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LETTER FROM A FRIEND: Tanzania And The Fine Art Of Picking A Dance Partner

IT IS TIME again for Letter From A Friend. Good Mr EM read the article in The East African “Why Dar Is Hot, And The Rest Of Us Are Not” (http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/comment/Why-Dar-is-hot–and-the-rest-of-us-are-not-/-/434750/1875642/-/jc2xrtz/-/index.html), and was particularly tickled by the reference to Tanzania “right now is that girl on the dance floor that every boy wants to dance with.” […]

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ANC Celebrates 100 Years…And The Tyranny Of ‘Acknowledgement Politics’ In South Africa (A Nation Still Uncomfortable In Its African Skin)

JAN. 8, 212: Tens of thousands of South Africans today attended a rally in Bloemfontein to mark the 100th anniversary of the country’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC). Unfortunately, the iconic and charismatic 93-year-old Nelson Mandela didn’t attend the rally because of poor health. The gods love Mandela. Unlike the Biblical Moses, they […]

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