On 7 September 2014 08:42, Mervyn Maciel <mervynels.watuwasha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 'Souza cleverly imported into Zanzibar, the idea of the provision store > as a communal space, the sort that exist on the periphery of every church > square in Goa. He sold merchandise downstairs and ran the upstairs rooms as > a bar. British consuls and other European colonials, in the absence of any > other clubs, were known to drop by in the evenings for a 'whiskey-soda.' In > just fifteen years, Sultan Sayyid Barghash awarded him a... diploma of > honour with a gold medal for enterprise. Further recognition came in 1892, > when he was awarded his second gold medal by Sayyid Ali bin Sayyid. It was > Souza's idea of setting up a store which catered almost exclusively to a > European clientele that would be emulated by other Goans, giving them a > reputation of excellence in retail, which carried over when they spread > into Mombasa and Nairobi' > > http://www.epaperoheraldo.in/Details.aspx?id=7800&boxid=162525968&uid=&dat=9/7/2014 > > The information in the article is taken mostly from the book 'A Railway > Runs Through: Goans of East Africa, 1865 - 1980.' Now available at > bookstores in Goa. For more information: > research | British Goan Project > <http://www.britishgoanproject.com/research/> > > > [image: image] <http://www.britishgoanproject.com/research/> > > > > > > research | British Goan Project > <http://www.britishgoanproject.com/research/> > A Railway Runs Through: Goans of British East Africa, 1865 - 1980 by > Selma Carvalho. Pages 196. First published in Britain by Matador > Publishing. Published in Goa... > View on www.britishgoanprojec... > <http://www.britishgoanproject.com/research/> > Preview by Yahoo > Comment: Nothing wrong in promoting a book; price now reduced to half price £5, we were informed: flying off the shelf! cheaper than your Toto to Mzee @ £10. The book in England in Ind Rs costs 487.65 ( approx £1 = 97.5) but in Goa @ Rs520! Surely this cannot be right? Somewhere along the line someone has got their PPI knickers in a twist? -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.