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Bongo Dairies...29th July 2008
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This is to launch Bongo dairies, your information point on what's going on in the Tanzanian political, economic and social scene. Things that affect and infect young people to make us better or worse off than we are.

My focus is on women's empowerment and against domestic violence but also much as the crimes that young people commit-my writing will focus on the crimes that are committed against us young people. The crime of living without any hope of getting educated; the crime of losing our families to senseless wars; the crime of seeing our mothers being abused and brutally violated; the crimes of not having anywhere to go to know what my rights are to protect myself and those around; the crimes of nor being heard an being forced into a life of despair and poverty when I could have had a chance of a better life but was never shown my options.

Bongo is what everyone in Tanzania (and around East Africa and beyond) have come to call the country's trade capital Dar es Salaam. Dar es Salaam is a beautiful town that's bordered by the Indian Ocean with white sanded beaches and tall, green palm trees. Bustling with life in the markets and the quiet life of suburbs, Bongo (Dar es Salaam) defines more than the city life and the people who live there-it defines our way of life (our culture).

Our music Bongo flava is the new rythym of the region.

You'll find ugali (maize meal), chips (also known as fries?) and rice great delicacies when you come by which you'll probably eat with beef, chicken or fish (either roasted, fried or grilled). Zege also called 'chips mayai' is a local favorite. It sounds weird but you don't know a good egg and chips combination until you eat a 'chipsi mayai' from Bongo.

From Bongo dairies, I'll give you a regular glimpse of the life we youth live and love in Tanzania.

Bongo dairies launches today, but on a sad note with the passing of our Member of Parliament from the opposition, Hon. Chacha Wangwe who died i a fatal car accident last night on his way back to Dar es Salaam from Dodoma(our political capital) to attend the funeral of a former Minister in Mwalimu Julius Nyerere's government.

The late MP will be remembered for his fearless critique of nepotism in national party politics and for his great contribution in the increasingly democratic multiparty politics in Tanzania and the East African Community (Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi).

Bongo means 'brain' (correct 'ubongo'). It takes a lot of 'brains'-hustling, sense and ambition to live i the city. And that is what Bongo living is all about.

Next time on Bongo dairies..learn yourself some Swahili words to get you around.

Kwaheri (bye) for now!



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