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Kariu kwenye ukurasa wa maswali na majibu kuhusu Kitabu cha 'The Life and Times of Abdulwahid Sykes (1924-1968): The Untold Story of the Muslim Struggles Against British Colonialism in Tanganyika'. Ukurasa huu ni tofauti na ile mingine hivyo tunaomba isiunganishwe. Hapa tunajikita katika kuhakiki maandishi halisi yaliyomo humo ili kukiboresha kitabu n.k.
Hivyo, ni ukurasa unaoratibiwa. Nitakuwa naweka maswali yanayohitaji ufafanuzi/uthibitisho. Tuanze na hayo hapo chini.
1. "Aziz Ali Dosa was the first African to own a car and was always chauffer driven" (p. 30)
2. "The two [Kleist Sykes and Aziz Ali] were the only Africans in Dar es Salaam permitted by the government to drink beer" (p. 31)
3. "The Germans halted fighting [in World War 1] throughout Tanganyika for seven days in honour of Affendi Plantan [a.k.a. "Mohosh", "Chief of the Imhambane" and husband of "Sykes Mbuwane's sister"] (p. 35)
4. "In a strange twist of fate, Abdulwahid's driver [?] in Burma came to be one of the top brass in the Tanganyikan army" (p. 55)
5. "It was here [Imphal, Burma] on Christmas eve of 1945 that Abdulwahid and other askaris, including his young brother Ally and James Mkande, made a pact to found a political party when they returned home after the war...The name of the party was to be Tanganyika African National Union (TANU). Ally Sykes remembers that Abdulwahid wrote the name of the proposed party in his diary" (p. 57-58)
6. "he [Abdulwahid], certainly no match for [Erika] Fiah" (p. 69)
7. "Stanley [Street] (called Aggrey Street after independence in honour of Dr Aggrey, and later to be renamed Makisi Mbwana Street after one of the founding fathers of TANU" (p. 71)
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8. "Abdulwahid also came to learn that his former opponent for the union post and his father's political adversary, Erika Fiah, was instigating the union leadership to overthrow 'that South African son of Kleist'" (p. 75)
"Like all politicians of his time, Fiah was a Pan-Africanist first and a nationalist second" (p. 68)
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9. "Kleist served on the Dar es Salaam Municipal Council, the second African to do so in colonial Tanganyika...He joined the Chamber of Commerce and was probably the first African to do so" (p. 80)
10. "Among the members of the [TAA Political Subcommittee, 1950] Abdulwahidi was the only person representing a multiplicity of interests" (p. 81)
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11. "[TAA memorandum to the Constitutional Development Committee] surfaced at the TANU founding conference on 7th July, 1954 and was to form the basis of Julius Nyerere's speech before the Trusteeship Council of the United Nations in New York in March 1955" (p. 92)
12. "There are old men, TANU veterans, who believe to this day that the March 1955 speech by Julius Nyerere before the Trusteeship Council was written by Abdulwahid, and, so was the constitution of Tanganyika. The author has come across this story several times in his interviews with early members of TANU. The reason for this belief is that the document was drafted by the TAA Political Subcomittee in 1950" (p. 92)
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13. "Dr Mutahangarwa was the first African to qualify as a medical doctor" (p. 104)
14. "This [emotional farewell speeh which Nyerere delivered on 5th November, 1985, to Dar es Salaam Elders, an exclusive group of Muslim townsmen who had supported him since the founding of TANU] was one of the very rare occassions at which Nyerere talked publicly about his beginnings and it was the first time he had mentioned Abdulwahid's name in public associating him with his own history and that of the party" (p. 110)
"In his farewell speech Nyerere paid tribute to Muslim elders who supported him during the struggle in spite of his religion, but he played down the role of Abdulwahid and TAA as a political organisation" (p. 110-111)
15. "Nyerere did not have any political experience worth mentioning at that time [1952]" (p. 111)
16. "As a Christian, Nyerere knew that he could never hope to build a political base in Dar es Salaam environment of the 1950s where politis assumed strong Muslim characteristics" (p. 112-113)
17. "Abdulwahid confided with the TAA executive that having the most educated African in the land would strengthen its leadership and portray a good image before the eyes of the colonial government and the United Nations Visiting Mission" (p. 113)
18. "The election was by a show of hands. [Denis] Phombeah who was in charge of the Arnatouglu Hall was the returning officer. Phombeah asked both Abdulwahid and Nyerere to go out of the hall for the voting to begin. The whole week before voting Phombeah was making rounds campaigning for Nyerere. But there was no need of doing that; the TAA inner circle of Abdulwahid, Ally, Dossa Aziz and Rupia had already decided to make Nyerere president of the Association and the election was a mere formality...Abdulwahid 'lost' the election - the first loss in his whole political career - and Nyerere won by a very small margin" (p. 113-114)
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19. "It had only been once in the history of Dar es Salaam that a Christian, Erika Fiah, had held the banner against the colonial state" (p. 118)
20. "Soon after Nyerere's takeover, TAA seemed to go into slumber. The militancy and zeal which was associated with the leadership of Abdulwahid was lost. " (p. 118)
"For a while it seemed as if Nyerere was going to be a setback to the movement' (p. 119
"Abdulwahid was aivalable as Vice-President but he was also keen to see Nyerere, as President, assuming his full role in making his own decisions" (p. 119)
"The executive committee of the association, with the exception of Julius Nyerere and Abdulwahid, virtually lost all power as the Muslim elders literally took over the movement. Gradually Abdulwahid would also come to lose his grip on the movement particularly after forming TANU, so as to leave Nyerere and the leadership from the provinces to lead Tanganyika to independence" (p. 121)
"It is said that it was about this time, in the last months of 1953, that Abdulwahid talked to Nyerere seriously about forming an open political party to replace TAA" (p. 121)
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Hivyo, ni ukurasa unaoratibiwa. Nitakuwa naweka maswali yanayohitaji ufafanuzi/uthibitisho. Tuanze na hayo hapo chini.
