In Goanet Issue 737 (of Boeing Fame) My dear Vivian you offer me a Challenge ……Most of our Contemporise are disappearing from Planet Earth…Some scattered as far as Texas and Tokyo , In the Iconic St. Joseph Cathedral, countless young Couples said :::I Do:: and went into the business of procreation.
Fast Forward while I was meeting a new brand East Africans of other Races in 1956 at Makerere (not only did it include Professional but several Presidents Mkapa, Prof Kibaki President of Kenya, Judges, Governors of Banks, Major General Lupogo ) you were frolicking in Kurusini Creek and realizing how long it was and also deep..That Hippo you encountered was HUGO and was a pet of Dr Groeber (Sp ??) She was an Austrian and the only Psychologist in Dar and Probably in Tanzania. Her husband was the owner of AFI and he had a restaurant where you could snack (not far from St Joe our school) …the favourite Ice Cream was Ramona Cocktail( Ice Cream With fruit). If you treated someone..you exhausted pocket money of several months. There was a ground swell in the 1940's...Goan Teen ageres like Jerry Luis , Tony Ferns and Musicians galore who heralded the Jazz Age and inched out their Fathers interest in Classical Music ...yes there was a Goan Orchestra ....when you think of it it was incredible ...all done as part time activity There was another kind of awareness ....fight against Caste, Creed and Race. Oh yes Dar es Salaam was a fantastic Harbour, it still is ,,The Germans wanted to make it modern even brought a Floating Dock. I have no idea how they managed to street that structure from the open seas past the Mangrove forest. World War 1 came - the British Man-of-War were hunting for the three German warships hiding in the largest Mangrove swamp of East Africa ..The Rufiji Delta …There is more to tell about what was there in the delta, As Director of BRALUP, I had an international team to advise our Govt. on its sustainable future. But back to DSM harbour ….the Germans did not want the British to use the Harbour,,,so they took the Floating Dock and let it drift towards the open seas..it got trapped on the Southern Shore and remained there for decades. St Joseph Cathedral is still Iconic and mark despite all the Tours of Babel . PS The Creek has been spanned by a very costly Bridge …..I doubt more than a 100 vehicles use it per day, Nobody links it to the Vet Alameda’s Farm, nor to Martins Farm (next to Tazara and the Sultans Coconut Plantation nor Fernandes Farm beyond the Airport. .....Goans who decided to go into the flower business and it still exists ....Butcheries and Bakeries ....