I was kinda shocked when a read a piece news in one of the local newspapers in Tanzania. Well, it was online. It talks about how the fishermen in Bagamoyo are being harrasses by the hotel owners on bagamoyo beach. They are being stopped to do their activities like they did for decades for fear that they will steal from the tourist. How ridiculous is that. The tourists come to enjoy the beauty and the peacefulness of our land while the local suffers. Gimme a break and ditch the colonial mentality. Most of the locals are very decent and loves visitor.
For generations fishing kept the community alive and happy. Now, the torist are here, the locals are treated like nothing. How do we expect them for feed their kids? And don' give me the bullshit that they are doing a 'HARAMU' ( illegal) fishing. No. They use simple boats and nets. No dynamites.
We Tanzanian are victims of our own good. We love and welcome everyone, but time and time again they turn on us. Remember your history lesson in secondary school? Yes. Foreigner have power in our land. I have no problem with foreigners, don' get me wrong; but we need to enpower and protect our people otherwise we lose our pride. Our wonderful Tanzania.
Mungu ibariki Tanzania.
