Re: [Goanet] West of Zanzibar

2010-10-02 Thread Tony de Sa
Vivian Vivian A. DSouza socorro...@yahoo.com wrote This thread evokes memories of me as a young buck living in Dar es Salaam,... Though I cannot claim to have had very much of an association with Zanzibar, in the scale that time is measured, I can say that I did have a very, very fleeting

Re: [Goanet] West of Zanzibar- Tony Barros

2010-10-02 Thread George Pinto
Tony, when are you going to write a book on your memories of growing up in Africa? George

Re: [Goanet] West of Zanzibar

2010-10-02 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 1 October 2010 17:14, Vivian A. DSouza socorro...@yahoo.com wrote: This thread evokes memories of me as a young buck living in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, West of the islands of Zanzibar. Dar es Salaam where I was born means either Port of Welcome or Haven of Peace. I still remember the

Re: [Goanet] West of Zanzibar- Tony Barros

2010-10-02 Thread Frederick Noronha
http://www.mail-archive.com/goanet@lists.goanet.org/msg22092.html Work is also underway... albeit by another Tony! FN Frederick Noronha :: +91-9822122436 :: +91-832-2409490 On 2 October 2010 04:42, George Pinto georgejpi...@yahoo.com wrote: Tony, when are you going to write a book on your

Re: [Goanet] West of Zanzibar- Tony Barros

2010-10-02 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 1 October 2010 22:23, Tony Barros barr...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi Tony, Gabe, Elsie, both the Mervyns and also Vivian ! In this context, I vividly remember Gabe having sent us some fantastic numbers by trumpeter- Eddie Calvert, and some great oldies in Zambezi, Happy Happy Africa and

Re: [Goanet] West of Zanzibar

2010-10-01 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Tony de Sa qrote:  I can think of a few guys like Gabe, Mervyn and Elsie Maciel, Mervyn Lobo and a few others who will remember this song from the sound track of the movie West of Zanzibar circa 1954 with nostalgia. Tony, Despite having Zanzibari grand parents and a Zanzibari parent, I had

[Goanet] West of Zanzibar

2010-10-01 Thread Mervyn Elsie Maciel
Asante sana, Bwana Tony. You certainly brightened an otherwise cold and dullish autumn day! What happy memories - I couldn't resist dancing to an old favourite. By sheer coincidence, we were discussing Zanzibar on another Forum, and I was explaining how we were caught up in that bloody

Re: [Goanet] West of Zanzibar

2010-10-01 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 30 September 2010 18:44, Tony de Sa tonyde...@gmail.com wrote: I can think of a few guys like Gabe, Mervyn and Elsie Maciel, Mervyn Lobo and a few others who will remember this song from the sound track of the movie West of Zanzibar circa 1954 with nostalgia. Video:

Re: [Goanet] West of Zanzibar

2010-10-01 Thread Vivian A. DSouza
This thread evokes memories of me as a young buck living in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, West of the islands of Zanzibar.  Dar es Salaam where I was born means either Port of Welcome or Haven of Peace.  I still remember the tune West of Zanzibar though my memory of the movie is a little hazy.  Did

[Goanet] West of Zanzibar- Tony Barros

2010-10-01 Thread Tony Barros
Hi Tony, Gabe, Elsie, both the Mervyns and also Vivian ! I was a mere 7 year old in my home town -Iringa in southern Tanzania when  West of Zanzibar hit the pop charts. (I had'nt gone to   school as in our family, all the siblings were given our foundation till age eight by our mum). But by

[Goanet] West of Zanzibar

2010-09-30 Thread Tony de Sa
I can think of a few guys like Gabe, Mervyn and Elsie Maciel, Mervyn Lobo and a few others who will remember this song from the sound track of the movie West of Zanzibar circa 1954 with nostalgia. Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1OJ0gwYXZ8 Write up: