For the reader who is unfamiliar with hardcore local drinks, Gongo is the crude, raw version of Konyagi - distilled, packaged and bottled 35 percent original Tanzanian whisky. Of course Gongo (or the said “chang’aa”) is stronger and much more sinister, hence the deadly name, Machozi ya Simba (lion’s tears).
Sijui wasomaji wangapi tunamkumbuka mwanamuziki mashuhuri wa Nigeria, Fela Anikulapo Kuti aliyefariki 1997 akiwa na umri wa miaka 59? Fela alikuwa binam wa mwandishi maarufu, Wole Soyinka (pichani) aliyeshinda tuzo la fasihi (Nobel) duniani 1986.