Constantine Oswald Millinga: Mmoja wa waasisi 17 wa TANU mwaka 1954

[Mohamed Said]

Yaani wale waswahili waliokuwa wanashinda kariakoo wakinywa Kahawa, kucheza bao, kupiga story za umbeya halafu wakisikia adhana wanakimbilia kuswali ndio wapiganie Uhuru wa Tanganyika?

Mzee Said aende akajitafakari upya kabla ya kuja na story zake za kimchongo wa kidini.

Zanzibar...
Naam ni hawa Waswahili ndiyo waliounda African Association 1929.
Nakuwekea majina yao:

1. Kleist Abdallah Sykes​
2. Mzee bin Sudi​
3. Ibrahim Hamisi​
4. Ali Said Mpima​
5. Suleiman Majisu​
6. Zibe Kidasi​

Hawa pia wakaunda Al Jamiatul Islamiyya fi Tanganyika (Umoja wa Waislam wa Tanganyika) 1933.

Dhifa ya kumuaga Julius Nyerere safari ya kwanza UNO 1955 ilifanyika katika jengo la Al Jamiatul Islamiyya.

Mufti wa Tanganyika Sheikh Hassan bin Ameir alikuwa anauza kadi za TANU ndani ya misikiti.

Sheikh Mohamed Yusuf Badi wa Lindi yeye alikuwa mstari wa mbele katika TANU Southern Province.

Mtaa wa Sheikh Mohamed Yusuf Badi Lindi

Mzee bin Sudi (1896 - 1972)

Jengo la Al Jamiatul Islamiyya fi Tanganyika
lilijengwa 1936

Kleist Sykes (1894 - 1949)​

Kuhitimisha napenda kukueleza kuwa mimi sihitaji tafakari yoyote.

Historia hii ni ya wazee wangu na nimeishi katika historia hii na nimekulia Kariakoo baadhi ya wazalendo hawa nimewadiriki na wengine wamefariki sijazaliwa au nilikuwa bado mdogo sana.

Wewe ndiye unahitaji kwenda kujitafakari ukajiuliza ilikuwaje ikaandikwa historia bila ya kuwataja wazalendo hawa?

 

[bagamoyo]

By Martin Kayamba, 1935

The Tanganyika Territory African Civil Service Association had been founded by Martin Kayamba in 1922, to bring together Muslim and Christian civil servants in Tanga, and in 1929 this had been reformed as the African Association, open to all Africans, with branches in all the major towns Martin Kayamba, an educated civil servant who has worked in Kenya and Uganda founded the Tanganyika Territory African Civil Servants Association (TTACSA). Its members were mostly educated Africans from diverse tribes and regions. The association’s focus was on unity. In 1929, some of the members of TTACSA, formed the Tanganyika African Association and established nine branches by 1939. Although education and improvements in agriculture improved the lives of some Africans they quickly realized that they encountered a lot of resistance from the colonial government once they wanted more.

My Life and Work in East Africa

I was born on 2nd February, 1891, at Mbweni, Zanzibar. I am the first son of Hugh Peter Kayamba. He is one of the sons of Chief Mwelekwanyuma of Kilole, son of Kimweri Zanyumbai (Kimweri the Great) King of Wakilindi. The Wakilindi are a ruling clan, who ruled over the Wasambaa and other tribes in the coastal areas of Tanga prior to the German occupation of these countries. The first Mkilindi named Mbega came from the hills in the Handeni area. He was a famous hunter and through his hunting prowess and generosity was chosen by the Wasambaa to be their ruler. Chief Mwelekwanyuma was appointed by his father as Chief over the Wabondei and the Coastal section from Pangani to Vanga.

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TAA, TANU na CCM waliaminisha historia isiyo sahihi kuwa wasomi ni wale tu waliokuwepo miaka ya 1950 wakati usomi Tanganyika umeanza tangu 1895

Photo : Martin Kayamba’s father Hugh Peter Kayamba (left) and Henry Masibu (right). Photo courtesy of www.bloxhamschool.com

Pointi muhimu sana hii katika vuguvugu la kuleta harakati za kujitawala Tanganyika ambayo haiongelewi kabisa wakati Martin Kayamba pamoja na wenzie wakafikia kwenda Uingereza mwaka 1924 kuiwakilisha Tanganyika katika kuzungumzia mustakabali wa Tanganyika.

The Story of Martin Kayamba (II)

The life and times of the educator and civil-servant Martin Kayamba Mdumi, M.B.E (1891-1939).

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Historia ya mkoa wa Tanga

Elimu Katika mkoa huu elimu inahitajika zaidi kuboreshwa hasa naeneo ya vijijini maana watu wengi wa mkoa huu hufanya shughuli zao za kimila hali hiyo huwafanya kushindwa kuendelea elimu pamoja na shughuli za kimaendeleo katika ujenzi wa taifa la tanzania Hapa inatakiwa kuwahoji wazee wenye...

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[bagamoyo]

Full text of "TEN AFRICANS"​

Among them the following were selected to represent Tanganyika: Chief Makwaya, K.M., of Shinyanga, Mwami Lwamgira,
K.M., of Bukoba, Mr. H. M. T. Kayamba of Tanga (the
writer).

The Story of Martin Kayamba

has been proved that Africans can do the work if they are
only patiently controlled.

We built our own Club building. It was the centre of much progress socially and in sports. Several distinguished officers visited our Club and gave donations. One gave us a football ground which the Club had to clear and put in
order. The Club started the football game in Tanga and
now there are several African football teams. It was the
intention of the Club to start a library in the Club build-
ing, but owing to lack of funds this scheme was imprac-
ticable. The late Bishop F. Weston was invited to the Club and was very pleased to see something at last had been done which he never thought he would see, and that was Christians and Mohammedans, Africans and Arabs joining together as members of the association, and all being very friendly.

