On the ferry

Tanzania 0ct 6 - 18/2010: Bugoba/Mwanza

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October 14th 2010
Bukoba "What to do in Europe as a retired teacher? You can better come to Tanzania", says the man in front of me. With my knees I poke in his back in an overcrowded minibus from the Tanzanian border to Bugoba, a village at the Victoria Lake. "The governement opened a lot of new schools, but we cannot find the teachers. Specially on science", he says. We try to shake hands, but we cannot see eacho ... read more

Africa » Tanzania

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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