Inflight Magazine for ZanAir

ISSUE #05 JUL - SEP 2007

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Travel Health

ZIFF Sites of Memory:The Slave Routes

News in the Air

Book Reviews

Learning to dive in Zanzibar

Zan Airthe preferred choice

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4 ZanAir’s Tanzania The Serengeti’s big cats

7 News in the air The latest news from around Tanzania

8 Learning to dive in Zanzibar

12 Zanzibar International Film Festival 2007 Sites of Memory: The Slave Routes

17 A Tough Nut to Crack! Tanzania’s cashew nuts

18 Sarakasi Striking a balance

22 Timetable

Flight Information and timetable

27 Just For Laughs Our jokes section

28 Puzzles Brainteasers to pass the time

29 Travel Health Water Health

30 In the Spotlight Juma Nature

31 Book Reviews Holiday reading

32 ZanAir Fleet

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In this edition of Twende, explore Zanzibar’s underwater world with Nadin Hadi as she overcomes her fear and learns to scuba dive in Zanzibar. If you’ve ever wanted to scuba dive, Zanzibar is the ideal place to do it, with beautiful corals, warm clear water and stunning tropical fi sh. If you’re visiting the island during July, try to catch some of the movies screening at this year’s Zanzibar International Film Festival. It’s the tenth anniversary of the festival and this year’s theme A Celebration of Water and Dreams focuses in on the legacy of slavery in the Dhow Countries. Read more in Dr Martin Mhando’s article Sites of Memory: The Slave Route. If you’re looking for some holiday reading, check out our Book Reviews section, with something for everyone. I personally think these books are a must read. For something lighter, turn to our Just For Laughs page, sure to make you giggle. If you’re fond of a brainteaser, head over to our puzzles page for sudoku and a crossword, but make sure to take your copy with you, so we can replace it with a fresh one for the next genius.

Back at the ZanAir offi ces, we’ve been working hard to make traveling in Tanzania even easier. From the 1st September, passengers will be able to book their tickets online, with “ZanAir Anywhere”. Our new system means that you can book your airline ticket from the comfort of your home or offi ce. Tour operators will be able to manage their own bookings, electronic tickets stocks, accounts, CRM and frequent passenger programs. This new system proves that ZanAir is once again ahead of the pack, innovating and leading the way to make fl ying easier for travelers in Tanzania.

Finally I’d like to thank my hard working staff and the ZG Design team for their continuous dedication and service. We hope that you enjoy your fl ight with ZanAir. If you have any queries or suggestions or comments, please email them to lancy@zanair.com. I’d love to hear from you.

Safari njema ! Safe journey!

Lancy CoutinhoGeneral Manager

Warm greetings from Zanzibar and thank you for choosing to fly with ZanAir. Karibuni! Welcome!

Twende is in its 5th edition now and the response from both readers and advertisers has been overwhelming. Some of our passengers have asked why we have such a small magazine; the answer is short reading for short flights. Keeping the magazine limited to few pages helps to ensure we have high quality companies advertising with us, who we’re happy to recommend to our passengers. Twende has been regarded by some passengers as the best in-flight magazine in Tanzania and that’s all that matters, something the ZG Design team and ZanAir are both very proud of.

At any one time, there are about 1,500 lions in the Serengeti. The average pride might contain four or fi ve females, two or three males and six cubs. And they spend most of the day (and much of the night!) lying around on the grass. But no one should be deceived. All cats are opportunists, and apparent indolence can turn into violent action, or a painstaking stalk within moments. To see lions hunting is heart-poundingly absorbing.

Lions are social animals and often touchingly affectionate within the pride, though when claws are unsheathed, even pride members can suffer appalling injuries, or in the case of adolescent males, ejection from the community. Prides or nomadic males may be found throughout the park, though they prefer open woodlands, or grasslands that encompasses the rocky outcrops known as kopjes, where they can fi nd can fi nd shade and shelter. Prey includes wildebeest, zebra, buffalo and antelope, though lion will even eat frogs when hard pressed.

Cheetah are better adapted to the plains, where their hunting style and great speed (up to 100kph, 60 mph) are given maximum scope and gazelle, their favoured prey, often abound. By June, however, cheetah tend to follow the semi-migratory anumals into the long grass country around Seronera, augmenting the resident population. Cheetah are fi ne looking animals, much sought after by camera wielding tourists, but the leopard is even more exquisite and popular. Unlike the sociable lion or timid cheetah, leopards are in a league of their own. Solitary and nocturnal by nature, the leopard when threatened can be devastatingly ferocious. However, when unmolested, leopards are seen to be adoring mothers or shy, retiring males. The Seronera Valley is one of the best places in which to see this charismatic cat, often lying in the branches of a tree.

