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Monthly Newsletter
June, 2016

TUJUMUIKE UK
Editors Note by Sabrina Anver Karim

Special Interest
Articles:

stand, divided we fall?

Our strength lies in our
unity and our weakness
lies in our inability to
resolve our differences.

Editors note
Dual citizenship:
What life would
be like if you let
me in

Tanzania proudly
presented at
London
International
anti-corruption
summit

Individual
Highlights:
The constitutions
paradigm of public
choice
2
Modern slavery garden
3

Whenever I see events

hosted by other diaspora
communities, I always
wonder what it is that we
as a Tanzanian diaspora
lack. I have recently come
to realise that we lack
unity- a quality so
fundamental for
communities. After all,
isnt there that famous
saying how united we

One of the founding aims

of this newsletter is to
bring readers all ages and
all interest to come
together and exchange
views. This months issue
includes a variety of
voices from the UK
diaspora community
including a heartwarming
article on dual citizenship,
mouth-watering recipe of
the month, and a thought
provoking JIPU article of

the month.
I would like to take this
opportunity to welcome Dr
Asha Rose to UK as our
High commissioner; I would
also like to congratulate
Juliet Sargeant on her gold
medal at the Chelsea Flower
show and last but not least
would like to wish luck to
both our Tanzanian and
Zanzibari teams in the
ongoing African Cup of
Nations UK.
I hope you enjoy this
months article as much as
we have enjoyed putting it
together. Happy Reading!

Tanzanian Women Bid Farewell to Mrs Joyce Kallaghe

The African cup of

nations UK
5
Homosexuality: The
assassination of the
Africannes?
6

th

27 May 2016 was not an easy

day for some Tanzanians living in
the UK. It was a day when
Tanzanian ladies bade farewell to
Mrs Joyce Kallaghe, the wife of
H.E. The High Commissioner to
the UK, Peter Kallaghe.
With tears, some were able to

express how they have

enjoyed working with her
and highly appreciated to
have such wonderful
opportunity. She was our
model, our mentor, and
our inspiration, they
remarked.

provided them with

much support, and
through her
encouragement and
guidance they have
been able to excel in a
number of projects
together.

The chairperson of
Tanzania Womens
Association (TAWA), Ms
Mariam Kilumanga, who is
also the chairperson of the
TZUK Diaspora
Taskforce, said that during
the years they have been
together with Mrs
Kallaghe, she has

As Ms Kilumanga put it,

We have shared a
unique camaraderie
which we hope will
continue in the years to
come. We will miss her
a lot and as TAWA, we
wish her every success
in all her future
endeavours.

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The Constitutions Paradigm of Public Choice by Cleopa John

In the previous article, I briefly

The economic rationality of

the model assisted on

ascertaining the
disengagement with the
Association of many well-todo and professional
Tanzanians in the UK.

reflected on the three

parameters of good
Governance, namely,
transparency, participation, and
accountability. Transparency is
the foundation of good
Governance. No participation
can take place, and no
accountability can be trusted if
transparency is not in place or is
simply a political talk.
Transparency provides the
people with clear opportunities to
share their views, and give
feedback. Leadership is for the
people and thus, peoples voice
on various matters of their
concern is pivotal for good
Governance to be possible.
It is for these reasons that
TZUK-DTF had to make sure
principle stakeholders of the
Tanzanian community are
engaged for a more relevant and
fit-for-purpose constitution.
The deployment of public choice

model on constitutional
formation was crucial.
Here, different interested
groups had to be identified
and engaged. These were
the Tanzanians in the UK,
previous leaders of the
then Tanzanian
Association (TA), old TA
constitution, and some
enterprising Tanzanians in
the UK.
Preferences and
expectations had to be
articulated and analysed
which derived socioeconomic interests as
critical for effective
Association.
The economic rationality
of public choice assisted
on ascertaining the
disengagement with the
Association of many wellto-do and professional
Tanzanians in the UK.
Together with the strength
of the models social

welfare function, it was

possible to define
potential predictability
ratio for preferences
among the people,
which facilitated
realisation of some
common perceptions
among the viewers that
assisted on formulating
membership rights and
benefits, code of ethics,
and redesigning of the
Association structure
through the
constitution.
As tough as it is to
review the constitution,
we hope having the
right tools like the
public choice model,
have been of much
support to us in coming
up with a constitution
that we believe would
address many issues
that Tanzanians in the
UK have been facing
as an Association..

