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Tanzania 2010

Tanzania

 

 

Tanzania / Jamhuri Ya Muungano Wa Tanzania
In Eastern Africa, plains along coast; central plateau; highlands in north, south. 945,087 km2 (slightly > 2x CA) 4% arable.

Capital Dar es Salaam (1.4M)

Population 40.2M (42.5/km2)

Life expectancy 51 years

HIV/AIDS 8.8%

Literacy 69%

Lang(s) Kiswahili or Swahili (official), Kiunguja, English (official), Arabic, many local languages

Religions Muslim (35%), Christian (30%), indigenous beliefs (35%); Zanzibar (more than 99% Muslim)

Ethnic Groups mainland – African (99%), other (1%); Zanzibar – Arab, African, mixed Arab and African

Gov’t Republic

GDP/cap $1,400

PCVs 1962-1969; 1979-1991; 1991-present; education, health, environmental education, HIV/AIDS, natural resources, agribusiness & permiculture (Volunteers in country: 164; TTD: 2,044)

Nat’l holiday Union Day, 26 April (1964)

Adult Books

Tales From Tanzania: A Mostly True Story
by Scott Balows

Paperback: 220 pages
Publisher: AuthorHouse (March 3, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1414003955

Book Description
While traveling across Africa, the author keeps one eye on the lions and one eye on his travelling companions. Portrays a comical misunderstanding between cultures.

Kids' Books

Elizabeti’s Doll
by Stuve-Bodeen, Stephanie

Format: Paperback, 32 pages
ISBN: 978-1584300816
Age Range: 3–7 years
Publisher: New York : Lee & Low Books, c1998

Patricia Kuntz (Africa Access Review) Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen has written a biographical story of a young girl whom she met while a Peace Corps volunteer in Tanzania.

CCBC (Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices, 1993)
After her mother has a new baby, little Elizabeti wants a baby of her own to hold and cuddle. She has no doll but finds a rock that is just the right size and she names the rock Eva. As Elizabeti's motehr cares for the baby, Elizabeti mimics her actions with Eva--feeding and burping her rock, changing its diapers, and tying it to her back with a kanga while she does her daily chores. When Eva the rock diappears one day, readers will be as surprised as Elizabeti to discover where she went, and they will find the resolution satisfying. Although the Tanzanian village setting will be unfamiliar to most children in the United States, they will recognize the warm family nurturing and Elizabeti's resourceful imagination. Highly Commended, 1999 Charlotte Zolotow Award. Ages 3-7.
© Cooperative Children’s Book Center. Reprinted with permission.

Films

Film: The Marriage of Mariamu
Director: Ron Mulvihill, Nangayoma Ng'oge

Music

Mbaraka Mwinshehe & Morogoro Jazz Band (Dizim)
Masimango

Focus Word

Focus Word for 2010 - "Justice"

Kiswahili or Swahili: Haki (hah-kee)

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