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Upendo is opening an outlet for its vibrant children’s clothes near the seafront in Stone Town. The fresh, colourful designs are in natural fabrics of kanga and hand-woven kikois. The shop builds on the success of an inspirational project that empowers local women through education. 100% of proceeds are used to run the school and pay the salaries of the women of the Upendo project. The outlet is behind NBC Bank, by Coco de Mer.

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UPENDO MEANS LOVE

Zanzibar Association of Tourism Investors (ZATI) proudly promoted Zanzibar at the Karibu Travel and Tourism Fair in Arusha from 8th – 10th June! Visitors to the ZATI stand were given promotional material about hotels, tour operators and excursions, along with copies of the new ZATI brochure Building a Successful Tourism Industry. Tanzania’s Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism paid a visit to the stand, where the ZATI Chairman emphasised the importance of promoting Zanzibar as a tourist destination alongside mainland Tanzania. This year Zanzibar was very well represented, with over 22 ZATI Members attending and exhibiting.

ZATI at Karibu FairZanzibar Association of Tourism Investors (ZATI) proudly promoted Zanzibar at the Karibu Travel and Tourism Fair in Arusha from 8th – 10th June! Visitors to the ZATI stand were given promotional material about hotels, tour operators and excursions, along with copies of the new ZATI brochure Building a Successful Tourism Industry. Tanzania’s Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism paid a visit to the stand, where the ZATI Chairman emphasised the importance of promoting Zanzibar as a tourist destination alongside mainland Tanzania. This year Zanzibar was very well represented, with over 22 ZATI Members attending and exhibiting.

Tanzania has its fi rst milkfi sh millionaire! Under the supervision of the SUCCESS mariculture project, Regent Enterprises in Bagamoyo, began the construction of the 1 hectare pond for milkfi sh farming, fi lling it with milkfi sh fi ngerlings. This project has come fruition, with Regent Enterprises harvesting over a tonne of milkfi sh. With strategic marketing, they were able to sell them for 2400 Tsh a kilo, a grand total of over 2.3 million shillings, making CEO John Mushi Tanzania’s fi rst milkfi sh millionaire.

MILKFISH MILLIONAIRE

Head over to Makunduchi in Zanzibar on the 21st July to celebrate the Persian New Year. Mwaka Kogwa is a traditional celebration inherited the Persian and Arab visitors to Zanzibar, which drives out evil spirits and brings good luck for the new year. There’s mock fi ghting with banana stems to settle old grudges, a burning hut to protect the village from fi re, food, feasting and songs. It’s bad luck for villagers to be without a guest during this holiday, so all are welcome to take part in the celebration.

MWAKA KOGWA

ZanAir Anywhere You can book a fl ight with your favourite travel agent, in your offi ce or at home

ZanAir is the fi rst Tanzanian airline to have Cions Software’s ReservaWeb and believe me: It means a lot to me. It means that from now on you can book ZanAir tickets at any travel agent in the world or through the Internet at home or at your offi ce’s desk. It means that paper ticket is past, you can check-in from home, at the airport, anywhere on earth. Here at Cions Software, we’re very happy and honoured that ReservaWeb was ZanAir’s choice. ReservaWeb is an airline IT solution that delivers from reservations, inventory and accounting, to check-in, sales channels and CRM. One of the most advanced tools for airlines, ReservaWeb is a key for carriers to deliver more attention, safety and comfort to passengers and a strong help for travel agents and airlines to reach bigger and better results.ZanAir’s smart strategy to seek effective quality IT solutions to help with cost reduction will drive the airline to a higher level. ZanAir and its agents are much more powerful now. They are able to provide increased value for the most important entity of the airline business:

Twende ZanAir!

J. M. RestiniCions Software’s CMO and founder

If you’re looking for a slice of culture and a taste of history, Gallery Tours in association with the Zanzibar Serena Inn has the perfect event for you. Acclaimed local historian, Professor Abdul Sherriff is giving a series of cultural talks about the history and traditions of Zanzibar, every Thursday from 5:30pm to 6:30pm in the Conference Room in Zanzibar Serena Inn. All are welcome. Karibu sana!