Dual Citizenship: What Life Would Be Like If You Let Me

In. By Brian M Ngelangela

Rejection is terrible, no

Since I left, I have worked

so hard to ensure that when
I come I bring you very
precious gifts!

matter who is rejecting

who. When rejection
comes from a parent it is a
doubly bitter pill. In my
case, I am rejected
because I could not stand
and watch my mother
struggling to feed and
raise us. I told myself there
could be a better way to
this. So, I set off along with
some of my other siblings.
I was lucky enough to
secure a new settlement. I
had to be adopted.
However, through hard

work and much sweat this

adoption enabled me to pave the
way and breakthrough. All along
though, my mind was with my
mother and my siblings I left
behind. I had to do something for
them.
To my disbelief, I was dismayed
when my mother refused to
recognise me as her child. While
stunned I shouted, Mother!!
Mother!! You are my only
motherland!!! Tanzania, please,
you cant reject me!
Since I left, I have worked so hard
to ensure that when I come I bring

you very precious gifts!

The ones I used to send
can never be compared to
the ones I come with now.
The knowledge, skills,
experience, exposure, and
Oops! the most
important resource-time,
are the treasures my
motherland cannot afford
to miss!
My motherland, Tanzania,
please, let me in, just
accept me for dual
citizenship, please! My
values to you are
immeasurable!

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June 2016

Modern Slavery Garden

The Royal Horticultural

Societys Chelsea Flower
Show, which has been
held in Chelsea since
1912, has always attracted
large crowds of gardening
enthusiast. Visitors are
made up of people from all
over the world, and even
include famous faces such
as Queen Elisabeth II and
Dame Judi Dench.
While the various displays
and exhibitions at this
years flower show have
generated a lot of
attention, one particular
exhibition has gotten some
of us particularly excited.
That would be the Modern

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by Waseem Meghjee

Slavery Garden, designed

and put together by
Tanzanian born Juliet
Sargeant. Not only is it
exciting witnessing a
Tanzanian excel in their
field, but Sargeants
garden marks the first time
a black designer was
featured in the Chelsea
Flower Shows 103 years
of existence.
With the horticultural
scene being traditionally
seen as white middleclass, Sargeant hopes that
this could be a step
towards including more
diversity in the Royal
Horticultural Society. As
she states, she believes it

is not a matter of people being

interested in it, but that a lot of
people do not culturally feel
part of the horticultural scene.
It requires a certain amount of
confidence, contacts and
sponsors to be on a show at
the largest British horticultural
event!
In regards to her attention
generating display, Sargeant
explains that the garden
behind the colourful front
doors is black; representing
captivity and the idea that
modern slavery is hidden
behind closed doors. There
are also two open oak doors,
representing the path to
freedom.

Sargeants garden not

only paves the way for
diversity in an ever so
traditionally white sector,
but also speaks out on
social justice and
contemporary issuesnow thats my type of
garden.

Do You Believe in Dieting? By Stephen Buraganya

The world we live in
today is very conscious on
the subject of dieting. We
are surrounded by a lot of
fast foods and unhealthy
choices which means we
have to take wise
personal responsibility to
what we choose to eat.
Here is an important
matter for us to ponder; it
has been established that
we become what we think
about most of the time.
The big question is- what
do you think about most of
the time?
Since we are what we eat
and we are what we think,
then it matters to check
out what we feed our

minds, The Mind Dieting,

Emmet Fox said; it is the
food that you furnish to
your mind that determines
your whole life character.
This means to change
your life you have to
change your thinking and
your thinking will never
change until you change
what goes into your mind.
Do you have any thing
that you want to change
and get different results?
Habits, behaviour,
financial state, job, etc; if
so then it has to start with
your mental faculty.
I challenge you to stand
guard at the door of your
mind to see what goes in

because your mind is like a

fertile garden and whatever
seed you plant in there it will
germinate to give you
corresponding results.
Managing our minds simply
means managing our whole
life. Sadly, many dont mind
what goes in their mind. If
you care for your physical
body and feed it with all
those organic food, then
why not feed your mind with
all those good information,
affirmations, positive
thinking, etc.
For more Please Visit
www.stephenburaganya.wix
OR www.lifetimesuccess.wix

to change your life you

have to change your thinking
and your thinking will never
change until you change
what goes into your mind.

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TANZANIA PROUDLY REPRESENTED AT LONDON INTERNATIONAL ANTI

CORRUPTION SUMMIT by Freddy Macha

When he strolled into

the scene last year,
President John Magufuli
promised chopping off
unnecessary foreign visits
to save our peoples hardearned Shillings.

London based award winning writer

and musician, Freddy Macha, is a
well-known columnist and contributor
to various international publications
and blogs. He is also affiliated to the
online Africans in London TV.
More info: www.freddymacha.com/.

