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Author: Elsie Eyakuze

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Elsie Eyakuze

Elsie Eyakuze is a writer and blogger for the Mikocheni Report, based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

  • President John Pombe Magufuli of Tanzania died on 17 March 2021, aged 61. Credit: Paul Kagame. death
    Editor's PicksPoliticsTanzania
    By Elsie Eyakuze
    March 23, 2021
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    Dear John, I forgive you

    Death has robbed us of the leader you might have become if our prayers had been answered. Dear John, Do you remember the first time I ...
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  • At Mzizima fish market in Dar es Salaam, the heart of Swahili country, Tanzania. Credit: David Stanley.
    EastLiving in TranslationTanzania
    By Elsie Eyakuze
    May 9, 2019
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    A love letter to Kiswahili, those who speak it, and those who think they do

    Full of subtleties and triple entendres, threats and assurances, Kiswahili is not one language, but many (…some versions better than others). This is the sixth article ...
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  • Hundreds march in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in 2017 calling on people to speak out and take action to end violence against women and girls. Credit: UN Women/Deepika Nath.
    Editor's PicksSocietyTanzania
    By Elsie Eyakuze
    November 7, 2018
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    A woman online, in Tanzania

    Tanzanian twitter has lost its chill. It’s become a scary place for women and dissenters. But we’re not yet ready to give it up. Hello, Elsie ...
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