'Njoo!' (come!) says the driver's assistant on the Saratogo bus departing Mwanga in Kigoma towards the 1200+ km drive to Dar es Salaam. From one end of the country to the other.
Peace is possible (maybe)
'Peace if is possible. Truth it all coast'. Translating proverbs from Swahili into English sometimes takes long detours. Living on a coast, though, where political disagreement are rife, this carries layers of meaning. From Hurumzi in Stone Town in Zanzibar.
Walk on the wild side in Unguja
Performer during the parade openening the Sauti za Busara, the music festival in Unguja in Zanzibar in Tanzania.
PhD Fellow, MA in African Studies, former journalist and development worker. Heart tilted towards the Balkans & East Africa: Refugees, Peripheries, Imaginaries & Humanitarianism
ARTICLE: Spoken word in East Africa
Article published in Magasinet Udvikling:
'Writing poetry gives power to change things' says Tanzanian Esther-Karin Mngodo, when she explains why the phenomenon spoken word is so popular right now in East Africa'.