Religion is the matter for the heart and must come first, but it does not prevent members of one religious community from combining with members of
another religious community. I firmly believe that Africans will never progress well unless they realize the necessity for unity. A great deal of our progress rests with us. We cannot move if we do not wish to move together.

In 1928 I was appointed as a member of the Provincial
Committee on African Education. In 1 929 1 was appointed
a member of the Advisory Committee on African Edu-
cation for the Territory. I have much advocated educa-
tion for girls. In Africa, where the great majority of the Africans are uneducated, the education for girls is very important indeed and will help considerably the progress of the boys' education. The mother is the guide of her
children. If she is educated there will be very few children who will not go to school and the hygiene at home will be thoroughly observed. Childbirth and child welfare will be better understood at home. African homes will be

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improved. We lack at present the co-operation of African
women in social affairs and education. Their influence is
very great and precious, but it has not been used, for lack
of female education.

In church, I was appointed churchwarden from 1917.
Our church was too small for the congregation and we decided to extend it. African Christians contributed fairly well towards the fund in proportion to their income, and our church has now been enlarged. The condition of
Christians in Tanga is different to that of up-country Christians. We have a floating population and conditions are somewhat difficult, but on the whole we are progressing. The population of Tanga town is about 7,000 natives of mixed tribes. For most of them Tanga is not their home $ they have migrated from the hinterland to Tanga in search of work, and return to their homes up country as soon as they have made some money; some of them come to Tanga periodically for work and return to their homes during the cultivation and planting season. Tanga, being a town, offers the Christians many temptations
which they are not likely to meet with in their own tribal
homes.

Early in 1951 I was appointed as a witness from Tanganyika to the Joint Parliamentary Committee on East Africa. The story of my visit to England forms the next
part of this autobiography.



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PART II

My Visit to England

Since 1924 there had been a rumour in East Africa about the proposed federation of the East African Territories, i.e. Kenya Colony, Uganda Protectorate and Tanganyika Territory.

The Ormsby-Gore Commission was sent out in 1924. It toured through the East African Territories and eventually made its report on the matter. The Hilton- Young Commission was sent out to East Africa in 1927 on the same question and made its report, as the result of which
the Joint Committee on Closer Union of the East African
Territories was appointed in England, composed of mem-
bers of the Houses of Lords and Commons, to make further
inquiry into the matter.

The Joint Committee required
witnesses to be sent to England to give evidence before the
Committee on the subject, and for the first time in the history of the British Empire, and East Africa in particular, three Africans were required from each of the three
territories of East Africa, i.e. Kenya, Uganda and Tangan-
yika Territory, to go to England to give evidence to the Honourable Committee, on behalf of ten million natives inhabiting these territories.

The following were selected to represent Tanganyika:
Chief Makwaya, K.M., of Shinyanga, Mwami Lwamgira,
K.M., of Bukoba, Mr. H. M. T. Kayamba of Tanga (the
writer).

The Tanganyika African delegates left Dar-es-Salaam
by S.S. Francisco Crispi on 50th March, 1951, together with P. E. Mitchell, Esq., M.C., Secretary for Native

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Affairs, and 0. Guise- Williams, Esq., District Officer. Chief Makwaya was accompanied by his son-in-law, Makoni.

Two of us were Christians and two Mohammedans. Christians have no difficulty in sailing by European steamers and to European countries, as they can eat any food cooked for European tables. But there was a small point to dear regarding the food of our Mohammedan colleagues.

Chief Makwaya and Makoni are staunch Mohammedans
and were very particular about food. Mr. Mitchell arranged with the District Commissioner at Mombasa for Chief Makwaya to consult with Sir Ali bin Salim, K.B.E., C.M.G., of Mombasa in order to remove the scruple from
his mind about food.

On 51st March we arrived at Mombasa; the first thing we did was to drive by taxi to the District Commissioner to see Sir Ali bin Salim. The District Commissioner took us to Sir Ali bin Salim, who kindly invited us into his office. After the matter had been explained to him, he told Chief Makwaya that Mohammedans are not forbidden by their religion to eat food cooked by Christians ormeat of animals killed by Christians or Jews, because Christians have the Gospel (Injili) and Jews have the Deuteronomy (Torati). Both these books come from 'God. He
had been to England himself for one year and during that
period ate the same food which Europeans ate. The only
meat which a Mohammedan is forbidden to eat is pork,
and he strongly warned Chief Makwaya that they should
not touch it. In confirmation of what he had said he was
willing to come on board S.S. Francisco Crispi to lunch
with us. We were very pleased to invite him to lunch. At 12 noon he arrived on board and had lunch with us. At 4p.m. he kindly sent his car to take us round Mombasa Island, and we enjoyed the trip very much. Sir Ali bin

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Salim is famous for his hospitality and charity to all races in Kenya Colony.

Kenya Native delegates embarked on board the steamer
on 1st April. Arab delegates also embarked on the same day. Our steamer left Mombasa at 12,50 p.m. for Kismayu. We left Kismayu at 2.50 the same day and arrived at Mogdishu at 7.50 a.m. on 5rd April Good Friday. We
landed at Mogdishu and strolled round the town. The Roman Catholic Cathedral there is a fine building. The native village is rather poor and filthy, especially the market place. There is no shed for the market, and natives
have to sell their goods on a sandy place. Some of them
stick dirty pieces of clothes on pieces of wood as shelters
for themselves and their commodities. The Governor's
palace is a fine building. The Sultan or Sheik of Somalis has
his residence here.

We left Mogdishu at 5 p.m. on 4th April for Hafun. On board there were always cinema shows in the evenings and music. We were very well treated on board. On the 6th we arrived at Hafun.

