Me scraping out a coconut

Swahili cookery class

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October 11th 2008
Yesterday we learned some more vocabulary for the kitchen by studying recipes for typical Tanzanian dishes. It felt a bit like watching a cookery show with our teachers lined up in front holding ingredients up and naming them in Swahili… Today we ventured to another convent a little bit further outside Morogoro to actually do some Swahili cooking. The walk there was exciting enough passing throu ... read more

Africa » Tanzania » East » Morogoro

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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