Ninavyomkumbuka Maalim

[Hukumuzuku]

Asante Mzee Wangu Mohamed, je mlijadili mjadala huu hapa jamvini? Nitavitafuta vitabu ulivyosema nivisome.

Hivyo vitabu vitatu kaving'ang'ania utadhani misahafu. Keshavitaja humu zaidi ya mara milioni. Hataki kujua ukweli mwingine zaidi ya yaliyomo kwenye hivyo vitabu vitabu tu.

 

[Mohamed Said]

Mwl.RCT,
Isome historia ya harakati za kupigania uhuru wa Tanganyika kuanzia Vita Vya Maji Maji na tafuta makaburi ya Wapagani waliozikwa Mahenge kwenye Makumbusho ya Maji Maji.

Angalia na soma majina yaliyoko kwenye minara ya kumbukumbu na tafuta hapo Wapagani.

Njoo soma historia ya waasisi wa African Association 1929 tafuta Wapagani.

Angalia historia ya TANU mtafute Mwalimu Nyerere na angalia alikuwa na nani katika kupigania uhuru wa Tanganyika.

Leo Waislam wanauliza haki zao unawaletea hadithi ya Wapagani?

 

[Mohamed Said]

Hivyo vitabu vitatu kaving'ang'ania utadhani misahafu. Keshavitaja humu zaidi ya mara milioni. Hataki kujua ukweli mwingine zaidi ya yaliyomo kwenye hivyo vitabu vitabu tu.

Schmidt,
Huyu haijui historia ya somo analojadili ndiyo nimemuelekeza kwenye vitabu hivyo.

Si kuwa nang'ang'ania rejea hizo.

Kuhusu ukweli mbona ninao mwingi tu.

 

[Hukumuzuku]

Schmidt,
Huyu haijui historia ya somo analojadili ndiyo nimemuelekeza kwenye vitabu hivyo.

Si kuwa nang'ang'ania rejea hizo.

Kuhusu ukweli mbona ninao mwingi tu.

Ukweli gani huo ulionao zaidi ya mitazamo na maoni ya Sivalon, Njozi na Bergen? Tuwekee hapa tuujue na kuutathmini. Zaidi ya Njozi, kuna Mwandishi Muislamu Mtanzania mwingine yoyote ameandika kuhusu kuonewa na kubaguliwa kwa Waislamu? Ukitoa wewe of course. Kuna Waislamu wangapi wengine Wasomi nchi hii lakini walalamikaji kuhusu madai ya ubaguzi na uonevu dhidi ya umma ya Waislamu ni wewe na Njozi tu?

 

[Hukumuzuku]

Waislamu milioni 29 au zaidi lakini kazi unazotegemea kujenga hoja zako za ubaguzi na uonevu dhidi ya Waislamu ni za Muislamu Njozi pekee. Ningetegemea kila mwaka vitabu angalau 100 kuhusu uonevu dhidi ya Waislamu na waandishi Wasomi Waislamu. Cha ajabu kila mara unakuja na majina ya Sivalon, Njozi na Bergen. Hao Waislamu wote mamilioni waliobaguliwa na kuonewa tokea Uhuru wameufyata na wameshindwa kuandika vitabu kuweka ukweli wa haya madai yako zaidi ya Njozi pekee?

 

[Hukumuzuku]

Jee, hicho kikundi chako cha “Muslim Writers Union” unachokipigia debe kinawakailisha mamilioni ya Waislamu wote wahangwa wa ubaguzi na uonevu Tamzania tokea Uhuru? Nani amewapa hiyo mandate ndani ya jamii ya Waislamu Tanzania?

 

[Mohamed Said]

Jee, hicho kikundi chako cha “Muslim Writers Union” unachokipigia debe kinawakailisha mamilioni ya Waislamu wote wahangwa wa ubaguzi na uonevu Tamzania tokea Uhuru? Nani amewapa hiyo mandate ndani ya jamii ya Waislamu Tanzania?

Schmidt,
Nimekusoma na nashukuru kuwa nimekuelewa unaposimamia.

Nakuomba tuanze mwanzo kabisa ili tufahamiane kisha baada ya kujuana tunaweza In Shaa Allah tukaanza mjadala ikiwa utapenda:

PUBLICATIONS/RESEARCH PAPERS/ARTICLES

The Life and Times of Abdulwahid Sykes 1924 –1968 The Untold Story of the Muslim Struggle against British Colonialism in Tanganyika, Minerva Press London, 1998 translated into Kiswahili as Maisha na Nyakati za Abdulwahid Sykes 1924-1968 Historia Iliyofichwa Kuhusu Harakati za Waislam Dhidi ya Ukoloni wa Waingereza, Phoenix Publishers, Nairobi, 2002.

