making of welfare and society. Primary education is an out-and-out pre-requisite for continuous development. In order to compete…
Best Histories for Primary, Secondary and College Students Powerful People and Big Events in History We have prepared more than 120 Histories with videos talking about powerful people and big events which occurred in Tanzania, Africa, America, Europe and other parts of the World. The Histories have been categorized into two groups: (i) People (ii) Events PEOPLE A) TANZANIA TIPPU TIP CHIEF MIRAMBO ABUSHIRI and Germans MKWAWA and Germans ISIKE and Germans KINJEKETILE NGWALE JULIUS NYERERE ABEID KARUME RASHIDI KAWAWA OSCAR KAMBONA ABOUD JUMBE EDWARD SOKOINE B) AFRICA IN GENERAL MANSA MUSA – Mali SHAKA ZULU – South Africa NELSON…
HISTORY OF JOHN MAGUFULIJohn Pombe Magufuli is a Tanzanian politician and the fifth President of Tanzania, in office since 2015. He was the chairman of the Southern African Development Community from 2019-2020.Early Life and EducationJohn Pombe Joseph Magufuli was born on October 29, 1959 and raised in Chato, a village in Kagera region [now in Geita region]. He was born into the family of Christian-observant Mzee Joseph Magufuli and his wife Mama Suzana Magufuli. His late father Joseph engaged in mixed faming, and Magufuli grew up in typical village life, taking part in agricultural activities, especially raising his father’s…
HISTORY OF TUNDU LISSUTundu Antiphas Mughwai Lissu is a Tanzanian lawyer, CHADEMA politician and Member of Parliament for Singida East constituency 2010-2019. He is also the former President of Tanganyika Law Society (TLS), the bar association of Tanzania mainland, and Chief Legal Officer for Tanzanian opposition party CHADEMA. Lissu was born on 20 January 1968 in Ikungi district, Singida, Tanzania. He attended Ilboru Secondary School in 1983.Tundu Lissu In Tanzania National Service (JKT), 1980’S Lissu began his career in public interest advocacy. He worked with the Lawyers Environmental Action Team (LEAT) and the World Resources Institute as a lawyer and worked on various land rights issues…
Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) is the ruling party in Tanzania and the longest reigning party in Africa. It was created on 5th February 1977 under the able leadership of Julius Nyerere. During this period, there was a revolution which saw the merger of Afro-Shirazi Party (ASP) and Tanzania African National Union (TANU) to form CCM or “Party of The Revolution” in English. These two antecedent parties had a strong foundation in anticolonial nationalist movement. With time, CCM was able to attain the objective of the movement, thereby enforcing the legitimacy of the party. It promised security and equality among the members. Nyerere believed that multiparty was divisive in…
VIDEOS (HISTORY) OF PRESIDENT BENJAMIN MKAPA Benjamin William Mkapa (12 November 1938 – 24 July 2020) was a Tanzanian politician who served as the third President of Tanzania. He was in office for one decade from 1995 to 2005. He was also Chairman of the Revolutionary State Political Party (Chama Cha Mapinduzi, CCM). Mkapa was born in Ndanda, near Masasi in southern Tanganyika. EDUCATION Between 1945 and 1951 he attended primary school at Lupaso and Ndanda Schools where he attained a Standard Eight Cerificate. He was at Kigonsera Seminary between 1952 and 1953, before moving to Ndanda Secondary School for…