Systemic misogyny and the African politician: Dar RC Chalamila’s case
The continued presence of Dar es Salaam Regional Commissioner Mr Chalamila in his post will remain an affront to the women of Dar and the country, and an exploitable weakness for his political party.
Tanzanian politicians are good speakers. We did ourselves a huge favour in adopting Kiswahili as the national language, though I only learned recently that Bibi Titi Mohammed was a major factor in this decision because erasing women from history is so real.
Apparently, her command of English was poor so she pushed for Kiswahili to be adopted because it had a wider reach, the idea caught on, and here we are today. Kiswahili is an orator’s dream, as African languages tend to be.
