Glad you enjoyed it! His book Boma and Bush is very funny about his days in Mtwara and Darin the late 1950s. Out of print, but you may find it in the public library. Regards.
On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM Allan Mascarenhas <carallan1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Very interesting obituary of a man who lived an interesting life. Thanks > for sharing. > > Beautiful place Elora. We were there last month. > > Allan > ------------------------------ > *From:* tgo...@googlegroups.com <tgo...@googlegroups.com> on behalf of > Mel de Quadros <ymirconsult...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 10, 2025 7:18 PM > *To:* Goans <tgo...@googlegroups.com>; Goanet <goa...@goanet.org> > *Subject:* John Cairns, author, ex-DO in Southern Tanzania. > > Just found his book, Bush and Boma, in a box in the garage. John Cairns, a > Canadian from Guelph ON, served as a District Officer in Tanzania in the > late 1950s and wrote a great book about his experiences in Tanzania (Lindi, > Mtwara and Mikindani), Perhaps some of you and your families may have met > him. Anyway a great book to read if you can get your hands on it! > > > > Obituary of John Cairns | > https://share.google/QJUXtRqADmAf8F5VG > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Tanzanite 2020" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tgoans+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tgoans/CAHpLSJ2AHUmi67nFeh5z55v-YBgG05ryDCGez%3DVKqZwb27fP%3Dg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tgoans/CAHpLSJ2AHUmi67nFeh5z55v-YBgG05ryDCGez%3DVKqZwb27fP%3Dg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . >
