I have met several overseas Africans who think English has been ditched in Tanzania for Kiswahili. It feels as if we Africans wish we could abandon it all and stick to indigenous languages just like Kenyan writer, Professor Ngugi wa Thiong’o has been campaigning since mid 1970s.
Ukiacha wanasiasa na waalimu mashuleni muhimu ni wanahabari. Mwandishi anatakiwa kiwastani asome kitabu kimoja-hususan mkusanyiko wa mashairi au riwaya - kila mwezi. Je waandishi wangapi wanajisomea vitabu vinavyohusu maisha ya mashujaa (au watu waliofanya mambo ya kuigwa) kama Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Barack Obama au aliyekuwa Waziri wa Fedha zamani, Edwin Mtei?