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Nani Kama Mama?
Translation: Who's like Mama? Answer: NO ONE!!We are just off Mount Kilimanjaro having successfully reached Uhuru Peak, the highest point on the tallest freestanding mountain in the world (5,895...
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Clean It Up
Still working on my epic Kili blog - apologies for the delay - but I've been otherwise occupied the last few days enjoying the tail-end of Mama's visit before she heads back to the States later this...
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Kesho Basi
Dear Friends of The Toa Nafasi Project, My heart is breaking as I write these words and I can't even believe what they mean. I've not yet wrapped my head around the events of the past couple days as...
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Dear Vumi
Dear Vumi, TWELVE DAYS AGO, I saw you for the last time. You didn't look very good, to be honest. You had been sick for a while, with a cough that wouldn't go away. It was strange. No fever, no...
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Under the Same Sun
Hi everybody, hope this blog post finds you all well. As for me and the others at Toa Nafasi, we are polepole coming to terms with the loss of our beloved Vumi.There are still days when I simply just...
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The Show Must Go On
So they say in Hollywood, and so they say in Msaranga as well, it appears. Last week, I alluded to Mama T's insistence that I be brave and show good face, which has been accomplished fairly well at...
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That Beautiful Beast
A big hello from New York City where I have recently arrived and am happily ensconced on my parents' couch, enjoying wi-fi, cable tv, a/c, and food delivery. The city is glorious at the end of the...
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You Stay Classy, Tanzania
It's an election year in Tanzania and the big decision will take place in just a couple months.Typically, TZ can be said to be a "one-party democracy" with Chama cha Mapinduzi (the Party of the...
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Opposing Forces
Okay, so last week's post was about the majority party's bid for continued political dominance in Tanzania. It's most likely a done deal that CCM will win the election by hook or by *crook,* but I...
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There Are 29 Other Days in September....
....so why is the ninth month of the year still so tragically marked by one? I think, for me, it's because - in addition to being a witness to a national disaster and the worst act of terrorism to be...
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International Association of Special Education 2015
Greetings all. Please check out the post below penned by my Toa Nafasi colleague, Angi Stone-MacDonald.Angi was recently in Wroclaw, Poland to attend the biennial conference of the IASE and rep the...
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"Count on Me, We're Going to Make Everyone Happy"
With three weeks to go until the presidential election, it's my understanding the political heat in Tanzania is ON! I've just been perusing the headlines from the Tanzania Daily News, and found the...
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Right Said Ed
I'm still feeling a bit funky since returning to New York, so I've been remiss about writing an original piece for the blog in recent weeks. I'll try to remedy that shortly, but until then, at least...
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Vive La France!
Good morning, merry Monday, and happy Columbus Day, people!Why so chipper, you ask? Well, because I am pleased to finally be able to announce in no uncertain terms the landing of our first grant here...
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Up, Up, and Away!
Her reasoning? If we start talking about the children in terms of disability and we distinguish "disability" from "disease," are we setting them up for discrimination in a system where they are...
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Julia from the Block
On this "sunny day," in addition to "sweepin' the clouds away," we can also celebrate the addition of Julia, an autistic character, on the long-running children's television program Sesame...
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Of All the Pumpkins in All the Patches
Hi everybody, I hope this blog post finds you all well, having survived the Halloween weekend.As for me, the last few days have been super-spooky as I've been working round the clock on various...
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The Dutty Professor
Well, it's official. The United Republic of Tanzania has a new President, Mr. John Pombe Magufuli.And in addition to a new bum in the highest seat of the land, there are many others across various...
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Shimmy Shimmy Ya
Happy Friday the 13th, one and all! I, for one, am extremely glad it's furahi-day as the last couple weeks have been real doozies!! Mama needs to catch up on her beauty sleep.... And by "mama," I...
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Here's a nice article from the Tanzania Daily News pertaining to expanding services for deaf students. It's about a month old but since it's direct from Moshi, I thought it would still be relevant....
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