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I read with great interest the two-part report by Tony Barros on the Goan Diaspora of Tanzania. Others and I found the write-up and analysis both intellectual and refreshing. I thank and compliment Tony for taking the initiative to write the posts on GoaNet. The reports clearly reflect the great talent Goans have. Obviously on-the-whole the Tanzanian Goan-Diaspora community was very successful given the many struggles they faced between the transition of two World Wars and the country's independence. The test now to Goan-Diasporas across the world is how we build on that and other experiences. I would encourage Tony and others to try and write a similar report on their (own) current Diaspora community. Hopefully this may lead to a SWOT (Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, and Threats) analysis. This is not a finger-pointing exercise but more of a comparative analysis of what was, what is, and what can be - given the fifty years of Diaspora experience the current generation of Goans have. Can one or more (team) Goans from different Diaspora communities take up the research to analyze and write their respective Goan-Diaspora story? Thank you in anticipation for considering this request and for the service to YOUR Goan-Diaspora community. Regards, Gilbert A. Lawrence,
