Tanzania turns 60: The opportunities and few disappointments
A Dar Rapid Transit bus transports passengers across Dar es Salaam. Below: Traders board a ferry transporting goods on Lake Tanganyika. Tanzanian businessmen say trade across the lake on the Congo side is lucrative but risk. FILE | AFP
There are a few stories that offer answers to what Tanzania is as it marks its 60th birthday in December: A place where the possibilities right now appear bountiful.
In a few weeks, on December 9, Tanzania will celebrate its 60th Independence anniversary. The occasion raises the age-old questions: “What makes Tanzania tick?” and “What are the daily struggles that define it?” What will come to the mind of an ordinary East African when they think of their neighbour, this country that some might not be aware that it shares a border with eight states?
