Tanzania for Obama! Photo 4

Tanzania for Obama!

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November 5th 2008
Obama! Obama! Obama! Today we went to Arusha, bright and early to watch the polls come in. We went to the International Conference Center in Arusha. It was for American citizens only, so you had to flash a passport on the way in. We were able to sneak in a tanzanian and a few canadiens however. It was weird being surrounded by white people for that long after the last week or so. It really is incr ... read more

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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