2022 in review: We’re globalised at last — for better, for worse
French President Emmanuel Macron (left), FIFA President Gianni Infantino (centre) and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani stand on stage for the trophy ceremony at the end of the Qatar 2022 World Cup on December 18, 2022. PHOTO | KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV | AFP
Globalisation came to mind when trying to come up with a theme for a quick and dirty review of 2022. It feels like the world is experiencing a lot of things together, from climate change to economic strife to respiratory infections.
Certainly, in these 12 months, it has felt as though the oasis that is Dar es Salaam has been affected by global trends more than it might have been in the past. I like our insularity to some extent, Tanzania feels safely “out of the loop,” which allows life to meander along at a slow pace. Not so much this past year.