On the 9th we arrived at Massawa. It is a fine port be-
longing to the Italian Eritrea. There is a fine pier, and
our steamer was berthed alongside it. An Italian man-of-
war was at the harbour. The natives of this town are
mixed Arabs, Abyssinians, Danakil, etc. There are nice
buildings of stone for Europeans and natives. This is a sign of the wealthiness of the natives of this town. Chief Makwaya made friends with one wealthy Egyptian who invited him to his house and made him a nice dinner, and gave him a present of a beautiful fez. He offered to pay his expenses to Mecca on pilgrimage, but the Chief was
unable to accept his kind offer. When Chief Makwaya
told me this, I was doubtful if the man was genuine and
was not one of the slave dealers enticing the Chief to go to

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Mecca and on the way dispose of him to Arabian slave
dealers on the Persian Gulf.

At daybreak on the 14th we arrived at Suez and at
9 a.m. entered the canal. Here we were shown the Sinai
Mountains, where Prophet Moses received the tablets con-
taining the ten Commandments.

Ismalia is a fine town. I saw the monument erected to
commemorate the defence of the canal during the Great
War. On the eastern side of the canal palm groves and cul-
tivated land can be seen. It is said that this country belongs to the Biblical land of Goshen where Patriarch Jacob
and his children settled. Here also traces of the ancient
canal of the Pharaohs have been discovered. We were shown the supposed track of the Israelites crossing through the Bitter Lakes. El Kantara (the bridge) in the olden days was an important place of caravans between Egypt, Palestine and Syria. It is related that probably Abraham, and his sons spent a few days at El Kantara on their way to
Egypt. We arrived at Port Said at 12 midnight. Port Said is a fine port. On this day it was decorated with electric lights in honour of the Egyptian Prime Minister, Sidky Pasha, who visited Port Said on the same day.

This is the western gateway of the canal. At the 'entrance of the harbour there is the statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps, the builder of the canal. Some of us landed and saw very little of the town, as it was night time. This was the last port of Africa on our journey and we were now
sailing through the Mediterranean Sea. Up to this port we enjoyed a fine voyage except for the heat in the Red Sea.

The sea after leaving Port Said was rough. Two or three
of our colleagues were seasick and unablfe to touch food.

On the 18th we sighted the island of Stromboli which has a volcanic mountain. We could see the smoke issuing

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from the peak of the volcano. The town is built on the sides of the hill, which looks like a man sitting on the furnace. All of us were amazed to see the inhabitants of this volcanic island living around the volcano with ease and happiness and without any fear of the possible eruption.

We were told that vine trees are grown on the island and
the soil is very fertile, which may be the inducement to the
inhabitants to hazard their living on the volcano.

Read more : Full text of "TEN AFRICANS"

 

[Mohamed Said]

Full text of "TEN AFRICANS"​

Among them the following were selected to represent Tanganyika: Chief Makwaya, K.M., of Shinyanga, Mwami Lwamgira,
K.M., of Bukoba, Mr. H. M. T. Kayamba of Tanga (the
writer).
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has been proved that Africans can do the work if they are
only patiently controlled.

We built our own Club building. It was the centre of much progress socially and in sports. Several distinguished officers visited our Club and gave donations. One gave us a football ground which the Club had to clear and put in
order. The Club started the football game in Tanga and
now there are several African football teams. It was the
intention of the Club to start a library in the Club build-
ing, but owing to lack of funds this scheme was imprac-
ticable. The late Bishop F. Weston was invited to the Club and was very pleased to see something at last had been done which he never thought he would see, and that was Christians and Mohammedans, Africans and Arabs joining together as members of the association, and all being very friendly.

Religion is the matter for the heart and must come first, but it does not prevent members of one religious community from combining with members of
another religious community. I firmly believe that Africans will never progress well unless they realize the necessity for unity. A great deal of our progress rests with us. We cannot move if we do not wish to move together.

In 1928 I was appointed as a member of the Provincial
Committee on African Education. In 1 929 1 was appointed
a member of the Advisory Committee on African Edu-
cation for the Territory. I have much advocated educa-
tion for girls. In Africa, where the great majority of the Africans are uneducated, the education for girls is very important indeed and will help considerably the progress of the boys' education. The mother is the guide of her
children. If she is educated there will be very few children who will not go to school and the hygiene at home will be thoroughly observed. Childbirth and child welfare will be better understood at home. African homes will be

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improved. We lack at present the co-operation of African
women in social affairs and education. Their influence is
very great and precious, but it has not been used, for lack
of female education.

In church, I was appointed churchwarden from 1917.
Our church was too small for the congregation and we decided to extend it. African Christians contributed fairly well towards the fund in proportion to their income, and our church has now been enlarged. The condition of
Christians in Tanga is different to that of up-country Christians. We have a floating population and conditions are somewhat difficult, but on the whole we are progressing. The population of Tanga town is about 7,000 natives of mixed tribes. For most of them Tanga is not their home $ they have migrated from the hinterland to Tanga in search of work, and return to their homes up country as soon as they have made some money; some of them come to Tanga periodically for work and return to their homes during the cultivation and planting season. Tanga, being a town, offers the Christians many temptations
which they are not likely to meet with in their own tribal
homes.

Early in 1951 I was appointed as a witness from Tanganyika to the Joint Parliamentary Committee on East Africa. The story of my visit to England forms the next
part of this autobiography.



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PART II

My Visit to England

Since 1924 there had been a rumour in East Africa about the proposed federation of the East African Territories, i.e. Kenya Colony, Uganda Protectorate and Tanganyika Territory.

The Ormsby-Gore Commission was sent out in 1924. It toured through the East African Territories and eventually made its report on the matter. The Hilton- Young Commission was sent out to East Africa in 1927 on the same question and made its report, as the result of which
the Joint Committee on Closer Union of the East African
Territories was appointed in England, composed of mem-
bers of the Houses of Lords and Commons, to make further
inquiry into the matter.