So it was a rare event

seeing his honourable
people under Prime
Minister, Kassim Majaliwa
attend the London
international anticorruption conference at
Lancaster House, West
th
London on May 12 . Since
1983, such summits are
held every two years to
keep houses clean and
ethical.
Lancaster House became
popular (to us Africans)
during heated verbal duels
between English and
Zimbabwe politicians prior
to the independence of
Zimbabwe in April 1980.
Now, under anchor, British
PM, David Cameron,

Tanzania joined 40 other

nations to discuss global
security, money
laundering, human
trafficking and political
dishonesty (infamously
called Fisadis in Swahili).
In Majaliwas team was
Chief Justice, Chande
Othman and Foreign
Minister, Augustine
Mahiga who likened
corruption to a gigantic
octopus with lots of heads
and tails.

sternly advised Diaspora unity.

Answering question re- civil
liberties discussed at the
Lancaster summit, Foreign
Minister Mahiga reiterated
global international security
threat. Tanzania is part of the
southern corridor and thus
significant. Citing the threat of
Al Shabaab and IS terrorists,
Mr Mahiga said these gangs
are very advanced and versed
in cyber warfare more than
African nations, hence the
need to catch up.

A report by the London

Independent newspaper
claimed $3 trillion dollars
are lost annually to
corruption leeches,
worldwide. Later the trio
addressed fifty-plus
Tanzanians at the London
High Commission. There
were more people than
seats.

Hosted by the composed

Deputy High Commissioner,
Mr Msafiri Marwa, and
introduced by the articulate,
Minister Plenipotentiary, Mr
Amos Msanjila, the meeting
did not end with the usual
drinks and joyous buffet. Not
even water was offered. These
are indeed, Hapa Kazi Tu
times.

For over three grueling

hours, PM Majaliwa
answered questions,
battled ideas, clarified and

The Tanzania UK Diaspora

Task Force members were
present in full swing

Being a Tanzanian in a Post Brexit UK- By Mumtaz Meghjee

In the wake of the UKs
I hope in the midst of all
the uncertainty, all the
chaos and all the fears
around us, we can but all
remember that there is
more that unites us than
divides us...

historic decision to leave

the European Union, Ive
been reflecting on what it
means to be a migrant in
a country in which
Xenophobia is on the rise.
It is hard to disagree that
an irrational fear of
immigration played a big
role in the leave
campaign.
A quick look through
#PostRefRacism is
enough to realise that all
minority ethnic groups are

impacted by the
xenophobia that was
perpetuated by the leave
campaign in the UK. I
sincerely hope that none
of our fellow Tanzanians
are worried about
speaking in Swahili in
public for example, in fear
of being told to go back
home like so many of the
people who shared their
experiences via
#PostRefRacism.
Ultimately, it is hard to feel
like we can go on as

normal when so much has

changed. The UK has not
just lost its credit rating; it
has put its reputation on the
line as a cultural melting
point in which everyone can
feel welcome.
I hope in the midst of all the
uncertainty, all the chaos
and all the fears around us,
we can but all remember
that there is more that unites
us than divides us and that
we can make each other
feel safe, appreciated, and
cared for.

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JIPU: Homosexuality, the assassination of Africanness? By Jusnah Gad

By Jusnah Gad
expose that Africas resistance
against LGBT rights as a
struggle against western
imperialism is a modern day
fallacy and vehement denial of
African history.

The ongoing global debate

on homosexuality currently
appears to have a magnified
focus on Africa, with a
startling 38 countries
proscribing homosexuality. In
recent history we have seen
countries such as Uganda
and Nigeria pass new laws
extending the prohibition of
homosexual practices.
A continent suffocated by
governments endorsing
homophobia, that are
desperate to cling on to their
sovereignty as they are
confronted by mounting
western pressure to undo
this indifference, an
indifference that threatens a
global agenda for a
uniformed aspiration of
Human Rights.
African leaders have
defended the denunciation of
homosexuality for a long
time, insisting that such
practices are un-African
and are a Whitemans
issue! Surprisingly, even my
African friends (western
raised or living), many of
whom to put it quite frankly
are homophobic, I sense an
undertone echoing these
stigmas.
But I know I am not alone in
wanting to challenge this
mantra of homosexuality as
an assassination of
Africaness, as a depletion
of core African values and
culture. I feel an urge to