The Torch on Kilimanjaro, Oxford University Press, Nairobi, 2006

Contributing author for an African Anthology: The Mermaid of Msambweni and Other Stories, Oxford University Press 2007, Nairobi.

Contributing author Dictionary of African Biography (DAB), Oxford University Press 2011, New York.

Uamuzi wa Busara, Abantu Publications 2008, Dar es Salaam.

Watu Mashuhuri Katika Uhuru wa Tanganyika No. 1, Ibn Hazm Media Centre, 2018, Dar es Salaam.

Watu Mashuhuri Katika Uhuru wa Tanganyika No.2, Ibn Hazm Media Centre 2018, Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam na Wazalendo Wake Mashujaa Katika Kupigani Uhuru wa Tanganyika Ibn Hazm Media Centre 2018, Dar es Salaaam

Watu Mashuhuri Katika Kuulingania Uislam Tanzania, Sheikh Ilunga, Ibn Hazm Media Centre 2018, Dar es Salaam

Dola, Kanisa na Tatizo la Udini Tanzania, Ibn Hazm Media Centre, 2018, Dar es Salaam
The School Trip to Zanzibar, Africa Proper Education Network 2020, Dar es Salaam

Rajabu Ibrahim Kirama, Jemadari wa Vita Kuwa Jemadari wa Uislam, Readit, 2020, Dar es Salaam

In Praise of Ancestors (1987) Africa Events (London).

Abdulwahid Sykes: Founder of Political Movement (1988) Africa Events (London).

Islam and Politics in Tanzania (1989) Al Haq International (Karachi)

The Plight of Tanzanian Muslim (1993) Change (Dar es Salaam).

Tanzania - The "Secular" Unsecular State (1995) Change (Dar es Salaam).

The Question of Muslim Stagnation in Education in Tanzania - A Muslim Riddle (Paper presented at the Conference of the Global World of the Swahili Intercultural Dialogue on the Indian Ocean Zanzibar, February 20 - 23, 2003).

Islamic Education and Intellectualism in Eastern Africa ‘Themes from the Pulpit in Tanganyika (Tanzania Mainland) 1800 – 2000’ (Paper presented at International Symposium on Islamic Civilisation in Eastern Africa Kampala, Uganda organised by the Islamic Conference Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA), Istanbul and the Islamic University in Uganda, Mbale December 15th – 17th 2003).

Sheikh Hassan bin Ameir - The Moving Spirit of Muslim Emancipation in Tanganyika (1950 – 1968) (Paper presented at Youth Camp Organised by Zanzibar University, World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY) and Tanzania Muslim Students Association (TAMSA) 27th February – 4th March 2004).

Islamic Movement and the Christian Lobby in Tanzania - the Experience of the late Prof. Kighoma Ali Malima (1938 – 1995) (Paper Presented to Tanzania Muslim Students Association (TAMSA) Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) Morogoro 11th April 2004).

Terrorism in East Africa the Tanzanian Experience (Paper Presented at the Conference on Islam, Terrorism and African Development University of Ibadan, Nigeria 8th - 10th February 2006).

Al Marhum Sheikh Kassim bin Juma bin Khamis (1940 – 1994) and the Pork Riots of 1993. (Paper Presented at the Regional Conference on Islam in Eastern Africa: Islam Encounter with the Challenges of the 21st Century 1st - 3rd August 2006, Kenyatta University, Nairobi.

Muslim Bible Scholars of Tanzania – The Legacy of Sheikh Ahmed Deedat (1918 – 2005) Paper Presented at the International Symposium on Islamic Civilisation in Southern Africa Organised by The Organisation of Islamic Conference Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA) The National AWQAF Foundation of South Africa (AWQAF SA 1 – 3 September 2006 University of Johannesburg.

Tanzania: A Nation Without Heroes Seminar Organised by IFRA French Institute for Research in Africa and BIEA British Institute in East Africa 23rd and 24th September 2013 at IFRA Nairobi.

Awards: Several Awards
Visiting Scholar: (2011)

University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin.

OTHER COUNTRIES VISITED

Zambia, Ethiopia, Great Britain, Swaziland, Msumbiji, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Sudan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen, Uganda, Switzerland, Iran, France, Netherlands, Turkey and Abu Dhabi.

 

[Fideline]

Schmidt,
Nimekusoma na nashukuru kuwa nimekuelewa unaposimamia.

Nakuomba tuanze mwanzo kabisa ili tufahamiane kisha baada ya kujuana tunaweza In Shaa Allah tukaanza mjadala ikiwa utapenda:

PUBLICATIONS/RESEARCH PAPERS/ARTICLES

The Life and Times of Abdulwahid Sykes 1924 –1968 The Untold Story of the Muslim Struggle against British Colonialism in Tanganyika, Minerva Press London, 1998 translated into Kiswahili as Maisha na Nyakati za Abdulwahid Sykes 1924-1968 Historia Iliyofichwa Kuhusu Harakati za Waislam Dhidi ya Ukoloni wa Waingereza, Phoenix Publishers, Nairobi, 2002.