The Joint Committee required
witnesses to be sent to England to give evidence before the
Committee on the subject, and for the first time in the history of the British Empire, and East Africa in particular, three Africans were required from each of the three
territories of East Africa, i.e. Kenya, Uganda and Tangan-
yika Territory, to go to England to give evidence to the Honourable Committee, on behalf of ten million natives inhabiting these territories.

The following were selected to represent Tanganyika:
Chief Makwaya, K.M., of Shinyanga, Mwami Lwamgira,
K.M., of Bukoba, Mr. H. M. T. Kayamba of Tanga (the
writer).

The Tanganyika African delegates left Dar-es-Salaam
by S.S. Francisco Crispi on 50th March, 1951, together with P. E. Mitchell, Esq., M.C., Secretary for Native

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Affairs, and 0. Guise- Williams, Esq., District Officer. Chief Makwaya was accompanied by his son-in-law, Makoni.

Two of us were Christians and two Mohammedans. Christians have no difficulty in sailing by European steamers and to European countries, as they can eat any food cooked for European tables. But there was a small point to dear regarding the food of our Mohammedan colleagues.

Chief Makwaya and Makoni are staunch Mohammedans
and were very particular about food. Mr. Mitchell arranged with the District Commissioner at Mombasa for Chief Makwaya to consult with Sir Ali bin Salim, K.B.E., C.M.G., of Mombasa in order to remove the scruple from
his mind about food.

On 51st March we arrived at Mombasa; the first thing we did was to drive by taxi to the District Commissioner to see Sir Ali bin Salim. The District Commissioner took us to Sir Ali bin Salim, who kindly invited us into his office. After the matter had been explained to him, he told Chief Makwaya that Mohammedans are not forbidden by their religion to eat food cooked by Christians ormeat of animals killed by Christians or Jews, because Christians have the Gospel (Injili) and Jews have the Deuteronomy (Torati). Both these books come from 'God. He
had been to England himself for one year and during that
period ate the same food which Europeans ate. The only
meat which a Mohammedan is forbidden to eat is pork,
and he strongly warned Chief Makwaya that they should
not touch it. In confirmation of what he had said he was
willing to come on board S.S. Francisco Crispi to lunch
with us. We were very pleased to invite him to lunch. At 12 noon he arrived on board and had lunch with us. At 4p.m. he kindly sent his car to take us round Mombasa Island, and we enjoyed the trip very much. Sir Ali bin

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Salim is famous for his hospitality and charity to all races in Kenya Colony.

Kenya Native delegates embarked on board the steamer
on 1st April. Arab delegates also embarked on the same day. Our steamer left Mombasa at 12,50 p.m. for Kismayu. We left Kismayu at 2.50 the same day and arrived at Mogdishu at 7.50 a.m. on 5rd April Good Friday. We
landed at Mogdishu and strolled round the town. The Roman Catholic Cathedral there is a fine building. The native village is rather poor and filthy, especially the market place. There is no shed for the market, and natives
have to sell their goods on a sandy place. Some of them
stick dirty pieces of clothes on pieces of wood as shelters
for themselves and their commodities. The Governor's
palace is a fine building. The Sultan or Sheik of Somalis has
his residence here.

We left Mogdishu at 5 p.m. on 4th April for Hafun. On board there were always cinema shows in the evenings and music. We were very well treated on board. On the 6th we arrived at Hafun.

On the 9th we arrived at Massawa. It is a fine port be-
longing to the Italian Eritrea. There is a fine pier, and
our steamer was berthed alongside it. An Italian man-of-
war was at the harbour. The natives of this town are
mixed Arabs, Abyssinians, Danakil, etc. There are nice
buildings of stone for Europeans and natives. This is a sign of the wealthiness of the natives of this town. Chief Makwaya made friends with one wealthy Egyptian who invited him to his house and made him a nice dinner, and gave him a present of a beautiful fez. He offered to pay his expenses to Mecca on pilgrimage, but the Chief was
unable to accept his kind offer. When Chief Makwaya
told me this, I was doubtful if the man was genuine and
was not one of the slave dealers enticing the Chief to go to

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Mecca and on the way dispose of him to Arabian slave
dealers on the Persian Gulf.

At daybreak on the 14th we arrived at Suez and at
9 a.m. entered the canal. Here we were shown the Sinai
Mountains, where Prophet Moses received the tablets con-
taining the ten Commandments.

Ismalia is a fine town. I saw the monument erected to
commemorate the defence of the canal during the Great
War. On the eastern side of the canal palm groves and cul-
tivated land can be seen. It is said that this country belongs to the Biblical land of Goshen where Patriarch Jacob
and his children settled. Here also traces of the ancient
canal of the Pharaohs have been discovered. We were shown the supposed track of the Israelites crossing through the Bitter Lakes. El Kantara (the bridge) in the olden days was an important place of caravans between Egypt, Palestine and Syria. It is related that probably Abraham, and his sons spent a few days at El Kantara on their way to
Egypt. We arrived at Port Said at 12 midnight. Port Said is a fine port. On this day it was decorated with electric lights in honour of the Egyptian Prime Minister, Sidky Pasha, who visited Port Said on the same day.

This is the western gateway of the canal. At the 'entrance of the harbour there is the statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps, the builder of the canal. Some of us landed and saw very little of the town, as it was night time. This was the last port of Africa on our journey and we were now
sailing through the Mediterranean Sea. Up to this port we enjoyed a fine voyage except for the heat in the Red Sea.

The sea after leaving Port Said was rough. Two or three
of our colleagues were seasick and unablfe to touch food.

On the 18th we sighted the island of Stromboli which has a volcanic mountain. We could see the smoke issuing

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from the peak of the volcano. The town is built on the sides of the hill, which looks like a man sitting on the furnace. All of us were amazed to see the inhabitants of this volcanic island living around the volcano with ease and happiness and without any fear of the possible eruption.

We were told that vine trees are grown on the island and
the soil is very fertile, which may be the inducement to the
inhabitants to hazard their living on the volcano.