Africa and homosexuality

long lost friends?
Extensive studies by
anthropologists reveal an untold
history of same-sex and
transsexual practices in Africa.
For example, as we go to the
South of the continent, ancient
paintings of the San people of
Zimbabwe depict men engaging
in same sex or the
Soregus practices of same-sex
masturbation by the
Khoikhoi people in South Africa.
As we go up to central Africa,
the Azande men of Northern
Congo married younger boys
who functioned as wives
routinely engaging in sex.
To the East of the continent,
the Langi people of Northern
Uganda effeminate men were
married by men as they were
regarded women. There was
also King Mwanga, the openly
gay ruler of the Buganda
Kingdom. To the North of the
continent, we find the Egyptian
royal servants, who were
amongst the first ever
documented same-sex lovers.
Finally, in West Africa, we come
across the Calabar women of
Nigeria who were recognised
lesbians and bisexuals or the
ancient Yoruba God of thunder
Sango, who dressed like a
woman.
These are just some of the
excerpts of African history
replete with diverse sexual
behaviours, varying from culture
to culture with openness as to fit
the needs and desires of
individual groups. So, is
homosexuality alien to Africa? I
beg to differ.
It is not until our colonisers
arrived that intolerance ensued

and norms disturbed. It is

Western Colonisation that
imposed sodomy laws and
introduced sexual binaries that
demonised any homosexual
behaviours. Therefore if it is
anything that is alien to Africa, it
is not homosexuality, but the
legal statutes that prohibit it
which are a direct result of
colonialism.
Before you even go there
Please spare me, the purpose of
this article is not to promote
homosexuality (there is no such
thing, homosexuality is not a
choice), neither is the intention to
put the west on a LGBT
pedestal, because even them
have a long way to go. The
purpose here is for me as a
PROUD African to start a
dialogue and to overthrow the
propaganda, to dispel the myths
and to relate that homosexuality
is as African as the tides of lake
Victoria, as African as the curves
and bends of the fish river
canyon, as African as the
thundering drops of the Victoria
Falls, as African as the Valley of
the Kings, as African as the
wildlife of the Serengeti, as
African as the peaking top of
Mount Kilimanjaro and as African
as the Human race.
My message: Each time I hear
news of yet another rape,
another murder, another attack
provoked simply by somebodys
sexual orientation I feel deflated.
The LGBT community has a right
to exist with dignity and peace, a
right to be free of persecution
and violence simply because
they are human. Although we
have a huge mountain to climb,
lets continue to stand together
and work together to unlearn
homophobia, hatred and
intolerance. With Ubuntu
anything is possible!

Researcher Jusnah Gadi

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topic? Please send in your
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Taste of Tanzania: Making Maandazi By Mumtaz Meghjee

white flour
200 ml of warm fresh milk
120 grams of caster
sugar

cup vegetable oil

1 tablespoon yeast
(instant)

1 medium egg

tsp cardamom powder

Method:
1
Mix all the dry ingredients
together
2
Create a well in the middle
and add the milk, oil, and
egg
3
Use your hands to work
into dough and knead it
thoroughly

Maandazi (sing. andazi) are

one of my favourite
Tanzanian delicacies. I love
them dipped in sweet masala
chai or served with barazi.
There are many variations of
this recipe but this is one that
I have found works quite
well.
Ingredients:

2.5 cups of plain

4
5
6
7
8
9

10

Allow the dough to rest for 2

hours so that it rises
Separate the dough into six
portions
On a clean surface dusted
with flour, using a rolling pin
to roll out the dough
Cut into four triangular
pieces
Allow the pieces to rest for
an hour
Deep fry the maandazi in hot
oil over a medium heat, turn
midway through to ensure
they are golden brown on
both sides.
Take them out of the oil and
place on kitchen paper
towels to drain the oil

The African Cup of Nations UK By Said Surur

much benefit as well.
These matches are
followed up by scout
officials who have been
selecting talented youths
for trials with big teams in
the UK.

The African Nations Cup

UK, usually referred to
simply as the UK African
Cup, is a football
competition run in June
every year and contested
by the youth and mens
open age national teams
from different members of
United Kingdom African
communities.
Currently, the competition

involves 20 participating
countries including
Tanzania Mainland and
Zanzibar.
Tanzanians, mainly
youths, have been
participating in the
competition although with
unsatisfying results.
Apart from the
experienced results, the
competitions have been of

This year for example,

we have youths who
have been identified for
Bannet FC, West Ham,
Leyton, and Arsenal. We
also have one who has
been taken by AS Roma.
I would encourage
parents and youths to
engage themselves in
these sport activities
from regional levels for
our social wellbeing and

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also to promote
potentials among our
youths.
Its my hope that the
coming Association will
work hard to fulfil this
dream.

TZUK DIASPORA TASKFORCE

Temporary Address:
Tanzania High Commission
Tanzania House
3 Stratford Place
London, W1C 1AS