Dear Frederick Greetings from Quepem ..... I am writing to assist you in your Project on Goans .....I like what you are doing. The Goans in Tanzania are very underestimated. They have a magnificent physical presence through the Goan Institute Appropriately called Dar Institute. The building was designed by Anthony Almeida ......rated among the best Architects in Africa....He was awarded the Prince Klauz Prize..
A young Goan Reporter whom I know and a few Tanzanian friends are helping me to build a biography of the community in Dar but also in other Regions. ...eg Kilimanjaro, Mbeya, Tanga, Lindi and Mtwara and even the small town of Bagamoyo . I have copied this post to a number of people ....this includes Judy Luis Watson whose father Jerry Luis ....started the Jazz Movement in DSM but it spread all over East Africa.....and to think it was all done voluntarily and in their own time. Its remarkable. Adolfo Mascarenhas In QUepem PS I have been meaning to send this post form some time ...yesterday my Cousin Nora was asking me whether I knew of a certain Ms Silva. I suddenly realized .....John De Silva is a famous Goan Artist !