DAR ES SALAAM, Nov. 28 -- TANZANIA is not exempt from the poor country narrative that stretches back to when the country was under colonial rule.
Our country was among countries in the African continent, as well as, on a broader scale, on the ones in regional entities elsewhere in the wide world, which were regarded as not only being poor, but also hopeless.
It was a case of twisting the realities on the ground, for the express purpose of benefitting the 'twisters'. It was a case of the colonizers creating an impression that the people they colonized were silly.
The reality was, and remains, that intelligence, creativity and other attributes have nothing to do with skin pigmentation.
The reality, furthermore was that the colonizers were...