CULTURAL TALKS

I signed up for a PADI Open Water course with One Ocean, the Zanzibar Dive Centre. One Ocean is a PADI fi ve star centre and the largest dive company in East Africa, with a reputation for safety and good instructors. You can learn to dive at any of their centres; Blue Bay Resort and Spa, Ocean Paradise, Matemwe Beach Village, their Stone Town centre and in Kizimkazi at Unguja Diving Resort. All the centres offer an extensive range of courses, with experienced staff, high quality equipment and a fl eet of well-equipped boats.

When choosing a dive centre, always check their accredita-tion on the PADI website (www.PADI.com). Make sure you meet your instructor before the course and they’re someone you feel comfortable with before handing over any money. A PADI Open Water course costs in the range of $400 and generally takes 4 or 5 days. It consists of classroom study, pool sessions to learn vital skills, four dives in the sea and a fi nal exam before you can become certifi ed as a diver. The course is fl exible – there’s the option to do a referral, where you complete the pool dives, required study and examination at home, then fi nish the open water dives in the sea on loca-tion, saving you from time in the classroom on your holiday. Alternatively, if you can’t commit to fi ve days in a row, it’s possible to spread the course out over weekends until you’ve completed the work needed to gain certifi cation.

Putting my previous experience out of my mind, I worked my way through the course, learning about water pressure, den-sity, decompression illness, how to take care of diving equip-ment and how to plan dives safely. The pool sessions provid-ed a gentle introduction to the skills I would need: learning to breathe through a regulator, how to equalise as I descended underwater and my least favourite, how to take off my mask, put it back on and clear away the water, without snorting it up my nose and choking. Finally, I was ready to head out to sea. Butterfl ies jittered in my stomach and I made myself breathe through the anxiety. We kitted up, contorting ourselves into wet suits, strapping on weight belts and putting on our BCDs and fi ns, before going through the buddy check. It was time. Mask on, regu-lator in my mouth, I shuffl ed to the edge of the boat for the disorientating fl ip backwards into the water. Bobbing around like corks, we signalled down, letting the air out of our BCDs, sinking into the depths. The compressed air from the tank dried out my mouth mak-ing me cough, as I watched the sandy bottom come into view. A check to see if everyone was okay and then we were off. Drifting soundlessly through this alien landscape, the muted colours of the corals deepening as the sunlight shimmered through the water. Spiky green tubes of coral, the dusky peri-winkle blue of the sponges, iridescent silvery pearls called sailors eyes gleaming like lost treasure in the reef. Clown fi sh danced in and out of pale pink anemones. My panic melted away as I looked around this underwater world in wonder.

Stone fi sh scuttled along the bottom camoufl aged by the sand, whiskered cat fi sh gaped at me from a shelf of coral, schools of shimmering silver fi sh moved as one through the water. A Moorish idol swam regally by, lobsters waved their tentacles at me and a blue spotted sting ray, which looked like it had been attacked by a delinquent with spray paint,

disappeared through the coral. Angel fi sh hovered over sea-weed, glowing with brilliant colours.

And it was over. I was hooked, converted, a new acolyte to the cult. I passed my exam and I’ve been working on get-ting my toaster, convincing friends to do courses. I babble about buoyancy, get excited over fi sh and I’ve signed up for my Open Water Advanced course. I spend weekends diving. I’ve seen a sea horse planted in the sand next to a lion fi sh, followed fat groupers through a wreck and glimpsed a turtle swimming out of sight. I get it now. And you will too.

W hether you’re visiting or living in Tanza-nia, there’s a set of unwritten rules of things to do while you’re here; go on sa-fari, climb Mount Kilimanjaro, visit Zanzi-bar. When you arrive in Zanzibar, there’s

Stone Town, spice tours and spectacular beaches.

On my fi rst visit to Zanzibar, I encountered divers, who tried to convince me that scuba diving an essential part of that list. I found them a strange species, talking in code about buoyancy, visibility, dive computers, how deep they’d been and the things they’d seen. They were fun people, but I wondered if they’d fallen victim to some sort of pyramid scheme, with their attempts to convert non divers to their obsession. Maybe they got a free toaster for every fi ve peo-ple they won over.