The Torch on Kilimanjaro, Oxford University Press, Nairobi, 2006

Contributing author for an African Anthology: The Mermaid of Msambweni and Other Stories, Oxford University Press 2007, Nairobi.

Contributing author Dictionary of African Biography (DAB), Oxford University Press 2011, New York.

Uamuzi wa Busara, Abantu Publications 2008, Dar es Salaam.

Watu Mashuhuri Katika Uhuru wa Tanganyika No. 1, Ibn Hazm Media Centre, 2018, Dar es Salaam.

Watu Mashuhuri Katika Uhuru wa Tanganyika No.2, Ibn Hazm Media Centre 2018, Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam na Wazalendo Wake Mashujaa Katika Kupigani Uhuru wa Tanganyika Ibn Hazm Media Centre 2018, Dar es Salaaam

Watu Mashuhuri Katika Kuulingania Uislam Tanzania, Sheikh Ilunga, Ibn Hazm Media Centre 2018, Dar es Salaam

Dola, Kanisa na Tatizo la Udini Tanzania, Ibn Hazm Media Centre, 2018, Dar es Salaam
The School Trip to Zanzibar, Africa Proper Education Network 2020, Dar es Salaam

Rajabu Ibrahim Kirama, Jemadari wa Vita Kuwa Jemadari wa Uislam, Readit, 2020, Dar es Salaam

In Praise of Ancestors (1987) Africa Events (London).
Abdulwahid Sykes: Founder of Political Movement (1988) Africa Events (London).

Islam and Politics in Tanzania (1989) Al Haq International (Karachi)
The Plight of Tanzanian Muslim (1993) Change (Dar es Salaam).

Tanzania - The "Secular" Unsecular State (1995) Change (Dar es Salaam).

The Question of Muslim Stagnation in Education in Tanzania - A Muslim Riddle (Paper presented at the Conference of the Global World of the Swahili Intercultural Dialogue on the Indian Ocean Zanzibar, February 20 - 23, 2003).

Islamic Education and Intellectualism in Eastern Africa ‘Themes from the Pulpit in Tanganyika (Tanzania Mainland) 1800 – 2000’ (Paper presented at International Symposium on Islamic Civilisation in Eastern Africa Kampala, Uganda organised by the Islamic Conference Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA), Istanbul and the Islamic University in Uganda, Mbale December 15th – 17th 2003).

Sheikh Hassan bin Ameir - The Moving Spirit of Muslim Emancipation in Tanganyika (1950 – 1968) (Paper presented at Youth Camp Organised by Zanzibar University, World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY) and Tanzania Muslim Students Association (TAMSA) 27th February – 4th March 2004).

Islamic Movement and the Christian Lobby in Tanzania - the Experience of the late Prof. Kighoma Ali Malima (1938 – 1995) (Paper Presented to Tanzania Muslim Students Association (TAMSA) Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) Morogoro 11th April 2004).

Terrorism in East Africa the Tanzanian Experience (Paper Presented at the Conference on Islam, Terrorism and African Development University of Ibadan, Nigeria 8th - 10th February 2006).

Al Marhum Sheikh Kassim bin Juma bin Khamis (1940 – 1994) and the Pork Riots of 1993. (Paper Presented at the Regional Conference on Islam in Eastern Africa: Islam Encounter with the Challenges of the 21st Century 1st - 3rd August 2006, Kenyatta University, Nairobi.

Muslim Bible Scholars of Tanzania – The Legacy of Sheikh Ahmed Deedat (1918 – 2005) Paper Presented at the International Symposium on Islamic Civilisation in Southern Africa Organised by The Organisation of Islamic Conference Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA) The National AWQAF Foundation of South Africa (AWQAF SA 1 – 3 September 2006 University of Johannesburg.

Tanzania: A Nation Without Heroes Seminar Organised by IFRA French Institute for Research in Africa and BIEA British Institute in East Africa 23rd and 24th September 2013 at IFRA Nairobi.

Awards: Several Awards
Visiting Scholar: (2011)

University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin.

OTHER COUNTRIES VISITED

Zambia, Ethiopia, Great Britain, Swaziland, Msumbiji, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Sudan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen, Uganda, Switzerland, Iran, France, Netherlands, Turkey and Abu Dhabi.

Mzee Mohammed, haya machapisho ni yako binafsi sio?

 

[Mohamed Said]

Mzee Mohammed, haya machapisho ni yako binafsi sio?

Fideline,
Naam.

 

[Hukumuzuku]

Jana nimenunua kitabu cha Professor Lawrence Mbogoni, "The Cross Versus The Crescent", nataka nianze kukisoma. Jee, nini maoni yako kuhusu kitabu hiki?