Read more : Full text of "TEN AFRICANS"

Bag...
Ahsante sana kwa kutuwekea hazina hii.

"Ten Africans," nimekusoma na kipo katika Bibliography ya kitabu cha Sykes.

Martin Kayambo yupo pia katika, Modern Tanzanians," nacho pia kipo katika Bibliography ya kitabu cha Sykes.

Katika "Modern Tanzanians," Martin Kayamba anasifiwa kwa makubwa aliyofanya na halikadhalika anashutumiwa kwa kuwa kibaraka wa Waingereza.

Kitabu hiki kimekusanya Biography kadhaa za Waafrika maarufu wa karne ya 20 mwanzoni lakini mimi zilizonivutia ni ya Kleist Sykes, Martin Kayamba na ya Ali Juma Ponda na Hassan Suleiman.

 

[Ngongo]

Ndugu zanguni,
Mwandishi wa historia ya Mzee Millinga haijui historia ya African Association.

Halikadhalika historia ya Mzee Millinga haiko sawa kwa kukosa rejea zenye ithibati.

Yametajwa majina mfano wq Denis Phombeah na Erasto Mang'enya hawa walikuwapo wakati harakati za uhuru zinaanza lakini kama alivyokuwa Millinga mwenyewe hawa si msingi wa kuijua historia ya TANU.

Nakuwekeeni kipande hapo chini kutoka kitabu cha Abdul Sykes:

Historia ya TAA Jimbo la Magharibi, 1955

Tabora ilianza kushiriki katika siasa mwaka 1945 wakati African Association ilipoingizwa mjini Tabora kutoka Dodoma kutokana na juhudi za Edward Mwangosi.

Tabora kwenyewe msukumo wa katika kuanzisha chama cha Waafrika zilitoka kutoka Combine Dancing Club, kilabu kilichoanzishwa na vijana wa pale mjini kwa ajili ya kujifurahisha.

Wanachama mashuhuri wa kilabu hiyo walikuwa ndugu wawili Wamanyema - Maulid na Abdallah Kivuruga, Chamng’anda Usingizi, Ramadhani Nasibu, Rashid Mussa, Issa Kibira, Hamis Wabeba, Mwinyi Khatib Hemed, Swedi Juma, Issa Hamis Pama na Rajab Kanyama.

Wanachama wengi wa kilabu hii walikuwa Wamanyema, kizazi cha pili baba zao wakiwa wametokea ile iliyokuwa wakati huo Belgian Congo, wakafanya maskani Kigoma, Ujiji na Tabora mwishoni mwa karne ya 19.

Wamanyema likiwa kabila la Waislam watupu ilikuwa rahisi kuungana kama kikundi cha kabila moja na kuanzisha chama cha siasa.

Kwa hiyo Combine Dancing Club kidogo kidogo ilijigeuza kutoka chama cha starehe na kuwa chama cha siasa.

Kumbukumbu za kikoloni zinaonyesha kwamba kamati ndogo ndani ya kilabu iliundwa katika mwaka 1945, Mwinyi Khatibu Hemed, Mzigua kutoka Bweni, Pangani, akiwa katibu.

Hemed aliandika barua makao makuu yaAfrican Association mjini Dar es Salaam kuujulisha uongozi ju ya dhamira ya kufungua tawi mjini Tabora.

Tarehe 3 Machi, 1945 African Association mjini Tabora ilifungua ofisi yake ikiwa na viongozi wafuatao: Hamisi Simbe (Rais), Ramadhani Nasibu (Makamu wa Rais), M. K. Hemed (katibu), Chamngíanda Usingizi (Mwenyekiti), Fimbo Mtwana (Mweka Hazina) na Rashidi Mussa (Mkaguzi wa Hesabu).

African Association, kama ilivyokuwa asili ya kilabu iliyotokana nayo, ilishikwa na Wamanyema.

Hivi ndivyo Wamanyema walivyokuja kuongoza siasa Tanganyika.

Julius Nyerere, wakati huo akifundisha St. Maryís School, alishuhudia sherehe za uzinduzi wa African Association.

Nyerere hakutambua hata kidogo wakati huo kuwa alikuwa akishuhudia sehemu ya historia kazi yake mwenyewe ikijifungua mbele ya macho yake.

Mwaka 1946 wasomi wa Makerere walianza kujishughulisha na African Association pale Hamza Mwapachu na Julius Nyerere walipochaguliwa Katibu na Katibu Msaidizi na nafasi nyingine za uongozi zikishikwa na Wamanyema.

Baada ya uhamisho wa Mwapachu kutoka Tabora, Nyerere akashika nafasi yake na kuwa katibu wa chama. Mwaka huo huo Nyerere alisafiri kwenda Dar es Salaam kama mjumbe wa Tabora kwenye mkutano mkuu wa mwaka wa African Association.

Katika mkutano huu ndiyo kwa mara ya kwanza Dossa Aziz alimtia Nyerere machoni. Lakini urafiki baina ya Dossa na Nyerere haukushamiri hadi mwaka 1952, Nyerere alipokuja Dar es Salaam na kuungana na wazalendo wengine.

Mwaka uliofuata, African Association Tabora ilikuwa imejiimarisha vizuri kiasi cha kuwa na uwezo wa kushiriki katika mgomo wa mwaka 1947 ambao ulianza katika bandari ya Dar es Salaam.

Kuwako kwa Waislam wengi sana katika ajira ya bandarini kwa kiasi kikubwa kulichangia kuwasha moto wa mshikamano uliolipua mgomo.

Wakati wa mgomo Tabora, Mwalimu Pinda, aliyekuwa miongoni mwa walimu wa St. Maryís School na mwanachama wa African Association, alichukua jukumu la kuwa mtu wa kati baina ya wawakilishi wa wafanyakazi waliogoma na African Association.