Later, when I moved to Zanzibar, I met more of this curious breed. They talked about being soundless, weightless, fl oat-ing through the water as if you were fl ying. I cracked. I tried a Discover Scuba Diving experience on a trip to the beach. I was sea sick, fought blind panic and was towed around the reef like a human balloon by a patient instructor. I was not convinced. Unimpressed, underwhelmed and nauseous. I’d had better days snorkeling. Diving seemed like an expensive hobby, involving various forms suffering with little reward.

Time passed. I made friends with more divers and instruc-tors. I watched them glow with excitement as they described underwater wonders: manta rays gliding through the water with deadly grace, shy sea horses, dolphins and strange shrimp. I decided to try again.

By Nadin Hadi. Photos by One Ocean.

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E very July, Zanzibar comes alive with sights and sounds of ZIFF, the Zanzibar International Film Festival. One of the biggest cultural events in East and Central Africa, this year ZIFF celebrates its landmark tenth anniversary. Between 29th June

and 8th July, Zanzibar becomes a hive of activity, screening fi lms, hosting music and performing arts events, literature and poetry readings, and art exhibitions across the island. There’s training workshops in fi lm production, artists’ panels, A list tributes and discussion forums, sure to entertain and challenge audiences throughout the festival.

This year, the festival theme is a Celebration of Water and Dreams, re-examining the history of Zanzibar and the Dhow countries, with a particular focus on slavery. 200 years have passed since the abolition of the slave trade but the stories and memories locked away in this metropolis of dhow culture remain compelling and raw. At ZIFF, that commemoration and celebration will come alive in the new festival program called Sites of Memory: The Slave Route.

Behind every wall, through every crack and beyond every street corner lie the histories of human interaction, of pain, of beauty and of memory. Ghosts roam the crumbling ruins of the places that supported the slave trade, the winding alleyways and dank caves tell stories of human misery and repression. While this is not Bagamoyo, where the cries of fear from arriving slaves reverberated through the town, Zanzibar was the true last port, where millions of slaves from the African hinterland were assembled before they were sold off to traders. Frightened and alone, they were shipped across the world into the Arabian Gulf, to Europe, the Indian Ocean, the islands of Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles and even to India. After Zanzibar, there was only beyond. There was no escape.

Far beyond the reach and dreams of their forefathers in the Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Tanganyika, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Mozambique, the black populations now found in the dhow region and the wider world celebrate and commemorate their survival and their place in their new societies away from Africa.

Opening night, 29th June, sees the screening of Amazing Grace (2007, Mike Apted, UK)in Stone Town’s Old Fort, telling the tale of William Wilberforce, manoeuvring his way through Parliament in 19th century England, in his endeavours to abolish the British international slave trade.

On 4th July, there’s a tour of Zanzibar’s slave sites. Festival guests walk in the footsteps of the past at Mangapwani slave caves, where hundreds of slaves were packed in awful conditions left to wait for the monsoon rains, Mkunazini Cathedral, the site of the old slave market, Mbweni Ruins, once a school for freed slave girls and the burial site of Tiptip, the notorious slave trader.

In the evening, there’s a public forum called Diffi cult Dialogues, to open up discussions about slavery and other issues, creating a space to talk, to come to terms with and embrace history’s legacy. At night, the Old Fort amphitheatre hosts special short fi lms about the stories of Africans in Iran, Turkey and Israel, generations after their ancestors fi rst arrived there.

The crowning glory of this year’s celebrations is the UNESCO/ZIFF/BRITISH COUNCIL Special Award for the best fi lm in the world produced on the theme of slavery. Although slavery has not been unaddressed by Hollywood, ZIFF have thrown down the gauntlet for fi lm makers to develop alternative dialogues and narratives, to challenge dominant caricatures and cliches and re-examine issues which remain relevant today.

This $10,000 award aims to encourage fi lmmakers to pursue subjects that are hard to tackle but necessary to human understanding. The award will honour the director’s position in demonstrating the liberation aspirations of slaves, the human tragedy of slave trade and slavery, or the issue of slavery as a crime against humanity. The results are guaranteed to be compelling.

The Zanzibar International Film Festival takes place in Stone Town, from 29th June to 8th July. For more information, see www.ziff.or.tz

Sites of Memory: THE SLAVE ROUTEZanzibar International Film Festival 2007

By Dr. Martin Mhando

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T anzania is one of the world’s largest producers of cashew nuts. Every year, Tanzania exports 100,000 tonnes of raw cashew nuts. Processing is still

primarily done in other countries like India, but it’s a growing industry in Tanzania.