 

[Mohamed Said]

Jana nimenunua kitabu cha Professor Lawrence Mbogoni, "The Cross Versus The Crescent", nataka nianze kukisoma. Jee, nini maoni yako kuhusu kitabu hiki?

Schimidt,
Prof. Mbogoni alinihoji alipokuwa anatafiti kitabu chake.

Mimi nilifurahi kuwa anaandika kitabu ambacho kitaongeza maarifa katika historia ya Tanganyika.

Kitabu hiki kilipishana kidogo na kitabu cha Njozi.
Kitabu cha Njozi kilitangulia kuchapwa.

Tulipata majonzi kuwa kimefuatia kitabu cha Prof. Mbogoni ambacho kiliingia nchini na kusomwa wakati kitabu cha Njozi kimepigwa marufuku na serikali ikawa ni kosa la jinai kukutwa nacho.

 

[LGF]

NINAVYOMKUMBUKA MAALIM​

Kumtembelea Maalim Seif nyumbani kwake ni mfano Waingereza wangesema ‘’a walk in the park,’’ Kiswahili chake labda mtu ungesema unatoka chumbani kwako unakuja sebuleni yaani ni wepesi usiomithilika.

Maalim nimefahamiananae kwa mara ya kwanza 1992 nilionananae Starlight Hotel Titi Street, Dar es Salaam.

Hizi zilikuwa siku za mwanzo za siasa za vyama vingi.

Miaka mingi imepita na hapa katikati tukionana kwa mbali sana na kwa muda mfupi mfupi ile ya kupeana salaam, Waswahili wanausemi, ‘’Salaam ya Mungu,’’ ikiwa na maana mnasalimiana kisha mnapitana kila mtu na hamsini zake.

Naamini Maalim akinisoma na wakati mwingine akinisikia katika vyombo vya habari, pia wakati mwingine akipata salaam zangu kupitia jamaa na marafiki.

Lakini mimi Maalim nimemfuatilia kwa karibu na nimempiga picha nyingi sana kwa kiasi ya miaka ishirini na zaidi.

Iki siku nilipata bahati ya kumfikia nyumbani kwake Sharif Shamba, Ilala mbali na matarumbeta na shamrashamra za mikutano na mengineyo.

Ilikuwa starehe tukinywa kahawa na kucheka mfano tuko barzani tunapumzika.

Hata hivyo tabu kukutana na mtu kama Maalim Seif ukaacha kumdodosa lau kwa mbali kwa namna ya maskhara.

Najua kitabu cha Ali Muhsin kakisoma kilipochapwa tu mwaka wa 1997 lakini niliona nimepelekee kama zawadi kuchokoza upya fikra zake.

Mimi binafsi katika kitabu cha Ali Muhsin moja ya sehemu iliyokamata fikra zangu ni pale anapohadithia yale aliyokutananayo katika jela mbalimbali za Tanganyika wakati alipofungwa baada ya mapinduzi.

Nikamrushia Maalim swali, ''Maalim tupate basi kitabu makhsusi ulipokuwa kifungoni.''

Kacheka kidogo.
Nilikuwa nimemkumbusha mbali.

Jibu lake lilikuwa, ''In Shaallah.''

Sikumuacha karibu nikaongeza na ''Memoirs...'' yaani kumbukumbu za maisha yake.

Mara ya mwisho kuwa jirani sana na Maalim ilikuwa mwaka wa 2012 Bwawani Hotel nikiwa na TV Imaan tulikokwenda kumsikiliza Maalim akizungumza kuhusu hali ya Zanzibar na mategemeo ya wananchi.

Sasa ilikuwa miaka minne ishapita.

Maalim alikuwa yuko serikalini.

Nakumbuka shida niliyowapa walinzi pale nilipoingia katika chumba cha faragha alipokuwa Maalim Seif, Mzee Hassan Nasoro Moyo na viongozi wengine.

Mimi nilikuwa nje na wala sikuwa na nia ya kuingia ndani ya chumba kile kwani mtangazaji na mtu wa kamera tayari walikuwa ndani ya chuma kile wakishughulika.

Hawa vijana wote wana vitambulisho shingoni vinaning'inia na watu wa usalama weshawaruhusu.

Mimi sina chochote lakini Ismail Jussa ndiye kanishika mkono tunazungumza basi hadi mle chumbani nikawa sasa uso kwa uso na Maalim.

Ikawa sasa tunazungumza hili na lile, ''easy.''

Nimefungua ''tablet,'' yangu nampiga picha Maalim na wakati mwingine kumwelekeza ''pose,'' niitakayo na Maalim akiniridhia.

Kumbe jamaa wa Usalama kidogo weshafanya wasiwasi wa kutaka kunijua mie nani.

