Me helping 'train' farmers

And so the journey continues...

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March 26th 2010
Dear all, So, I’m in Kigoma! - a busy town situated on the eastern shores of Lake Tanganyika, far west Tanzania - a lake which is also bordered by the Congo to the west and Burundi to the north, both countries of which you can see from Tanzania, and particularly well from my house, on a clear day. I arrived in Kigoma now just under three weeks ago, laden with everything I brought with me f ... read more

Africa » Tanzania » West » Kigoma

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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