Thursday 11 September 2014

Re: [wanabidii] Tanzanian Diaspora, We Have a Long Way to Go

Sikubaliani kabisa na idea ya kuwanyima uraia pacha ndugu zetu...
Hata katika nature,halfcast wapo na haemaphrodites wapo.....but because,halfcast and haemaphrodites cant reproduce,sharti moja kubwa ni kuwa mtu mwenye uraia pacha hatakuwa na sifa za kuwa kiongoz kwa ngazi yeyote nchini...ngupula

Emmanuel Muganda <emuganda@gmail.com> wrote:

Kaseko,'
I hear you loud and clear. Amen.
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On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 1:07 PM, Kaseko <omarykaseko@gmail.com> wrote:

I live in Falls Church, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, DC. Falls Church is a part of the metropolitan DMV area, meaning the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia.

 

The DMV has no fewer than 700 immigrants from Tanzania. I know a lot of my fellow Tanzanians in the Washington area, and it's really wonderful to be able to speak Swahili once in a while with people coming from the same country. We meet on different occasions, we talk, we laugh, and we keep reminding ourselves where we come from.

 

When you meet Tanzanians for the first time in the United States, things always look normal and perfect. You get excited to meet people with whom you share the same background, culture, and sometimes beliefs. Let's be honest: being away from home can be tough and lonely at times, as much as you have friends from all over the world in the Washington area. You still need to be close to people who understand your language, your culture, and share a lot in common with you. However, when you come to know a lot of Tanzanians here and their mentality, then you start to realize that there is a big problem. This is a problem that common sense won't be able to fix, because it's an unknown problem, and you can't fix an unknown problem. Your only solution is to pray and hope things will get better with time.

 

Tanzanians back home are improving, looking for solutions, and moving forward. This doesn't mean that they have no problems – they do, they have a lot of issues facing them. But I believe that somehow they expect those of us who live abroad in a place like Washington, DC to do better in terms of our understanding and thinking. They don't underestimate the exposure that comes from living in the first world.  In a place like DC, which has a very high population of educated people from all over the world, it's unbelievable that we are still stuck in our own zone.  This is a dark zone of conflicts, misunderstanding, and chaos. It's sad, because how we got to this point no one knows or understands.

 

We have Tanzanian doctors, we have Tanzanian engineers, we have Tanzanian nurses, and we have Tanzanian professors, among other professionals. Yes, we have educated people here with a lot of expertise. The issue is that when you put these people in one room to solve the problems that we face here, you end up with a lot of arguing and no solutions. 

 

Tanzanians used to have gatherings where Tanzanians from all over the United States would come together for food and music and to connect with each other.  The problems with these gatherings were poor organization and lack of respect for time, because everyone would show up very late. If you

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