Mara niko kwa Mzee Moyo tunazunguza na kucheka.

Jamaa wa Usalama bado hawajanijua mie nani.

Mara nimemrukia Eddy Riyami basi ikawa kwao wao ni tafrani kidogo.

Nilipotoka nje tu wakanifikia kwa maswali...

Jicho halisahau kile ambacho jicho la kamera liliona.

Naomba kamera yangu ikuchukue katika barabara ya kumbukumbu turudi nyuma zaidi ya miaka 30 iliyopita pale nilipoanza kufuatilia nyayo za Maalim na wale waliokuwa pamoja nae.

Historia mpya ya Zanzibar bila shaka watakapokuja kuandika watafiti wa historia ya visiwa hivi itatoa umuhimu wa pekee katika uchaguzi wa mwaka 1995.

Kwa mara ya kwanza wananchi wa Zanzibar walitikisa na pengine mtu unaweza kusema walivunja ngome ya dhana ya, ''Mapinduzi Daima.''

CCM Zanzibar walishindwa uchaguzi ule.

Imewezekana vipi kwa kipindi cha miaka mitatu tu ya uhai wa CUF ikaweza kuwa na nguvu ya kupambana kukishinda katika sanduku la kura chama kilicho na dola na fursa zote zinazokwenda na dola.

Tume ya Uchaguzi Zanzibar ilishindwa kutoa matokeo ya uchaguzi kwa siku tatu.

Yaliyobakia ni historia.

Endapo Maalim ataandika kumbukumbu zake sura hii ya uchaguzi wa mwaka wa 1995 utakuwa na mengi ya kusisimua.

Nilikuwapo Zanzibar kipindi kile na niliona hali ya Zanzibar kwa jicho langu. Kitu ambacho nakikumbuka ni siku baada ya matokeo kucheleweshwa nkiwa nmekaa Malindi nikamuona Baraka Shamte katika magwanda ya kijani akipita barabarani huku akipiga makelele mathalan ya mtu aliyepagwawa akisema, ''We have won the election we are going to form the government.''

Lakini kitu cha ajabu hata wale CCM waliokuwa wamezagaa katika vikundi vidogo vidogo walikuwa kama wamenyeshewa na mvua.

Walikuwa kimya wakizungumza kwa sauti za chini.

Taarifa zilikuwa zimewafikia kuwa Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad kashinda uchaguzi na kamwangusha Komando Dr. Salmin Amour.

Mwaka wa 2012 baada ya miaka 17 kupita na hali ya siasa za Zanzibar kubadilika, Maalim na CUF wakipata nguvu kila kukicha nilifanya mahojiano ya televisheni na Baraka Shamte, kada mkubwa wa CCM na mwana ASP.

Wakati huu Maalim alikuwa Makamu wa Rais wa Zanzibar.

Nimepata kumjadili Baraka Shamte mara kadhaa katika mitandao ya kijamii.

Siku ile nilipokutana na Maalim kwa mara ya kwanza pale Starlight Hotel aliniuliza uwezekano wa CUF kupata wanachama Bara.

Fikira ya Maalim ilikuwa ni kuwapata wazee wetu wa Dar es Salaam kuunga mkono CUF.

Mimi nikamwambia kuwa wazee wetu tuwaache kwa sasa tulenge vijana.

Nakumbuka nilirudi tena kwa Maalim na baadhi ya vijana wachache viongozi na tukabadilishana mawazo.

Vijana hawa walikuwa wametokea chama cha National Reconstruction Alliance (NRA) ambako mwenyekiti alikuwa Prof. Malima na alipokufa ikawa vijana wamepwelewa.

Uchaguzi wa kwanza wa vyama vingi 1995 ulikuwa umewadia.

Vijana wakaja kwa Maalim na Prof. Ibrahim Lipumba moto ukawaka upya na matumaini mapya yakaibuka.

Mimi ndiye niliyemtambulisha Prof. Lipumba katika Mkutano Mkuu wa CUF usiku wa manane katika Ukumbi wa Starlight.

Miaka ile kwa shida ya fedha CUF wakifanya mikutano yao usiku na asubuhi wajumbe wanatawanyika wanarejea makwao.

Kwa kuwa sikuwa mjumbe katika mkutano ule nilisubiri nje ya ukumbi pale Star Light hadi nilipoingizwa ukumbini kwa kazi hiyo tu kisha niakatoka nje kupisha mkutano uendelee.

Naamini Maalim hakujuta kwa kuletewa vijana badala ya wazee wetu kwani kila alipopita mikoani na vijijini wakati wa kampeni za uchaguzi alipokelewa na vijana ambao hakuna aliyejua walikotokea.

Baadae zilitufikia taarifa kuwa wapinzani wetu walishangazwa ni lini tulijenga mtandao ule wa nchi nzima na bila shaka swali hili pia lilikuwa kichwani kwa Maalim.