Siku ya mgomo wafanyakazi wengi wao kutoka karakana ya magari moshi ya wakiongozwa na Salum Abdallalh, walikusanyika katika viwanja vya Tabora Town School chini ya miembe.

Tabora ni maarufu kwa wingi wa miembe. Kuanzia siku hiyo viwanja hivyo vikawa ndiyo mahali pa mikutano yote ya African Association.

Kumbukumbu zinaonyesha kuwa Nyerere hakujihusisha na hizi harakati za tabaka la wafanyakazi zilizokuwa zikiibuka.

Mwaka 1950 Tanganyika African Association (TAA) kama sasa ilivyokuwa ikijulikana ilikuwa chini ya uongozi wa George Magembe, mwalimu wa St. Maryís School. Magembe, Mbondei kutoka Muheza, alikuwa akiandikiana barua nyingi na Stephen Mhando, Mbondei mwenzake aliyekuwa mjumbe wa kamati ndogo ya siasa ya TAA mjini Dar es Salaam.

Wakati ule kamati ndogo ya siasa katika TAA ndiyo kwanza ilikuwa imeundwa. Kupitia uhusiano huu baina ya Magembe na Mhando, TAA Tabora iliweza kuimarisha mawasiliano kati yake na makao makuu na kupeana taarifa za siri.

(Kutoka kitabu cha Abdul Sykes)

Huyu Salum Abdallah anetajwa kuwa alikuwa anaongoza mgomo wa wafanyakazi wa Relwe mwaka wa 1947 ni babu yangu na ndiyo mwaka alihamishwa Dar es Salaam kuja Tabora.

Hao wazalendo wengine anaowataja ukoo wa Kivuruga mimi ni baba zangu: Abdalla na Maulid Kivuruga mtu na nduguye.

Said Mussa na Germano Pacha wote nikiwafahamu.

Harub Said akijuana na wazee wangu toka udogoni hadi wamekuw watu wazima.

Ninachotaka kusema ni kuwa mimi ni sehemu ya historia hii na naijua vyema.

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Salum Abdallah (President)na kushoto kwake ni Kassanga Tumbo (Secretary) Tanganyika Railways African Union (TRAU) na viongozi wengine

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Abdallah Kivuruga
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Maulidi Kivuruga​

Pumba.

 

[Mpaji Mungu]

Mzee mudi Leo kabanwa betri

 

[Naby Keita]

Bag...
Ahsante sana kwa kutuwekea hazina hii.

"Ten Africans," nimekusoma na kipo katika Bibliography ya kitabu cha Sykes.

Martin Kayambo yupo pia katika, Modern Tanzanians," nacho pia kipo katika Bibliography ya kitabu cha Sykes.

Katika "Modern Tanzanians," Martin Kayamba anasifiwa kwa makubwa aliyofanya na halikadhalika anashutumiwa kwa kuwa kibaraka wa Waingereza.

Kitabu hiki kimekusanya Biography kadhaa za Waafrika maarufu wa karne ya 20 mwanzoni lakini mimi zilizonivutia ni ya Kleist Sykes, Martin Kayamba na ya Ali Juma Ponda na Hassan Suleiman.

We mzee huna lolote zaidi ya udini tu,watu wa pwani mnajulikana na mambo yenu , huo uhuru mpiganie wapi zaidi ya kushinda kwenye vijiwe vya kahawa tu na kusubiri adhana

 

[Huihui2]

Mzee mudi Leo kabanwa betri

Mzee Mohamed Said anafahamika kwa fix

 

[Mpaji Mungu]

Mzee Mohamed Said anafahamika kwa fix

Huyu mzee hii ya historia amelibeba tu kama collateral lkn lengo mama ni harakati flan za kidini bahati mbaya saivi watu wameamka wanafuatilia na wanapata uhalisia

 

[Mohamed Said]

Mzee Mohamed Said anafahamika kwa fix

Hui...
Mimi nafahamika kama hivi:

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[Mohamed Said]

Huyu mzee hii ya historia amelibeba tu kama collateral lkn lengo mama ni harakati flan za kidini bahati mbaya saivi watu wameamka wanafuatilia na wanapata uhalisia

Mpaji...
Hakika lengo langu lilikuwa kuirejesha heshima ya Uislam.
Nilisikitika kuona historia ya uhuru wa Tanganyika imeandikwa lakini imekosewa.

Hawa hawakuwamo:

Mufti
Sheikh Hassan bin Ameir

Mshume Kiyate na Julius Nyerere

Kulia Haruna Iddi Taratibu, Saadan Abdu Kandoro, Julius Nyerere, Sheikh Mohamed Ramia na Iddi Faiz Mafungo
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Mpaji,
Historia ya TANU na kupigania uhuru wa Tanganyika haiwi historia bila ya kuwataja wazalendo hawa na hawa ni wachache katika wengi.

Hakika umesema kweli watu wameamka na wamejua kuwa ile historia iliyokuwa ikisomeshwa shule ya msingi hadi Chuo Kikuu haikuwa historia ya kweli.

Hii ndiyo sababu kitabu cha Abdul Sykes kinachapwa upya kila uchao kama unavyoona.

 

[Naby Keita]

Mpaji...
Hakika lengo langu lilikuwa kuirejesha heshima ya Uislam.
Nilisikitika kuona historia ya uhuru wa Tanganyika imeandikwa lakini imekosewa.

Hawa hawakuwamo:

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Mufti
Sheikh Hassan bin Ameir
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Mshume Kiyate na Julius Nyerere
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Kulia Haruna Iddi Taratibu, Saadan Abdu Kandoro, Julius Nyerere, Sheikh Mohamed Ramia na Iddi Faiz Mafungo
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Mpaji,
Historia ya TANU na kupigania uhuru wa Tanganyika haiwi historia bila ya kuwataja wazalendo hawa na hawa ni wachache katika wengi.

