tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80731364204193594722026-04-28T04:37:45.967-04:00Welcome, Karibuni. To date, there's still a considerable number of myths/misconceptions surrounding African's and Africa in general. Swahili Vibe will attempt to be your source on all that is Tanzanian by bringing you various facts and information from this beautiful country, in addition to information on how Tanzanians living abroad deal with and adjust to their new surroundings. This blog will also contain any other observations, rants and raves, as I see fit.Ramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05272009107359396123noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073136420419359472.post-17217707901404600802011-03-26T23:56:00.001-04:002011-03-27T00:15:17.221-04:00

Tuzo za Kili Music Awards zilifanyika jana na msanii 20% aliibuka kidedea kwa kubeba jumlaya tuzo 5.  Kusema ukweli kwangu mimi ilikuwa mara ya kwanza kulisikia hilo jina, kwahiyo nikaamua nitafute nyimbo zake.  Kumbe ni msanii wa siku nyingi na nyimbo zake nilikuwa nshawahi kuzisikia ila basi tu jina  halikunikaa kichwani.  Kuna nyimbo moja hasahasa ambayo ulinikuna sana,

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A beautiful Madeh from the Maulid celebrations I attended recently. Mashallah the brothers sang beautifully and I thought i'd just share it with you all.  Enjoy!

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Watch how a 10 year old goes hard on Lil Wayne about his degradation of black women.  I came across this video randomly and thought it was kinda cute, strong words from a 10 year old.  Lil Wayne better heed their advice.

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Ningekuwa mtovu wa nidhamu kama ningewacha tukio kubwa kama hili lipite bila kutamka lolote.  Kwanza ningependa kutoa pole kwa wadau wote walioathirika na kulipuka kwa mabomu hayo huko Gongolamboto.  Mwenyezi Mungu awapunguzie mitihani na awape nguvu, uvumilivu na faraja katika wakati huu mgumu. Swahili-vibes ingependa kutoa ombi kwa serikali ya Jamhuri ya Tanzania kuweka mikakati

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On Saturday Feb 19th 2011m the Tanzanian Canadian Association was celebrating 20th anniversary.  To grace this momentous occasion,  the Tanzania Ambassador in Canada Mr. Alexander Massinda and the Mayor of Toronto Rob Ford were in attendance. In short the event was a huge success in my opinion.  The venue, although difficult to get to due to it being located at

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My apologies dear readers for the lack of new posts in the last month or so.  Will try and cope better with the worldly responsibilities/issues that have crossed my path. We have quite alot to catch up on...stay tuned.

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I had this wonderful experience that I'd like to share with you all.  My laptop wasn't booting up (partly reason for my lack of updates on the blog) so I decided to take it to the Apple store at Yorkdale (a popular mall here in Toronto) to see if they could sort out whatever the problem was.  The store was packed and I had a number of errands to run on this particular day, so I was

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Growing up in a typical African family where my dad was the main bread winner and my mom was a home maker, I naturally aspire to have all that goodness I experienced as a child with my family, you know, all that good stuff, always having extended family around, plenty of food in the house all the time, just in case.  I want to keep all the good things that I experienced, saw and loved as a

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I received this amazing set of pics from a generous reader...thanks homie.  May we all have the opportunity to perform the holly pilgrimage atleast once in our lifetime...enjoy...Click on " read more" below to see the rest of the photos. The Saudi Press Agency said that a record number of Muslims were expected to make the Hajj this year - over 3.4 million anticipated over the five

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You just gotta love kids...this had me in stitches! Have a blessed Friday everybody

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To commemorate World Aids Day (December 1st), I've gone for a little shock therapy. Warning powerful video below.  Aids is real, you've probably heard a lot of people harping on and on about it, well... have a look.

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In a country like Tanzania, where child mortality rates are simply shocking, it's encouraging to see some something is being done about It.  I don't want to speak too much on this issue, peep the video below.

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Imprisoned three times by the Nigerian government, Chris Abani turned his experience into poems that Harold Pinter called "the most naked, harrowing experience of prison life and political torture imaginable" Chris Abani's first novel, published when he was 16, was Masters of the Board, a political thriller about a foiled Nigerian coup.  The story was convincing enough that the Nigerian

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As we mature, it is not uncommon to find ourselves questioning ourselves  and our career choices more and more.  Is he really my "best friend", is there such a thing as a "best friend"?  Is this really the job I want to do...is this the career I want to be in?  Is this it...I mean surely there must be more to life than this?  How did I even get to working here? who am I??

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Picture this, Sunday evening and I'm relaxing at home with the family as usual, mentally preparing myself for the work week to begin the following day when upon browsing through my facebook account, I see one of my friends offering his MLS Cup Final tickets for free! It wasn't even like one or two tickets, four...yeah four tickets to the final.  So I'm like hold on, let me call him and

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I took my daughter to her first Eid celebrations last Saturday and she had an amazing time.  the whole shindig was organised by AICP.  There were numerous activities available for the kids to partake in, including, mini basketball, colouring some bowling type activities and so on and so forth.  The mothers brought along their angelic voices and broke out into some beautiful songs

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It was on wet and wintry fall afternoon two years ago that a former Doctoral student stepped into my office to request some formal documentation from the department.  He was very well dressed with a colourful silk scarf, a warm wool jacket, he also had a polite tone of voice and was very well mannered. My initial guess was that he was of Middle Eastern heritage and further along our

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This Eid may Allah bring a lot of peace, blessings, prosperity and happiness to my Muslim brothers and Sisters around the world. Ameen

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I met with with couple of my mates last Friday and we decided to go Roller skating.  Now I have never ever ever pulled on some roller blades, so I was as excited as ever to give it a go.  Of course I was aware that I might end up spending the entire evening with my behind on the floor but I still wanted to give it a go.  I'm really glad I did as I thoroughly enjoyed the evening, OK

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I came across this beautiful song by Rose and thought it's worth sharing. She sings about her love for her country Tanzania imploring the masses to come together and build the country and to preserve peace. Check out the video below;

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The title speaks for itself.

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This article is directed more to my brothers who are away from home (although it also relates to everyone and anyone who has dreams and ambitions, regardless of their geographical location), trying to make something of their lives in a foreign country.  Have you ever asked yourself what you have accomplished so far since the day you were born? Of course as individuals we all have our ideas

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If you think you got it bad, nothing ever goes right for you. Nobody loves you and why do all these negative things always happen to you remember, it could always get worse than it currently is....find the time and check out the video below as Elisa Joseph tells her story to the camera.  Her story brought tears to my eyes! From a difficult family background in rural Iringa, Elisa

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I'd like to dedicate this post to my relatives, friends and loved ones who've passed away this year.  In no particular order I will seek to briefly describe each individual and what they meant to me, also I will provide pictures where possible. Bibi (Grandma) - My grandma lived to ripe age Mashallah, what i would always remember about her is that whenever I'd go and see her she would, after

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So I figured that, rather than write on and on about my beautiful country Tanzania, and Dar es Salaam where I was born, I will endeavor to post a series of videos instead. I'll start of with what is a valiant effort by Ali, who took it upon himself to highlight the numerous tourist attractions available in Dar es Salaam. Check out the videos below.

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