Iko siku In Shaallah tutaelezana ni vipi hawa vijana walipatikana na tulikuwa na hadi na anuani zao pamoja na nyumba na mtaa...ni hadithi ya kusisimua sana...

Tulikuwa sisi ndiyo waasisi wa ''mtandao.''

Mtandao wa Kikwete, Lowassa, Rostam wa 2005 uliomtia madarakani Jakawa Kikwete ulikuja miaka kumi baada yetu ila tofauti ilikuwa moja tu.

Sisi ni watu masikini ya Mungu hatukuwa na fedha kilichokuwa kikitusukuma ni mapenzi ya nchi yetu na ari ya kupigania usawa na haki kwa kila mwananchi bila ya ubaguzi.

Uchaguzi. wa mwaka wa 1995 ulitufunza mengi na kilipotoka kitabu changu, ''The Life and Times of Abdulwahid Sykes (1924- 1968) The Untold Story of the Muslim Struggle Against British Colonialism in Tanganyika,'' kitabu kilifungua mlango mwingine wa kuwafikia vijana wa Kiislam wasomi.

Kitabu kilifungua historia mpya haijapatapo kuandikwa popote na kubwa zaidi ya yote mchango wa Waislam katika uhuru wa Tanganyika.

Vijana walipatwa na butwaa kusoma kuwa TANU haikuasisiwa kama walivyokuwa wakifundishwa katika historia, na Nyerere bali na marehemu Abdulwahid Sykes.

Historia waliokuwa vijana wakisomeshwa toka shule ya msingi hadi chuo kikuu ikaporomoka kwa kasi ya ajabu.

Harakati hizi mpya za chama kingine nje ya CCM ikapata wafuasi wapya.

Sasa likazuka tabaka lau kama ni dogo la wasomi vijana wa Kiislam ambao kwa yale waliyoyasoma katika kitabu kile wakahisi wao na wazee wao ni jamii iliyodhulumiwa kwani haiwezekani Waislam wapiganie uhuru kwa kiasi kile kisha mwishowe uhuru wenyewe usiwanufaishe kitu.

Hapa ndipo nilipogundua kosa nililofanya la kuandika kitabu kwa Kiingereza badala ya Kiswahili na hivyo kukosa wasomaji wengi.

Kwa upande wa vijana wa Kizanzibari nao walishangazwa kusikia kuwa Sheikh Hassan bin Amir Mzanzibari alipigania uhuru wa Tanganyika bega kwa bega na Julius Nyerere na akina Abdul Sykes.

Haukupita muda nikaalikwa State University of Zanzibar (SUZA)kumzungumza Sheikh Hassan bin Amir.

CUF haikuwa na tabu kwa vijana wasomi Zanzibar.

Lile lilikuwa jimbo lao salama.
Shida ilikuwa katika vyuo vikuu Bara.

Katika uchaguzi wa 1995 tulimsindikiza Prof. Lipumba aliyekuwa mgombea urais wa Bara kwa tiketi ya CUF kuzungumza kwenye vyuo vikuu.

Hivi vyuo vikuu Bara vilikuwa ngome ya CCM.

Wanafunzi waliokuja kumsikiliza Prof. Lipumba walikuja zaidi katika kumkejeli kuliko kumsikiliza kama mgombea urais na mchumi bingwa.

Lakini uchaguzi wa mwaka wa 2000 umma uliojitokeza katika mikutano ya Maalim na Prof. Lipumba ulitisha CCM.

Huwezi kummaliza Maalim na kumkamilisha katika kumweleza itahitaji kuandika kitabu kizima cha maisha yake.

Ilikuwa azma yangu nikaenae kitako niandike historia ya chaguzi zote sita alizopata kugombea urais wa Zanzibar, chaguzi ambazo inasemekana zote aliwashinda wapinzani wake nikiamini kuwa historia hii ni muhimu kuhifadhiwa kwa kizazi kijacho.

Allah amfanyie wepesi Maalim na amweke mahali pema peponi.

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Sheikh Mohamed Said, I presume.

Asante kwa kumbulizi hii ya Maalim. Siku zote najua wewe ni mtu wa Ilala "City", sehemu za Narung'ombe na CORETCO na Swahili Street, ukisifia Wamanyema, sikujua kama na Unguja upo. Umetaja Bwawani Hotel? Hii ni ya zamani sana ishakuwa rundown watu wa Bara tushaacha kwenda hapo mie nikiwa Zanzibar utanikuta Mazsons, ile waliitaka kuitumia majuzi kuiba kura za internet vijana wa KMKM wakawashtukia.

Nina maswali kedha wa kadha.

Mosi, hii portrait ya Maalim are you sure ni yeye? Inafanana mno na ya Sultan Jamsheed tuliiona magazetini mwaka 1963 na 1964 wanted. Are they related? Ni ndugu, au ni macho yangu tu?

