In the early days, Tailors were workers hired by people to who had special
occasions like Weddings etc to sew garments for the bride to be and her
relatives.the bride would take these clothes with her to her husbands house on
wedding to commence her new life.. These Tailors moved from house
I remember very fondly our next door neighbors in our flat in Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania (then
Tanganyika). From birth till the age of 12 and a half when my parents returned
to Goa, I spent a
lot of time with my neighbors who were all tailors. In a single bedroom flat
there were about 9 men, who
Thanx folks for resurrecting- this age old topic. Whilst many of you have made
many significant contributions, I would wish to expound on the subject.
To this effect, I will make reference to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - although
it is believed that in Kampala, Uganda , and Nairobi and Mombasa
RESPONSE: Jomo Kenyatta first President of independent Kenya had his suits
stitched by a Goan tailor in Nairobi - Alleluia Fernandes. Fernandes is
mentioned in Theresa Albuquerque's book on Kenya Goans; he came to Nairobi
as a young boy and got to stitching for the British Army and then moved on.
The reason why Goan tailors in the then East Africa were not held in
high esteem was because they had little or no knowledge of English
language. They hailed mostly from Salcete which in the pre-WW 2
period had . very few English schools. Comparatively other manual
workers like caterers,
Antonio Menezes wrote:
The reason why Goan tailors in the then East Africa were not held in
high esteem was because they had little or no knowledge of English
language. They hailed mostly from Salcete which in the pre-WW 2
period had . very few English schools. Comparatively other manual
