Message: 4 Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:39:53 +0100 From: "Eddie" <gdig...@btinternet.com> To: "GOANET" <goanet@lists.goanet.org > Subject: [Goanet] Remembering Kenya: A Page from the Past Message-ID: <167216F0FA8C4D5B84911A47819719D0@EddieHP>
*Reaction To *Mervyn Macie PoemWHEN UHURU COMES?. First human Congratulation on Crossing The 90 years barrier. This to me is even more important than the scientific crashing of the sound barrier. More than half a century ago ! In human terms it means that not only did your parents raised you to be a fine fellow but imore critical your Creator had an important assignment specifically for you Mervyn. Your Poem opened a flood gate of thoughts, empathy/ mood of that period, It also highlighted the very big differences between Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika and Zanzibar. Kenya was first and foremost a British Settler Colony very much like Australia or South Africa. This meant that they not only grabbed land but exploited labour to the fullest. The implications of these two was far reaching. ,The three countries were governed differently. We in Tanganyika as a Mandate of the League were different, Uganda was a Protectorate and Zanzibar a sultanate. Independence meant different things to the section of the different local and migrant communities. I hoped to comment a bit more on the poem reflecting on the above para, I will have to wait for another occasion. Eddie Thanks for sharing Grandolfo ** PS My Tanzanian neighbour, a friend and former VC of the UDSM was rushed to India for Medical Treatment.