Pili, mbona hukugusia kabisa ya Zanzibar kwenye kitabu chako classic cha LIFE AND TIMES OF ABDULWADEED....? Sana sana unawasuta watu wa AMNUT kuwa walimwendea Sheikh Muhsin "awasaidie" Waislamu kukuza AMNUT, Muhsin akawafukuzilia mbali akisema "Waislam wa Tanganyika hawahitaji msaada wa Hizbu" - wakakosa sapoti ya Waislamu, wakafa kifo cha mende asemavyo Mzee Duni Duni. Haya mbona huyakumbuki?

Umesema mengi na mazuri kuhusu Maalim, he was a good man, though somewhat ambitious but all in all a kindly and God-fearing old man. Ukitaka maoni yangu, Mwanasiasa pekee aliye sawa kabisa na Maalim (in terms of insantiable ambition) ni Raila Odinga, that guy never says he is beat. Odinga Baba alimsaliti Jomokenyatta, Maalim alimsaliti Aboudjumbe. Raila kashindwa na kushindwa na kushindwa tena, lakini yupo yupo tu sasa hivi kaanza BBI. Maalim alianza serkali tatu mara ikawa koti linabana mara ikawa utajirisho wa Professor Lipumba, baadaye kaenda ACT kwa zittokabwe: never say never!

Nimalizie tu kwa kusema kuwa mie nina kadi yangu ya CCM nilipewa 1977 na Aboudjumbe nikiwa mkufunzi IFM. Kitabu changu kipenzi maktaba yangu ni THE DAYS AND TINES OF ABDULWAHID SYKES, THE FORGOTTEN STRUGGLE OF MUSLIMS IN YHE INDEPENDENCE STRUGGLE OF TANGANYIKA. Ni kitabu kizuri mno, sana, ukweli myptupu, ila Mwandishi alipoenda kusoma IFM akaanza siasa kali, akaandika translation ya Kiswahili akakichakachua kitabu orijino.

Kitabu cha Kiingereza nikipata madaraka nitakipiga mafuruku. Ila kuna usemi umebadil8sha sana siasavya Tanzania: NIKETEENI GWAJIMA, NILETEENI GWAJIMA, NILETEENI GWAJIMA.

The rest is history alaamski!

 

[Tangawizi]

Tangawizi,
Hili ndilo tatizo la kutaka kujadili kitu usichokijua.
Madhehebu katika Uislam si ubaguzi ni ikhtilaf katika mafunzo na uelewa.

Kabla hujaandika ingia hata Google ujifunze kwanza kile unachotaka kuandika.

Ubaguzi unaozungumziwa hapa ni huu ambao dini moja toka uhuru upatikane mwaka wa 1961 imekuwa ikihodhi fursa zote nchini kuanzia elimu, nafasi katika serikali, bunge, baraza la mawaziri unawakuta wao peke yao.

Wale walio nje ya fursa hizo wanapouliza hakuna majibu yanayotolewa ila wanatokea wale wale wanaonufaika na hali hiyo kutoa kejeli.

Tunaweza kudanganyana hapa kwamba mambo ni sawia kabisa. Ila nashangaa kwanini Yemen? Nashangaa kwanini Syria? Nashangaa kwanini Iran na Saudi Arabia.
Pengine tunafikiri tuna immune dhidi ya matatizo yanayowasumbua wenzetu. Ila nakutahadharisha, kwa tabia binadamu anayejiona ni superior zaidi ya wenzake huwa hana kiasi. Akishatumaliza kina sisi atawageukia wenzake wale wale. Ndio hulka yetu tunaopenda kubagua watu. Mwenyezi Mungu ni mtakatifu. Tunapomuonea mwingine kwa hila za kujifanya tunafanya kazi yake, huwa anatuacha tuaibike wenyewe. kama unabisha jaribu. Muda utasimulia.

 

[Mohamed Said]

Tunaweza kudanganyana hapa kwamba mambo ni sawia kabisa. Ila nashangaa kwanini Yemen? Nashangaa kwanini Syria? Nashangaa kwanini Iran na Saudi Arabia.
Pengine tunafikiri tuna immune dhidi ya matatizo yanayowasumbua wenzetu. Ila nakutahadharisha, kwa tabia binadamu anayejiona ni superior zaidi ya wenzake huwa hana kiasi. Akishatumaliza kina sisi atawageukia wenzake wale wale. Ndio hulka yetu tunaopenda kubagua watu. Mwenyezi Mungu ni mtakatifu. Tunapomuonea mwingine kwa hila za kujifanya tunafanya kazi yake, huwa anatuacha tuaibike wenyewe. kama unabisha jaribu. Muda utasimulia.

