P7075378

Grandmaster

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July 7th 2008
Today is public holiday, 7.7, apparently it has something to do with farmer/harvesting, most of business places close today, but to us, Language class starts today, the instructor called Aziz, pretty funny guy, we went through the history/roots of Swahili, it's pretty neat to actually get a chance to understand the language a little bit, instead of just know how to say "hello" or "thank you", but ... read more

Africa » Tanzania » North » Arusha

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Shortly after independence, Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form the nation of Tanzania in 1964. One-party rule came to an end in 1995 with the first democratic elections held in the country since the 1970s. Zanzibar's semi-autonomous status and po... ... read more