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Tanzania’s History and Togetherness

Tanzania’s History and Togetherness

by Steve Chisnell | 25 July 2018 | Guest Posts, Student Posts, Tanzania

HENRY SMITH — Modern Tanzanian society cannot be understood without understanding its postcolonial history, which was defined by its experiment in socialism, ujamaa, which is the Swahili word for “collective economics.”

A Modern Babel

A Modern Babel

by Steve Chisnell | 10 July 2018 | Guest Posts, Student Posts, Tanzania

HENRY SMITH — Tanzanian secondary school and beyond is taught exclusively in English, to the point where students are punished for speaking other languages.

A Sense of Belonging

A Sense of Belonging

by Steve Chisnell | 9 July 2018 | Guest Posts, Student Posts, Tanzania

COLLIN SHARPE — As the days passed, it became clearer that funerals in rural Tanzania are a product of something far more profound in Tanzanian culture: an emphasis on recognizing, respecting, and caring for each individual.

America, Have Respect!

America, Have Respect!

by Steve Chisnell | 6 July 2018 | International, My Travel Blog, Student Posts, Tanzania

ABBY VAN HAITSMA –…For the next two hours, we watched (and tried to help), mesmerized at all the work that was being done just to prepare a local meal for us. This is just one example of the respect and thought that locals here have for food.

A Simpler Life

A Simpler Life

by Steve Chisnell | 9 July 2017 | Peru, Student Posts

EMILY VANHAITSMA – We adjusted to the altitude together, bargained in the markets together, and hiked up mountains we thought were impossible to climb.

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