Erick's blog

Music for peace

If the performance was taking place in Dar esSalaam, it would inevitably be compared to a Bongo Flava concert that woulddraw all top executives in the city plus their assistants to match up a crowdof 3000 diplomats and UN employees who attended the world renowned cellistYo-Yo- Ma’s concert.

Submitted by Erick on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 15:24.

African mothers lives are in the US presidential election

The U.S. presidential election is likely to benefit the United Nations Fund for Population (UNFPA) and other women'shealth organizations if the Democratic presidentialcandidate, Mr Barack Obama, is elected.

Submitted by Erick on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 15:14.

Mayor Bloomberg’s story and the tainted image of Africa

The Times reported last year in August that theglobal media mogul Rupert Murdochhad telephoned journalists Parker-Pope, Kate Kelly and Henry Sender who hadditched one of his newspapers, The Wall Street Journal “begging” them to stayafter announcing that they were leaving the newspaper

Submitted by Erick on Fri, 10/31/2008 - 01:44.

......in the name of MDGs

The memories of Kulwa Mathias, a student in atainted school uniform and mismatching slippers that I met two years ago atNgwihando Primary School in Shinyanga rural, are still fresh in my mind. 

Submitted by Erick on Mon, 10/20/2008 - 18:07.

New York’s Marathon

Coming from Tanzania, a country known for its hospitality, New Yorkers' attidutes were hard to swallow but I had to embrace them, whether I liked it or not.

Submitted by Erick on Thu, 10/16/2008 - 14:13.

My newspaper

Submitted by Erick on Wed, 09/17/2008 - 23:58.