1. "Aziz Ali Dosa was the first African to own a car and was always chauffer driven" (p. 30)
2. "The two [Kleist Sykes and Aziz Ali] were the only Africans in Dar es Salaam permitted by the government to drink beer" (p. 31)
3. "The Germans halted fighting [in World War 1] throughout Tanganyika for seven days in honour of Affendi Plantan [a.k.a. "Mohosh", "Chief of the Imhambane" and husband of "Sykes Mbuwane's sister"] (p. 35)
4. "In a strange twist of fate, Abdulwahid's driver [?] in Burma came to be one of the top brass in the Tanganyikan army" (p. 55)
5. "It was here [Imphal, Burma] on Christmas eve of 1945 that Abdulwahid and other askaris, including his young brother Ally and James Mkande, made a pact to found a political party when they returned home after the war...The name of the party was to be Tanganyika African National Union (TANU). Ally Sykes remembers that Abdulwahid wrote the name of the proposed party in his diary" (p. 57-58)
6. "he [Abdulwahid], certainly no match for [Erika] Fiah" (p. 69)
7. "Stanley [Street] (called Aggrey Street after independence in honour of Dr Aggrey, and later to be renamed Makisi Mbwana Street after one of the founding fathers of TANU" (p. 71)
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8. "Abdulwahid also came to learn that his former opponent for the union post and his father's political adversary, Erika Fiah, was instigating the union leadership to overthrow 'that South African son of Kleist'" (p. 75)
"Like all politicians of his time, Fiah was a Pan-Africanist first and a nationalist second" (p. 68)
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9. "Kleist served on the Dar es Salaam Municipal Council, the second African to do so in colonial Tanganyika...He joined the Chamber of Commerce and was probably the first African to do so" (p. 80)
10. "Among the members of the [TAA Political Subcommittee, 1950] Abdulwahidi was the only person representing a multiplicity of interests" (p. 81)
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11. "[TAA memorandum to the Constitutional Development Committee] surfaced at the TANU founding conference on 7th July, 1954 and was to form the basis of Julius Nyerere's speech before the Trusteeship Council of the United Nations in New York in March 1955" (p. 92)
12. "There are old men, TANU veterans, who believe to this day that the March 1955 speech by Julius Nyerere before the Trusteeship Council was written by Abdulwahid, and, so was the constitution of Tanganyika. The author has come across this story several times in his interviews with early members of TANU. The reason for this belief is that the document was drafted by the TAA Political Subcomittee in 1950" (p. 92)
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13. "Dr Mutahangarwa was the first African to qualify as a medical doctor" (p. 104)
14. "This [emotional farewell speeh which Nyerere delivered on 5th November, 1985, to Dar es Salaam Elders, an exclusive group of Muslim townsmen who had supported him since the founding of TANU] was one of the very rare occassions at which Nyerere talked publicly about his beginnings and it was the first time he had mentioned Abdulwahid's name in public associating him with his own history and that of the party" (p. 110)
"In his farewell speech Nyerere paid tribute to Muslim elders who supported him during the struggle in spite of his religion, but he played down the role of Abdulwahid and TAA as a political organisation" (p. 110-111)
15. "Nyerere did not have any political experience worth mentioning at that time [1952]" (p. 111)
16. "As a Christian, Nyerere knew that he could never hope to build a political base in Dar es Salaam environment of the 1950s where politis assumed strong Muslim characteristics" (p. 112-113)
17. "Abdulwahid confided with the TAA executive that having the most educated African in the land would strengthen its leadership and portray a good image before the eyes of the colonial government and the United Nations Visiting Mission" (p. 113)
18. "The election was by a show of hands. [Denis] Phombeah who was in charge of the Arnatouglu Hall was the returning officer. Phombeah asked both Abdulwahid and Nyerere to go out of the hall for the voting to begin. The whole week before voting Phombeah was making rounds campaigning for Nyerere. But there was no need of doing that; the TAA inner circle of Abdulwahid, Ally, Dossa Aziz and Rupia had already decided to make Nyerere president of the Association and the election was a mere formality...Abdulwahid 'lost' the election - the first loss in his whole political career - and Nyerere won by a very small margin" (p. 113-114)
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19. "It had only been once in the history of Dar es Salaam that a Christian, Erika Fiah, had held the banner against the colonial state" (p. 118)
20. "Soon after Nyerere's takeover, TAA seemed to go into slumber. The militancy and zeal which was associated with the leadership of Abdulwahid was lost. " (p. 118)
"For a while it seemed as if Nyerere was going to be a setback to the movement' (p. 119
"Abdulwahid was aivalable as Vice-President but he was also keen to see Nyerere, as President, assuming his full role in making his own decisions" (p. 119)
"The executive committee of the association, with the exception of Julius Nyerere and Abdulwahid, virtually lost all power as the Muslim elders literally took over the movement. Gradually Abdulwahid would also come to lose his grip on the movement particularly after forming TANU, so as to leave Nyerere and the leadership from the provinces to lead Tanganyika to independence" (p. 121)
"It is said that it was about this time, in the last months of 1953, that Abdulwahid talked to Nyerere seriously about forming an open political party to replace TAA" (p. 121)
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