As March 17 came and went again in Dar es Salaam, I wondered idly if it was time for us to consider having a Presidents Day. A celebration of the fact that, somehow, in spite of ourselves, Tanzania — with the inclusion of Zanzibar — has had the pleasure of several heads of state during its young years as a nation-state.
It hasn’t been easy, or straightforward. As a rule, we don’t talk about that.