The processing is very important because the cashew nut is a very tough nut to crack! This is what the nut goes through before it can be eaten:

HarvestingCashew nuts grow on trees. The nut is kidney shaped and attached to a ‘cashew apple’. The ‘apple’ is not a fruit, but a swollen flower stalk. The real fruit is the nut. The farmers wait until the cashew nut and apple fall from the tree, then they collect the nuts and break off the apple. Harvesting takes place from October to December.

Boiling or burningAfter harvesting, the nut is boiled or heated in a fire to make it easier to crack. Normally, factories use a pressure cooker to speed up the process, but in the villages, the nuts are heated over a fire until they’re close to burning and ready for shelling.

ShellingIt’s not possible to mechanize the shelling of cashew nuts, the shell is too hard and

the nut is too fragile. In the villages shelling is done with an iron rod. In processing factories, workers use a special cashew nut cracker. The nut shell contains an acidic fluid which can burn the skin, so the shellers protect their hands with oil or ashes.

Drying and peelingAfter shelling, a thin layer (the testa) still remains on the cashew nut. The nuts are dried for at least 5 hours, and then workers peel away the testa with a small knife

Grading Grading is the final stage in processing. Cashew nuts are sorted into over 20 different grades based on an extemsive checklist: Is the nut whole or broken? Is it white, spotted or brownish? How big is it? The most expensive nuts are the big, white whole nuts, and the cheapest are the small pieces of broken nuts, known as baby bits.

The whole process, from the time the nut is collected until it’s finally ready to eat, takes at least eight days. Cashew nuts are often served as a snack, roasted with salt and spices, but they’re also used in rice dishes like pilau and in Indian and South East Asian cuisine. The ‘baby bits’ are perfect for toppings on ice cream or salads. Bigger bits can be used in bread or cakes. Whatever they’re used for, cashew nuts are a healthy and tasty addition to any menu.

A Tough Nut to Crack!

The information in this article was provided by UVUKI, a farmer cooperative in Kibaha. UVUKI is the only farmer organization in Tanzania that owns a cashew processing factory. The factory employs 100 workers, mainly women. For more information or to arrange a visit to the factory, call 0784821270 or write to uvuki_cashew@yahoo.co.uk. You can also find more information on www.uvuki.kabissa.org

Sitting in a hotel lounge, in a bar or a restaurant in Tanzania, it’s not uncommon for a waiter to bring a bowl of nuts to munch away on. However, they’re not peanuts,as you’d expect most places around the world, but cashew nuts. Cashew nuts are the healthiest of all nuts, low on fat, high on carbohydrates, no cholesterol at all and very tasty!

By Jesper Guhle Mogensen

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W hat do you get if you mix suitcases, bricks, pythons, fi re, face paint, unicycles and Congolese pop music ? The answer is one of Tanzania’s best kept secrets sarakasi. Sarakasi comes from the word “circus,” but

translates as acrobatics with a carnival fl avour.

Forget the image of Olympic gymnasts with their rigid, tight and serious routines and think of an entertaining performance mixed with humor, stunts and agility, but above all showmanship. Tan-zanian sarakasi will make you ohh and ahh as young men contort their bodies and climb high into the sky, but it will also make you laugh and start dancing in your seat. With Congolese or Bongo Flava pop blaring its happy beats, young men (and on occasion women) in colorful costumes perform amazing stunts with no nets. You might see human pyramids and fl ips, gravity defying balances on a precarious tower of chairs, acrobats spinning a fl aming bicycle

wheel from their months or toned contortionists twisted in the lotus position laughing hysterically, keeping a drum beat with their bot-toms. Just when you think it has been daring enough, out comes a python, dangling from an acrobat’s neck, wiggling and squeezing him as he sticks the snake’s head in his mouth.

No sarakasi is complete without comedy, a dramatized skit or a mixture of ngoma (traditional Tanzanian music and dance). Sara-kasi isn’t just about executing a stunt, it’s about entertaining audi-ences and making them laugh. Performances often feature local resources, such as straw hats, tin cans and soda bottles for juggling and bricks and wooden chairs for gymnastics, making sarakai a portable art form that can be performed anywhere and anytime.

