Tensions are rising ahead of this Thursday’s opposition protests against President Magufuli’s “dictatorial” leadership. There will be a solar eclipse in Tanzania this Thursday. Those in the southern part of the country will be able to experience its full “annular phase”. But elsewhere, including Dar es Salaam, it will still be visible with a considerable darkening of the sky expected as the sun slides behind the moon. In times past, such events were seen by many as bad omens: signs of difficult times ahead. We know better these days, of course. But another event is planned in Tanzania for the same day, one which makes it tempting to wonder if perhaps our ancestors knew more than we think: 1 September ...
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