Thanks Merwyn Lobo for your response,
Kilima njaro means shining mountain which is situated close to the border
between Tanzania and Kenya. It is snow capped though it is quite close to
the equator. It is highest mountain in Africa , 19340 feet above the sea
level. When I saw it for the first
Antonio Menezes wrote:
The then British East Africa comprised of (1) Kenya Colony Protectorate (
i.e. Coast Province of Kenya which I believe was obtained by the British
from the Sultanate of Zanzibar) (2) Uganda (3) Tanganyika ( a former German
colony that came into British posession at
--- On Wed, 10/1/08, Tony Barros [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Or may be, Robert Gregory was inspired by the late author
from the the
French Carribbean island of Martinique- Franz Fanon whose
book - Black
Faces White Masks gave greater insights into how
coloreds aped European culture.
I have come across some books on Asians in Africa, such as The Ismail community
in Tanzania, etc. Like Neera Kapur-Drompson's book, From Jhelum to Tana, Karen
Isksen Leonard, a scholar I am familiar with, has written Locating Home:
India's Hyderabadis Abroad. She has talked to NRI Hyderabads,
Dear Tony,
I have a faint feeling that you could apply the experiential and aesthetic
tropes in your text to conceive a phenomenal poem.
venantius
From: Tony Barros [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Goanet] East Africa's Black Europeans
East Africa's Black Europeans
Hi Selma et al
The then British East Africa comprised of (1) Kenya Colony Protectorate (
i.e. Coast Province of Kenya which I believe was obtained by the British
from the Sultanate of Zanzibar) (2) Uganda (3) Tanganyika ( a former German
colony that came into British posession at the end of the First World
East Africa's Black Europeans
Hi Selma et al !
During my 37 years in Tanzania, East Africa, which included 14 years
(ten fulltime and four part-time) as a journalist, I never heard of goans
being labelled Black Europeans let alone Brown Europeans.
Am I surprised ?. No, with all the