Sarakasi is said to have offi cially taken root in Tanzania in 1965 when twenty local youth were sent to the People’s Republic of China for basic acrobatic training. Although during the days of early

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independence there were movements to disassociate from foreign culture, China, at the time was a socialist country removed from the west, was made an exception.

The twenty young acrobats returned and were responsible for train-ing other national youth through the National Theatre Troupe. They helped popularize the form, common in cultural performances to-day. Sarakasi is taught at the National College of the Arts (Chuo cha Sanaa) in Bagamoyo as part of the performing arts curricula, but it’s learnt more informally on the beaches and streets of Tanzania among local youth, spurring each other on to greater daredevil acts. Much like Western break-dancing or Brazilian capoeira, sarakasi provides a creative and physical outlet for young people, in a com-petitive but playful atmosphere. If you walk along the seafront in Zanzibar at high tide, you can see young boys practising backfl ips from boats, cartwheeling along the beaches and somersaulting off the pier, inspired by sarakasi. Some young people transfer their

hard learned skills from the beaches onto the stage as part of a performing group to make money, but the most leave sarakasi as an afternoon diversion.

It’s hard to go in search of sarakasi. Kendwa Rocks in Zanzibar hosts a spectacular sarakasi show at their monthly full moon par-ties. Sometimes there are performances at hotels as part of the evening entertainment, or skits to warm up the crowd before a Bongo Flava performance. If you manage to catch a show, you’re sure to come away with a smile on your face. Tanzanian sarakasi is unpretentious and entertaining. Despite its Chinese roots, sarakasi is a Tanzanian creation, combining local humor, stories and dance, sweeping the audience along in the nail biting excitement.

So next time you see a group of young people carrying suitcases and pythons, fi nd out where they’re heading and make sure you catch the show.

SARAKASI Striking a Balance

By Emily Morris. Photos by Javed Jafferji

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Married for a night?A man and a woman who have never met before fi nd themselves in the same sleeping carriage of a train. After the initial embarrassment they both go to sleep, the woman on the top bunk, the man on the lower.

In the middle of the night the woman leans over, wakes the man and says, “I’’m sorry to bother you, but I’’m awfully cold and I was wondering if you could possibly get me another blanket.” The man leans out and, with a glint in his eye, says, “I’’ve got a better idea... just for tonight, let’’s pretend we’’re married.”

The woman thinks for a moment. “Why not,” she giggles. “Great,” he replies, “Get your own damn blanket!”

Einstein’s Chauffer After having propounded his famous theory, Albert Einstein would tour the various Universities in the United States, delivering lectures wherever he went. He was always accompanied by his faithful chauffer, Harry, who would attend each of these lectures while seated in the back row! One fi ne day, after Einstein had fi nished a lecture and was coming out of the auditorium into his vehicle, Harry addresses him and says, “Professor Einstein, I’ve heard your lecture on Relativity so many times, that if I were ever given the opportunity, I would be able to deliver it to perfection myself!”

“Very well,” replied Einstein, “I’m going to Dartmouth next week. They don’t know me there. You can deliver the lecture as Einstein, and I’ll take your place as Harry!” And so it went to be. Harry delivered the lecture to perfection, without a word out of place, while Einstein sat in the back row playing “chauffer”, and enjoying a snooze for a change. Just as Harry was descending from the podium, however, one of the research assistants intercepted him, and began to ask him a question on the theory of relativity, one that involved a lot of complex calculations and equations. Harry replied to the assistant “The answer to this question is very simple! In fact, it’s so simple, that I’m going to let my chauffer answer it!”

Trouble at the vetA lady walked into a veterinary clinic one day carrying a very limp little duck. She put the duck on the table and asked, “What’s wrong with my him?”.The vet briefl y looked at the duck and said “I’m sorry but your duck is dead”.The lady said “How can this be? You barely even looked at him ! You didn’t run any tests or anything! I want another opinion!”.

Then vet looked at the lady and said “very well” and walked out of the room. A minute later he returns with a Labrador Retriever dog. The dog jumped on the table, sniffed the duck from head to tail, then looked at the vet and sadly shook his head. Then the vet left again , this time returning with a cat. The cat did likewise. He jumped on the table, sniffed the duck, sadly shook his head and walked out.So the vet asked the lady “So now what do you think?”.She replied, “Well I guess after all that my duck really is dead”.

Then the vet handed her the bill. The lady was shocked “How can you charge me this much to tell me that my duck is dead!”.“Well”, the vet said, “If you would have just stopped at my examination it would have only come to $20, but with the Lab Report and the Cat Scan the bill came to $200”.

