Why isn’t India part of Tanzanian, or even African public discourse?

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President Samia Suluhu Hassan addresses business leaders and investors at an India-Tanzania business forum in New Delhi, India October 10, 2023. PHOTO | IKULU TANZANIA

India. President Samia Suluhu Hassan just travelled there to strengthen the ties that bind us. I have to hold on to the belief that Tanzanian presidents just happen to get awarded honorary degrees when they travel overseas because they are deserving statesmen from a copacetic country, and no other reason.

Back here in the not-capital of Dar es Salaam, I am being made aware as I never was before about the sub-continent that sits large to the northeast of here.