Tanzania
Facts, researched articles, and events related to Tanzania, drawn from the Provenance Africa archive.
Researched Articles
- Five German Warships and the Making of German East Africa, 1885 (Article)
- Julius Nyerere's Death and His Role in Southern Africa's Liberation Struggles (Article)
- Tanganyika's Independence, December 9, 1961 (Article)
- Robert F. Kennedy's 1966 Tour of South Africa and Tanzania (Article)
- Dar es Salaam: From Sultan's Port to Tanzania's Commercial Capital (Article)
- The Maji Maji Rebellion and Germany's Scorched-Earth Reprisal, 1905-07 (Article)
- Engai: The Maasai Supreme God With Two Opposing Faces (Article)
- How Swahili Became Africa's Most Widely Spoken Bantu Language (Article)
- The Laetoli Footprints: 3.6 Million Years Old, Preserved by a Volcano (Article)
- Tanzania's Trade in Albino Body Parts, and the Superstition Behind It (Article)
- The Kilwa Sultanate and the Mystery of Its Coins in Australia (Article)
- Kilimanjaro: Africa's Roof and the World's Tallest Free-Standing Mountain (Article)
- The 1964 Zanzibar Revolution: 600 Rebels, a Toppled Sultan, and a Death Toll Nobody Agrees On (Article)
- Mazimbu and Dakawa: Tanzania's Settlements for South African Exiles (Article)
- A 2017 Study Found More Than 10,000 Chinese Firms Operating in Africa (Article)
From the Archive
- Arsenal's goalkeeper and current EPL consecutive Golden Glove winner, David Raya, and his wife, celebrating…
- Ali Hassan Mwinyi, the 2nd President of Tanzania, died. (2024)
- Meet the first African female lawyer in Tanzania & Malawi, the 36-year-old mother of five, Mrs. Vera Chirwa…
- Countries with the cheapest cost to purchase 1 Gigabyte of mobile data in Africa: Sudan 🇸🇩 - 27 cents (US…
- Check out our stunning beauties at the Miss World 1967 pageant... The Gambia (Janie Jack), Ghana (Araba Mar…
- African nations with the highest number of Internet users (millions) 1. Nigeria 🇳🇬 154.3 million 2. Egypt…
- The late great Mwalimu, Julius Nyerere, former President of Tanzania told us that the IMF is an instrument…
- Africans didn't give up their land to the colonialists without a fight. Check out these 19th century UK new…
- Ladies and gentlemen, behold the new President of Tanzania, and Africa's only current female national leade…
- BREAKING: President John Magufuli of Tanzania has passed away, according to Vice President Samia Sulhu Hass…
- Seif Sharif Hamad, Tanzanian politician and Vice President of Zanzibar, died of COVID-19. (2021)
- John Magufuli, fifth President of Tanzania, died. (2021)
- African Powers Ranked by Military Strength: 1 Egypt🇪🇬 2 Algeria🇩🇿 3 SA🇿🇦 4 Nigeria🇳🇬 5 Ethiopia🇪🇹…
- We recall our heroes lost during the 1905 Maji Maji Rebellion in Tanzania fighting oppression/servitude aga…
- Zanzibar, part of modern Tanzania, was ruled by Arabs who owned and sold the native Africans as slaves for…
- Africa and #COVIDー19 #coronavirus *121 cases confirmed in Africa *🇿🇦 total is 13, 🇪🇬 67 *Uganda bans vi…
- The late, great Julius Nyerere in 1959, then Tanganyika African National Union leader. After voting in this…
- Scoring infrastructure in Africa, 2018. Only Maroc, Egypt, SA, Mauritius and Seychelles reach the global av…
- Dr Reginald Mengi, revered Tanzanian philanthropist, business mogul and founder of the IPP Group, has passe…
- The city of Dar Es Salaam, then capital of Tanzania, 1977.
- RIP to one of Africa's most respected media/entertainment stalwarts, Tanzania's Ruge Mutahaba, who left us…
- Arusha, Tanzania in the early 1920s. We had a bunch of European visitors, presumably Brits, with Mount Meru…
- The ever beautiful skyline of the City of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania...
- Corruption in Public sector measured in Sub-Saharan Africa (2018). 1 Seychelles 2 Botswana 3 Cabo Verde 4 R…
- We remember Tanzania's first President, Julius Nyerere, who died today in 1999. One of Africa's most respec…
- Happy Independence day to all Tanzanians! Let's revisit her 9th December, 1961 Independence celebrations. F…
- Aside from building a home for ANC activists in Morogoro, Tanzania, President Nyerere in 1965 boldly suspen…
- Today in 1885, 5 German warships anchored off Zanzibar, subduing her powerful Sultan whose agreements with…
- In Tanzania it is mandatory for bloggers and owners of other online forums such as YouTube TV channels to r…
- Donald Trump has punished Rwanda for refusing second-hand U.S clothes/footwear by suspending her from duty-…
- The ferry MV Nyerere capsized as it came in to the jetty at Ukara Island on Lake Victoria, having crossed f… (2018)
- Africa's 10 fastest growing economies as at November 2017. 1. Côte d’Ivoire 2. Tanzania 3. Senegal 4. Djibo…
- Kenya, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Uganda, Namibia and Gabon are the leading African countries in mobile ban…
- Do you know that Tanzania's first President Julius Nyerere translated Shakespeare's Julius Cæsar, Merchant…
- 9 African nations, including Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Tanzania and Kenya are amongst the 20 fastest growing ec…
- Former President of Tanzania, the late, great Julius Nyerere in 1998 exposes the horrors of the Internation…
- See the Tanzanian town President Nyerere offered black South Africans to live for decades during the aparth…
- THREAD (1) This was how the 1964 Revolution in Zanzibar (now part of Tanzania) that overthrew centuries of…
- Tanzanite - one of the world's most coveted gemstones, can only be found in only one place, Tanzania, where…
- Revisiting lands in Tanzania where exiled anti-apartheid freedom fighters and ANC leaders sought refuge, th…