Sea talesA sailor meets a pirate in a bar, and talk turns to their adventures.The sailor notes that the pirate has a peg leg, a hook hand, and an eye patch.

“How did you end up with a peg leg?” he asks.

“I was swept overboard into a school of sharks,” the pirate replies. “As my men were pulling me out, a shark bit off my leg.”

“Wow!” cries the sailor. “What about your hook?”

“Argh! An enemy hacked off my hand during a raid.”

“Incredible! How’d you get the eye patch?”

“A seagull pooped in my eye.”

“You lost your eye to a sea gull dropping?”

“Well,” says the pirate, “it was my fi rst day with the hook.”

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Travel HEALTH

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PUZZLES

Got some time to spare? Then try this Sudoku puzzle. Just fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 to 9. It’s that easy... or is it?

Solution:Across1. Flies on a string4. Mammal that swims and barks7. Artifi cial Intelligence8. Amount (abbr.)10. Note after La 11. Wishes to God13. Worn around the neck15. In debt17. Unusual18. Sheep sound19. Hair styling product21. Suspicious24. Morning26. Memorable period of time27. A single one28. Score in hockey29. Pleased

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In the waterEveryone loves the seaside, and the thought of cooling off in that lovely blue water is an attraction very few can resist! But there can be dangers lurking in even in the calmest of waters.

Safety tipsWhether at home or abroad, follow these basic tips for keeping safe:

• Never swim alone or under the infl uence of alcohol or drugs, and never dive head-fi rst into an unfamiliar body of water. • Check local information for details of tides, currents and pollution. • Bilharzia, a parasitic infection of the bowel or bladder, may be contracted by contact with infested fresh water in the tropics. • In certain areas, fatal primary amoebic meningoencephalitis has occurred following swimming in warm dirty water. • Salt water is generally safer than fresh water for swimming in developing countries. However, only pools that contain properly chlorinated water can be considered safe from infectious diseases. • When swimming in the sea, check out the possible existence of jellyfi sh, sea urchins and coral. Human sewage and animal faeces make some beaches no-go areas for swimming or even wading.

Boat safetyBoat propellers are a major cause of injury and drowning to swimmers, water skiers and divers.

“It’s a good idea to not drink alcohol before enjoying water sports to avoid accidental drowning” Boats equipped with propeller guards should be used whenever possible. It’s a good idea to not drink alcohol before enjoying water sports to avoid accidental drowning. Source: bbc.co.uk/health

Bongo fl ava’s roots lie in American rap, R&B, hip hop, jazz, salsa and even Indian music, blended with a unique Swahili twist. The scene is rich with collaboration, with MCs and vocalists working together, combining rap with R ‘n B, to create songs that stay in your head all day. The lyrics are sharp and incisive, often featuring political and social commentary, discussing issues like HIV, poverty, corruption but also talking about life, relationships, money, jealousy and love. Their music videos are on heavy rotation on Tanzanian television, with the songs providing an unoffi cial soundtrack to Tanzania, heard on dala dala buses, in crowded marketplaces, bars and clubs.

Juma Kassim Mohamed Kirobto, aka Juma Nature or Sir Nature, is one of East Africa’s most talented and well loved bongo fl ava stars. His word play and creativity, with his fl owing “kighettoghetto” is almost unrivalled in the scene, balanced by his skillful compositions, soulful voice and charisma as a performer.

Born in 1980 in Dar es Salaam, Nature had a tough childhood. His father was a civil servant whilst his mother, a housewife, helped to feed the family by selling rice cakes and chapattis on the streets of Temeke - one of the poorer suburbs of Dar es Salaam. At times Nature was involved in petty crimes like assisting in selling gongo (a prohibited home-made local spirit), as well as thieving, due to poverty. His father’s work dried up and the family became bankrupt,

forcing Nature into manual labour to make ends meet.His musical journey started when he was ten years old and his father took him to the madrassa (Islamic school) where Juma Nature grew extremely talented in ‘qasida’ singing and ‘dufu’ playing. Soon, he became a household name, for his ability to sing and play the tarikas and his school was regularly invited to perform at Islamic ceremonies, with Nature at the forefront.