Hakika umesema kweli watu wameamka na wamejua kuwa ile historia iliyokuwa ikisomeshwa shule ya msingi hadi Chuo Kikuu haikuwa historia ya kweli.

Hii ndiyo sababu kitabu cha Abdul Sykes kinachapwa upya kila uchao kama unavyyona.

Sema historia ya watu wa Pwani sio ya Tanganyika

 

[Mpaji Mungu]

Mpaji...
Hakika lengo langu lilikuwa kuirejesha heshima ya Uislam.
Nilisikitika kuona historia ya uhuru wa Tanganyika imeandikwa lakini imekosewa.

Hawa hawakuwamo:

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Mufti
Sheikh Hassan bin Ameir
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Mshume Kiyate na Julius Nyerere
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Kulia Haruna Iddi Taratibu, Saadan Abdu Kandoro, Julius Nyerere, Sheikh Mohamed Ramia na Iddi Faiz Mafungo
​

Mpaji,
Historia ya TANU na kupigania uhuru wa Tanganyika haiwi historia bila ya kuwataja wazalendo hawa na hawa ni wachache katika wengi.

Hakika umesema kweli watu wameamka na wamejua kuwa ile historia iliyokuwa ikisomeshwa shule ya msingi hadi Chuo Kikuu haikuwa historia ya kweli.

Hii ndiyo sababu kitabu cha Abdul Sykes kinachapwa upya kila uchao kama unavyyona.

Hyo ni historia ya huyo sykes ndani ya harakati za kudai uhuru na sio historia ya Tanzania Mzee vp mbona logic ndogo tu inakuchanganya?

 

[Huihui2]

Hui...
Mimi nafahamika kama hivi:

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Huna kitu bana zaidi ya kukimbiza hoja za kidini. Kwa akili yako ungependa Tamzania iwe nchi yenye dini moja kama Somalia. Kumbuka nchi zenye dini moja zina shida kuliko zilizo changanya dini.

 

[Mohamed Said]

View attachment 1710067112356.pngView attachment 1710066744627.pngHuna kitu bana zaidi ya kukimbiza hoja za kidini. Kwa akili yako ungependa Tamzania iwe nchi yenye dini moja kama Somalia. Kumbuka nchi zenye dini moja zina shida kuliko zilizo changanya dini.

Hui...
Mara nyingi nimejibu kuwa hili si suala la kutangaza dini yangu ya Kiislam bali ni kusahihisha historia ambayo waandishi kwa hofu tu ya Uislam wakadhani wanaweza kuandika historia ya uhuru wa Tanganyika bila ya kuwataja Waislam.

Mufti Sheikh Hassan bin Ameir amekuwa katika TAA Political Subcommitee toka mwaka wa 1950.

Ilipoundwa TANU 1954 yeye kama kiongozi wa Waislam alimuunga mkono Nyerere na akiuza kadi za TANU misikitini.

Chukua mfano Kadinali Rugambwa kama kiongozi wa Wakatoliki angemuunga mkono Nyerere na akawa anapita makanisani akiuza kadi za TANU.

Ikawa baada ya uhuru kupatikana historia ya TANU inaandikwa na jina la Kadinali Rugambwa halionekani katika historia ya uhuru, Wakatoliki wangekuwa radhi?

Akatokea Mkatoliki akaandika historia ya kanisa na viongozi wake jinsi lilivyopigania uhuru wa Tanganyika, ingekuwa analeta udini au anasahihisha historia?

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Kadinali Rugambwa na Julius Nyerere
Baada ya uhuru kupatikana 1961

Kushoto Sheikh Suleiman Takadir, John Rupia na Julius Nyerere
Nyuma ni Bantu Group vijana wahamasishaji umma na walizni wa viongozi wa TANU wakati wa kupigania uhuru.



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[Mohamed Said]

Huna kitu bana zaidi ya kukimbiza hoja za kidini. Kwa akili yako ungependa Tamzania iwe nchi yenye dini moja kama Somalia. Kumbuka nchi zenye dini moja zina shida kuliko zilizo changanya dini.

Hui..
Lakini wenye kuchapa vitabu hivyo ni wachapaji wakubwa ulimwenguni kama Oxford University Press.

Haiwezekani hawa na wao kama mie wakawa hawana kitu.

Hawa hawachapi mambo ya dini.

Iweje wachape kitabu changu?

 

[Mohamed Said]

Hyo ni historia ya huyo sykes ndani ya harakati za kudai uhuru na sio historia ya Tanzania Mzee vp mbona logic ndogo tu inakuchanganya?

Mpaji...
Hakika hiyo ni historia ya kupigania uhuru wa Tanganyika na baba yake Abdul Sykes, Kleist Abdallah Sykes ni muasisi wa African Association 1929 na Al Jamiatul Islamiyya fi Tanganyika (Umoja wa Waislam wa Tanganyika) mwaka wa 1933.

Abdul Sykes alikuwa Secretary na Act. President wa TAA kati ya 1951 na 1953.

Kleist Sykes ndiye aliyesimamia ujenzi wa ofisi ya African Assocation kati ya 1929 na 1933 na akasimamie ujenzi wa jengo la Al Jamiatul Islamiyya fi Tanganyika 1936.

Mwanae Abdul ndiye aliyempokea Julius Nyerere 1952 na kadi yake ya TANU ni No. 3, No. 2 ni ya mdogo wake Ally Sykes na kadi ya Nyerere ni No.1 kadi ya Territorial President na iliandikwa na Ally Sykes na ndiye aliyechapa kadi hizi kwa fedha zake baada ya kusanifu na kuwapa Printpak kuzichapa.

Jukumu la kusajili TANU walipewa watu watatu wote waasisi wa TANU: Abdul Sykes, Ally Sykes na Julius Nyerere.

Hakika ni mantiki ndogo.

Bahati mbaya kwako kuwa huijui historia ya TANU.