Tangawizi,
Ikiwa umekusudia kunionya mimi umekosea sana.

Usifanye dhana.

Haya niandikayo yote yana ushahidi na wanayowaahusu wako kimya.

Hawana hata ujasiri wa kutoa uamuzi wa kufanya mjadala tusafiane nia tusameheane na tuanze upya.

Wewe unatoa majibu kwani wewe ndiye uliyeshutumiwa kwa dhulma ya ubaguzi?

 

[Hukumuzuku]

Schimidt,
Prof. Mbogoni alinihoji alipokuwa anatafiti kitabu chake.

Mimi nilifurahi kuwa anaandika kitabu ambacho kitaongeza maarifa katika historia ya Tanganyika.

Kitabu hiki kilipishana kidogo na kitabu cha Njozi.
Kitabu cha Njozi kilitangulia kuchapwa.

Tulipata majonzi kuwa kimefuatia kitabu cha Prof. Mbogoni ambacho kiliingia nchini na kusomwa wakati kitabu cha Njozi kimepigwa marufuku na serikali ikawa ni kosa la jinai kukutwa nacho.

Jee, ulikisoma hicho kitabu cha Mbogoni? Na kama ulikisoma, nini maoni yako? Nauliza sababu Mbogoni ameandika kuwa moja ya sababu iliyomfanya aamue kuandika kitabu chake ni kuwa hakukubaliana na maudhui yalitomo kwenye kitabu au labda tuseme kijitabu cha Njozi.

 

[Mohamed Said]

Jee, ulikisoma hicho kitabu cha Mbogoni? Na kama ulikisoma, nini maoni yako? Nauliza sababu Mbogoni ameandika kuwa moja ya sababu iliyomfanya aamue kuandika kitabu chake ni kuwa hakukubaliana na maudhui yalitomo kwenye kitabu au labda tuseme kijitabu cha Njozi.

Schmidt,
Nimekisoma na mwandishi ana haki ya fikra zake.

Msomaji atasoma na ataamua nani mkweli.

 

[Hukumuzuku]

Schmidt,
Nimekisoma na mwandishi ana haki ya fikra zake.

Msomaji atasoma na ataamua nani mkweli.

Okay. Lakini nilitegemea a more thorough and schorlarly assessment from you ya vipi unakubliana au vipi hukubaliani na maudhui ya kitabu husika, wewe kama Mwanazuoni na mkereketwa wa hii theme ya uonevu na ubaguzi dhidi ya Waislamu Tanzania. Nimeomba maoni yako, siyo ujibu eti kila msomaji has to make up their own mind about after reading Mbogoni's work.

Usikwepe maswali magumu kwa majibu ya mkato. MS, wewe si kila siku unadai ni Msomi uliyekubuhu? Nategemea ungenijibu kisomi zaidi. Nataka nijue maoni yako kama mkereketwa, na siyo Wafuatiliaji huru tu kama mimi ambao, at most, wapo curious tu kuhusu ukweli wa hii ishu.

 

[Mohamed Said]

Okay. Lakini nilitegemea a more thorough and schorlarly assessment from you ya vipi unakubliana au vipi hukubaliani na maudhui ya kitabu husika, wewe kama Mwanazuoni na mkereketwa wa hii theme ya uonevu na ubaguzi dhidi ya Waislamu Tanzania. Nimeomba maoni yako, siyo ujibu eti kila msomaji has to make up their own mind about after reading Mbogoni's work.

Usikwepe maswali magumu kwa majibu ya mkato. MS, wewe si kila siku unadai ni Msomi uliyekubuhu? Nategemea ungenijibu kisomi zaidi. Nataka nijue maoni yako kama mkereketwa, na siyo Wafuatiliaji huru tu kama mimi ambao, at most, wapo curious tu kuhusu ukweli wa hii ishu.

Schmidt,
Sijawahi kusema kuwa mimi ni mwanazuoni mkereketwa.

Wala sijakwepa swali lako.

Umetaka maoni yangu nimekupa kuwa kitabu cha Njozi utasimama mahakamani ukikutwa nacho.

Kosa la jinai.
Kitabu cha Mbogoni kiko madukani kinauzwa.

Hujaridhika na jibu hili?

 

[Duduvwili]

Kipindi hicho alikuwa anaitumia hiyo cafe kufanya mahojiano na vyombo kbalimbali kama voa, nilikuwa naenda hiyo cafe usiku kwani bei ilikuwa rahisi mbali na bei kuwa rahisi internet yake ilikuwa na speed kutofautisha na cafe nyingine

Mkuu huenda tumewahi kukutana pale wamiliki sio walikua vijana flani wa kihindi?

 

[rodrick alexander]

Mkuu huenda tumewahi kukutana pale wamiliki sio walikua vijana flani wa kihindi?

Ndio walikuwa wahindi