Nature’s real-life experience in the Temeke suburbs of Dar continues to provide the material and inspiration for most of his songs. For four years Nature was a leading member of TMK Wanaume Family and a founder member of different permutations of artists including Wachuja Nafaka, GWM ( Gangsters with Matatizo), Wangoto Family, Gangwe Mobb. Currently, he performs with TMK Wanaume Halisi, popular across Tanzania for their songs and their Ma-kung fu fl ex dancing, copied in clubs across the country.

Songs like “Umoja wa Watanzania”, pleading for a peaceful resolution between Tanzania’s rival political parties, Ndege Tunduni, Iddi, Hakuna Kulala and Mzee wa Busara, show why Nature was nominated as one of MTV’s Best African Acts in 2006 and his popularity continues to soar across East Africa. With thanks to Busara Promotions.

Images of LamuJaved Jafferji and

Elie Losleben

Lying off the coast of Ken-ya, Lamu was once a lynch pin of the Swahili civilisa-tion, an atmospheric stone town where gold, spices, ivory and slaves were traded to the rest of the world. Now a sleepy fi shing community, Elie Losleben and Javed Jaf-ferji take you through the winding streets, where don-keys carry loads through town to market, down to the shore, colourful carved boats bobbing on the shimmering Indian Ocean in this beauti-ful coffee table book.

Swahili for thebroken-hearted

Peter Moore

Peter Moore’ s trave-logues sweep you along on his adventures, almost as if you’re right there beside him. After being dumped by the girl next door, he em-barks on an overland trek from Cape Town to Cairo, meeting a motley crew of travellers along the way to share his adventures with. Travelling through South Af-rican townships, hitchhiking in Lesotho, hanging out at Victoria Falls and Zanzibar, Moore eventually makes it to Cairo, bringing the sights and sounds of Africa to life in this entertaining yarn.

Allah is Not Obliged Ahmadou Kourouma

Allah is Not Obliged prompted reviewers to com-pare Kourouma to Voltaire in this irreverent tour de force. The book’s title comes from the Islamic saying “Allah is not obliged to be fair about the things he does here on earth”. Narrated by Biraha-ma, a young boy, unsure if he’s 10 or 12 years old and as rude as a goat’s beard, who becomes a child solider after the death of his moth-er. Despite the serious sub-ject matter, Kourouma suc-ceeds in making Birahama an immensely likeable nar-rator, showing the diffi cult existence of child solidiers caught up in tribal warfare. Highly recommended.

The Love Secrets of Don Juan

Tim Lott

Daniel Savage is down and out, one of the walking wounded in the battle of the sexes. Once a high fl ying ad-vertising exec, he’s living in a bedsit, half way through a messy divorce, struggling to fi nd places to take his daughter on her weekend visits. Wondering why every relationship he’s had has ended, Daniel re-examines his past, coming up with the Love Secrets of Don Juan, in an attempt to rebrand himself to make him more attractive to the opposite sex. Lott’s style is dry, deft and engaging, with astute observations about modern relationships, parenting and the differences between men and women, perfect for a beach read.

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Juma Nature

Tanzanian hip hop, known as bongo

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ZanAir Limited“the preferred choice”

Fleet all up force

ZanAir has grown from a twin-engine light aircraft to six aircraft of varying capacity. All of them being twin engines pistons aircraft, the two Let 410’s are the only aircraft with twin turbine power.

ZanFact FileConsidering the fact that Zanzibar is an island and the nearest distance to the main land being approx 20 nm, for reasons of passenger safety and comfort ZanAir only operates twin-engine retractable landing gear aircraft.

• LET 410: An Aircraft seemingly designed for African conditions, a solid short fi eld performer with rugged systems yet sleek, stable and spacious with state of the art avionics and twin turbine reliability, 19 seats. TWO Aircraft • Cessna 404: Versatile and luxurious, exceptionally quite for a piston engine, with range capabilities in excess of 1275 nm, she can deliver you up to the Comoros and back. 12 seats, TWO Aircraft • Cessna 402C: Economical and fast medium lift twin engine aircraft, tried and true with thousands of hours of operation throughout Africa. With a capacity of 8 pax the C402C has a range of up to 5 hrs fl ying with a 1-hour reserve. ONE Aircraft• Piper Seneca II: The “bush baby” of the fl eet, world renowned light twin en-gine with solid undercarriage, can basically operate in and out of most of Tan-zania’s rugged airstrips. Capable of carrying up to 5 passengers she will deliver you in style to your bush location. A total of two aircraft

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