Siku ya Mashujaa: Tuwakumbuke George Arnaoutoglou, Sadiki Patwa na Amir Jamal

[Mohamed Said]

Vyanzo vinaelezea mchango wa watu wasio Waafrika na wengine waliosahaulika katika harakati za TANU:

• George Arnautoglo: "Huyu alikuwa ni mgiriki... mimi nilikuwa napokea pesa kutoka kwa Joja Anatog kusaidia TANU",.
• Said Kipatwa (Tanga): "Huyu alikuwa muhindu... Mwalimu alimwambia baba sema malitiki wewe sisi tukipata uhuru wewe tunakupa ubalozi India",.
• Rashid Makoko: "Alifungwa kwa sababu kwa kura tatu... na amekufa akiwa kifungoni",.
• Amir Jamal: "Jamani alikuwa na bunda la pesa mfukoni akatoa akamkabidhi [Nyerere] akamwambia hizi mwalimu hizi zitakusaidia kwenye safari ya [UN]".
• Bi Mtumwa Kitete: "Yeye alitoa safari ya kwanza Mwalimu Nyerere pesa nyingi sana kiasi ambacho wenyewe TANU kuamini".
• Majengo ya Karimjee: "Mwalimu aliposikia [kutaka kubadilisha jina] hakupenda akasema hebu jamani hebu kueni na aibu nyinyi watu Karemjee kajenga nyumba nzima amekupeni bure"

View: https://youtu.be/T3iGVLDG4Ko?si=O1LFgv41PGecDiXt

 

[Bagamoyo]

Vyanzo vinaelezea mchango wa watu wasio Waafrika na wengine waliosahaulika katika harakati za TANU:

• George Arnautoglo: "Huyu alikuwa ni mgiriki... mimi nilikuwa napokea pesa kutoka kwa Joja Anatog kusaidia TANU",.
• Said Kipatwa (Tanga): "Huyu alikuwa muhindu... Mwalimu alimwambia baba sema malitiki wewe sisi tukipata uhuru wewe tunakupa ubalozi India",.
• Rashid Makoko: "Alifungwa kwa sababu kwa kura tatu... na amekufa akiwa kifungoni",.
• Amir Jamal: "Jamani alikuwa na bunda la pesa mfukoni akatoa akamkabidhi [Nyerere] akamwambia hizi mwalimu hizi zitakusaidia kwenye safari ya [UN]".
• Bi Mtumwa Kitete: "Yeye alitoa safari ya kwanza Mwalimu Nyerere pesa nyingi sana kiasi ambacho wenyewe TANU kuamini".
• Majengo ya Karimjee: "Mwalimu aliposikia [kutaka kubadilisha jina] hakupenda akasema hebu jamani hebu kueni na aibu nyinyi watu Karemjee kajenga nyumba nzima amekupeni bure"

View: https://youtu.be/T3iGVLDG4Ko?si=O1LFgv41PGecDiXt

Habib Punja

Habib Punja alikuwa mfanyabiashara maarufu na tajiri wa asili ya Ismaili (Khoja) wa Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika (sasa Tanzania) katikati ya karne ya 20, akijulikana kwa kutoa saruji kwa ajili wa kujenga benchi za kupumzukia kando ya ufuo wa bahari .

Urithi wa Habib Punja :

Tajiri wa Biashara: Alianza kama muuzaji, akakua na kuwa na kiwanda cha kutengeneza sabuni (Kiwanda cha Sabuni cha Tanganyika) mnamo 1933, kiwanda cha kusaga unga na mafuta, vifaa vya ujenzi, na mali isiyohamishika kama majengo ya ghorofa mbali ya pia kutoa fursa za ajira kwa mamia ya waTanganyika wenzie.

Ma benchi Maarufu: Alifadhili na kutoa mamia ya mabenchi / viti vya umma vya zege kando ya bahari ya Dar es Salaam ili wakazi na wageni waweze kukaa, kubarizi na kutazama mandhari ya bandari meli zikiingia na kutoka.

Star building / Jengo la Nyota": Mali yake maarufu ya kibiashara, Jengo la Nyota la Habib Punja (lililojengwa mwaka wa 1938 kwenye kona ya Mtaa wa Aggrey na Barabara ya Indira Gandhi), lilikuwa alama muhimu katika jiji hilo kabla ya kubomolewa kwake mwaka wa 2006

 

[Bagamoyo]

Habib Punja

Habib Punja alikuwa mfanyabiashara maarufu na tajiri wa asili ya Ismaili (Khoja) wa Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika (sasa Tanzania) katikati ya karne ya 20, akijulikana kwa kutoa saruji kwa ajili wa kujenga benchi za kupumzukia kando ya ufuo wa bahari .

Urithi wa Habib Punja :

Tajiri wa Biashara: Alianza kama muuzaji, akakua na kuwa na kiwanda cha kutengeneza sabuni (Kiwanda cha Sabuni cha Tanganyika) mnamo 1933, kiwanda cha kusaga unga na mafuta, vifaa vya ujenzi, na mali isiyohamishika kama majengo ya ghorofa mbali ya pia kutoa fursa za ajira kwa mamia ya waTanganyika wenzie.

Ma benchi Maarufu: Alifadhili na kutoa mamia ya mabenchi / viti vya umma vya zege kando ya bahari ya Dar es Salaam ili wakazi na wageni waweze kukaa, kubarizi na kutazama mandhari ya bandari meli zikiingia na kutoka.

Star building / Jengo la Nyota": Mali yake maarufu ya kibiashara, Jengo la Nyota la Habib Punja (lililojengwa mwaka wa 1938 kwenye kona ya Mtaa wa Aggrey na Barabara ya Indira Gandhi), lilikuwa alama muhimu katika jiji hilo kabla ya kubomolewa kwake mwaka wa 2006


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Rediscovering a Lost Piece of Ismaili History — First Steps in the Migration of Tanzanian Ismailis to Canada​

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By Sadru Meghji

(Special to Simerg)

President Julius Nyerere and his fellow countrymen in a march following the announcement of the Arusha Declaration of 1967. Many such marches were held across the country to connect people with the Tanzanian leader’s vision of socialism to develop the nation’s economy. Over the years the Declaration became hugely unpopular politically and socially and was abandoned. Credit: www.JuliusNyerere.info.
This short piece provides a perspective on the immigration and settlement of Tanzanian (and Ugandan) Ismailis in Canada, and to recognize the significant role of various individuals in enabling and facilitating this migration.

The general perception is that Ismaili settlement in Canada took place after the expulsion of the Ugandan Asians by Idi Amin. However, this impression is not entirely accurate as many hundreds – if not a couple of thousand — of Ismailis from Tanzania had already arrived and settled in Canada well before the Ugandan exodus in October 1972. The immigration of the Tanzanian Ismailis was precipitated by Tanzania’s aggressive implementation of nationalization policies espoused in the Arusha Declaration of 1967. In fact, Tanzanians were among the pioneering Ismailis in Canada, and played a significant role in the establishment of the first Jamatkhanas in Canada. Notwithstanding, that the first Ismaili in Canada was from Pakistan – Safarali Ismaily, arrived in Canada in 1952. He was joined four years later by his younger brother, Guljee Ismaily. The extended Ismaily family currently lives in Ottawa. Another early Ismaili pioneer was Rai Nayaz Jethwani of India who settled in Canada during the 1960’s. He was the first Mukhisaheb of the first Ismaili jamatkhana in Toronto