Retelling colonial history of Tanzania through local lives
Retelling colonial history of Tanzania through local lives Friday April 09 2021 'Afterlives' has tender moments, acts of kindness, petty incidents and plenty of gossip that characterise small town living. PHOTO | COURTESY Summary 'Afterlives' by Abdulrazak Gurnah, delves into Tanzania’s colonial past not widely known spanning late 17th century and into the post-World War I years. Advertisement Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah. At the 1885 Berlin Conference European powers had divided up Africa amongst themselves, heralding the ‘Scramble for Africa’. Tanzania, at the time Tanganyika, b...
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