Mimi naijua historia hii si kwa kufanya utafiti la hasha.

Naijua kwa kuwa hawa ni wazee wangu nami ni sehemu ya historia hii.

Kulia Lawi Sijaona, Abdulwahid Sykes, Julius Nyerere na Dossa Aziz
Ukumbi wa Arnautoglo dhifa ya kumuaga Nyerere safari ya pili UNO 1956.
Safari ya kwanza 1955 dhifa ilifanyika katika Jengo la Al Jamiatul Islamiyya fi Tanganyika

Ally Sykes na Julius Nyerere

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[Mohamed Said]

Sema historia ya watu wa Pwani sio ya Tanganyika

Naby...
Hakika historia hii ni ya watu wa Pwani:

Hassan Omar Makunganya kutoka Kilwa kabla hajanyongwa na Wajerumani

Abushiri bin Salim kutoka Pangani kabla hajanyongwa na Wajerumani

Kulia Bi. Chiku bint Said Kisusa, Bibi Titi Mohamed, Kushoto Bi. Tatu bint Mzee na kati ni Julius Nyerere wanamsindikiza uwanja wa ndege safari ya kwanza UNO 1955 hawa wanawake wa Dar es Salaam​

 

[bagamoyo]

WaTanganyika chini ya ukoloni mbalimbali kuanzia Mwarabu hadi Mwingereza, tulifungwa minyororo, kuchapwa mijeledi, kuuzwa utumwani na kudhalilishwa utu n hadhi yetu kama binadamu.

Watanganyika tusisahau ukoloni wa Kiarabu, Kireno, KiDachi (Kijerumani) na Kiingereza ulipita baada ya mmoja mkoloni mmoja kumzidi mwenzie lakini wote walikuwa wakoloni.

Ipo haja ya kujitambua sisi ni kina nani na wale waliokuja kututawala kifikra na kitamaduni bila kusahau utumwa, ukoloni mkongwe na ukoloni mamboleo

NYIMBO YA KUKUMBUSHA UKOLONI WA AINA NGAPI ULIPITA TANZANIA

Bagamoyo, Tanzania
Mwaka 2011

People singing a african choral ''Bara la Afrika'' in Bagamoyo, Tanzania 2011

Bara la Afrika, Lahitaji Ukombozi
Ukoloni Mbaya, Na Ubaguzi Wa Rangi
Mataifa Haya Ya Ulaya Ndiyo, Afrika Kuivamia x2

Wahenga Wetu Zamani Walikataa, Ubeberu Walikataa, Ukoloni Walikataa, Utumwa Walikataa, Waarabu Waliwatesa
Ni Vigumu Sana Kusahau Kweli Walivyowaatendea X2

Wahenga Wetu Zamani Walikataa, Ubeberu Walikataa, Ukoloni Walikataa, Utumwa Walikataa, Wazungu Waliwatesa
Ni Vigumu Sana Kusahau Kweli Walivyowaatendea X2

Bara La Afrika LaHitaji Lilia Ukombozi
Umoja Wa Afrika Unatutia Moyo
Kufagia Huo Ukoloni Wote Na Ubeberu Wote
Wahenga Wetu Zamani Walikataa, Ubeberu Walikataa, Ukoloni Walikataa, Utumwa Walikataa, Wazungu Waliwatesa
Ni Vigumu Sana Kusahau Kweli Walivyowaatendea X2........

Waafrika Wote Tujipange Kupambana Rasilimali Zetu Zituletee Maendeleo
Ama Sivyo Tutabaki Tegemezi, ....

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Source : d'jarell messa

 

[bagamoyo]

Hotuba ya Samora Machel kuwa hakuna gredi ya mkoloni, wala hatuwezi kujisifia kuwa sisi ni zao la mkoloni mwarabu hivyo ni bora kuliko aliyetawaliwa na mreno, vivyo hivyo hatuwezi kujipiga vifua tulitawali na mjerumani hivyo tu wabora kuliko waliotawaliwa na mwingereza

Ukoloni ni ukoloni tu hauna uafadhali kuwa tujibainishe na wa fulani kwa kuwa tulitupa imani zetu za jadi kijumbatia dini ngeni iliyokuja kwa jahazi mwanzo kabla ya nyingine ikiyofika kwa merikebu .

Samora Machel : Ukoloni wa kiFikra



Katika hotuba yake motomoto kuhusu kutawaliwa, alihoji vipi mwafrika aliyetawaliwa na mfaransa akajiona bora kuliko mwingine kwa kuwa Ufaransa wana tamaduni bora zaidi ya uandishi wa mistari ya mashairi ya mapendo kwa umahiri wa kisomi.


Samoro Machel anazidi kuwaza hata wale waliotawaliwa na muingereza wajiona wao ni bora kwa vile Uingereza ilitawala nchi nyingi zaidi na inasemekana ni wazungu 'wastaarabu' zaidi.

Samora Machel anatuasa ingawa Portugal ni nchi masikini zaidi ktk ulaya lakini ni nchi iliyoendekeza ukoloni kama Ufaransa, Uingereza na Ureno / Portugal na sifa za nchi zote hizo za ulaya ni kuwa ziliendekeza ukoloni.

Samora Machel anapigia mstari neno ukoloni na kuwa ukoloni ni unyama hauna utu hivyo kujisifia wewe ni zao la ukoloni huu au ule wenye hadhi ya juu ni kukosa fikra sahihi.

Hivyo maneno ya Samora Machel anasisitiza tuamke na kuwa mapambano lazima yaendelee (2022) dhidi ya ukabila, ujinga, maradhi, njaa, ushirikina na mawazo potofu ya kukumbatia ukoloni wa aina yoyote.

Anamalizia kuwa ukoloni wowote hauna usafi wa kujivunia kwani ni Ukoloni unaogandamiza jamii zingine na kuzigawanisha.