On Tuesday, December 17, 2019, 5:33 PM, Adolfo Mascarenhas <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi All President Benjamin Mkapa’s, who was the was hand picked by the Father of the Nation, become President has just produced his autobiography which is caused quite a rave , His the autobiography, My* Life My Purpose*/ What prompts me to write is that I came across the following statement on page 21 and I have emphasizes the section on the Goans You sensed a certain class consciousness *especially Goans of the Indian community,* who believed that they were of a higher class than and close to the Europeans than the Indians other . The Indian society is very structured, it also felt a cut above us the Africans, I must emphasise that there was no real hostility though of course there was racial discrimination in Dar es Salaam, with places where no Africans were allowed such as a club or an hotel “ What is your reaction? A couple Goans in Dar have asked me if had read the book. Yes I did. and I have attached a copious number of stick-ons Adolfo Mascarenhas --------------------------------------------- Well Doc,The Govt itself did not allow social clubs to be open to all. There was a time when The Goan Institute could not, by law, allow non-Goans to join. This was especially problematic when the Institute wanted to draft a non-Goan player for its hockey or any other sports team. Independence brought about changes in the laws inherited from the colonialist. One side effect was that Goan tailors and cooks could then join the Goan Institutes. I once served in a church fund raising committee with Mkapa. He was my neighbour and Foreign Minister at the time. This is what he had to say about Goans soon after becoming President. Dar Institute | | | | | | | | | | | Dar Institute Explore mervyn1650lobo's photos on Flickr. mervyn1650lobo has uploaded 6560 photos to Flickr. | | | Mervyn
