AN ABANDONED BUNDLE By Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali ~ Selected Poems AN ABANDONED BUNDLE By Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali ~ Selected Poems The morning mist and chimney smoke of White City Jabavu flowed thick yellow as pus oozing from a gigantic sore. It smothered our little houses like fish caught in a net. Scavenging dogs draped in … Read more
THE DYING CHILD Freeman Peter Lwamba ~ Selected Poems THE DYING CHILD Freeman Peter Lwamba ~ Selected Poems Thin and red, Skinny and bald, The boy groans on the ground. Swollen stomach Full of waste, Thin legs, Thin arms, Twitch As the boy Fights with flies Over the empty plate. Ten years old, He looks … Read more
He read medicine Specializing in the tooth, And graduated with honours With new thesis To cure the aching malady. “Our teeth shall be alright!” People chanted, welcoming his services. And he started work, prompt and immediate. They brought him all the teeth they had – Decaying teeth, aching teeth, strong teeth. And he started working … Read more
Africa my Africa Africa of proud warriors in the ancestral savannahs Africa of whom my grandmother sings On the banks of the distant river I have never known you But your blood flows in my veins Your beautiful black blood that irrigates the fields The blood of your sweat The sweat of your work The … Read more
After Tanzania Mainland had pulled out of the East African Examinations Council, in 1971 and before NECTA was established by Law, in 1973, the Curriculum and Examinations Section of the Ministry of Education was responsible for all examinations. With the establishment of NECTA, the Examinations became its responsibility in accordance with the law. The Curriculum … Read more
APPRECIATION OF POETRY APPRECIATION OF POETRY Poetry is a literary genre in which ideas and feelings are expressed in imaginative and musical language. Poems are meant to be recited or sung and words are arranged in such a way that they touch readers’ senses, emotions and mind. Poetry is different from other literary genres and thus … Read more
After Tanzania Mainland had pulled out of the East African Examinations Council, in 1971 and before NECTA was established by Law, in 1973, the Curriculum and Examinations Section of the Ministry of Education was responsible for all examinations. With the establishment of NECTA, the Examinations became its responsibility in accordance with the law. The Curriculum … Read more
After Tanzania Mainland had pulled out of the East African Examinations Council, in 1971 and before NECTA was established by Law, in 1973, the Curriculum and Examinations Section of the Ministry of Education was responsible for all examinations. With the establishment of NECTA, the Examinations became its responsibility in accordance with the law. The Curriculum … Read more
After Tanzania Mainland had pulled out of the East African Examinations Council, in 1971 and before NECTA was established by Law, in 1973, the Curriculum and Examinations Section of the Ministry of Education was responsible for all examinations. With the establishment of NECTA, the Examinations became its responsibility in accordance with the law. The Curriculum … Read more
The Establishment of NECTA The National Examinations Council of Tanzania (NECTA) is Government Institution which was established by the Parliamentary Act No. 21 of 1973. NECTA is responsible for the administration of all National Examinations in Tanzania. The decision to establish NECTA was a follow-up of an earlier move, in April 1971, when Tanzania Mainland … Read more