tanganyika

ADVARSEL: Episoden indeholder voldsomme beskrivelser af vold og kannibalisme, der kan virke ubehagelige især for børn.

November 1871 ved Ujiji - tæt ved Tanganyika søen i Afrika. Den tidligere soldat, journalist, forfatter og senere politiker, Henry Morton Stanley, har i mere end et år ledt efter den forsvundne skotske missionær og eventyrer, Dr. Livingstone, som er sporløst forsvundet i sin jagt på Nilens udspring. Og nu mødes de. Men hvad svarer Livingstone på det berømte spørgsmål? Stanley blev berømt i sin samtid og omtales fortsat af mange, som en af de helt store opdagelsesrejsende i det 19. århundrede. Hvad drev ham til det allermørkeste Afrika?

Vært: Bjørn Harvig, eventyrer.
Medvirkende: Jesper Kurt-Nielsen, historiker, forfatter og museumsinspektør på Nationalmuseet.

Produceret af Juhl & Brunse for 24syv og Vores Tid.

In 1946, post-war Britain tries to solve four very different problems at once: a labor surplus of returning military, a shortage of key foods, the need to make colonies economically independent, and a dignified way to draw down the Empire. The scheme they came up with is ... incredible. That is to say, you will not find it credible.

Tanzania. 3 million acres of rock-hard clay soil. It just screams "Let's grow peanuts there!" doesn't it. 

A tale of overconfidence, bureaucratic overkill, paternalist attitudes, man vs. nature miscalculations, and the unwavering belief that white Europeans with a lot of education could solve anything given an unlimited budget. 

Four years, a billion pounds (!!!), and the project managed to *use* more peanuts than it grew. They made *negative peanuts.*

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A 16mm, colour film (6min 16sec) without sound, showing of erosion in Tanganyika (Tanzania), railway bridge building and fishing. The writing on the film can reads: 'Tanganyika. Erosion scenes, building bridge, lake and fishing'. A note included with the cinefilm mentions the building of the railway bridge 'over R. Mukundokwa (nr. Kilosa), 1937?'. For a detailed shot list see the Royal Commonwealth Society Collections cataloguing notes at http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0115%2FRCMS%2020%2F3%2F15. Related collections: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Tymms collection on civil aviation, RCMS 20. See also Tymms Paper collection - 'Travel journal' (RCMS 20/1/6/8).

A 16mm, colour film (6min 16sec) without sound, showing of erosion in Tanganyika (Tanzania), railway bridge building and fishing. The writing on the film can reads: 'Tanganyika. Erosion scenes, building bridge, lake and fishing'. A note included with the cinefilm mentions the building of the railway bridge 'over R. Mukundokwa (nr. Kilosa), 1937?'. For a detailed shot list see the Royal Commonwealth Society Collections cataloguing notes at http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0115%2FRCMS%2020%2F3%2F15. Related collections: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Tymms collection on civil aviation, RCMS 20. See also Tymms Paper collection - 'Travel journal' (RCMS 20/1/6/8).

A 16mm colour film of Tanzania (10min 03sec) . The film begins with a map of Tanganyika. Other scenes include mine plants/shafts, rock outcrops, locust swarms, gold prospecting/panning and wildlife. A note on the film can reads: 'Tanganyika (Teale). Mines (?Geita), lake, etc'. For additional information see see the Royal Commonwealth Society Collections cataloguing notes at http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0115%2FRCMS%2020%2F3%2F14 Related collections: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Tymms collection on civil aviation, RCMS 20. See also Tymms Paper collection - 'Travel journal' (RCMS 20/1/6/8).

A 16mm colour film of Tanzania (10min 03sec) . The film begins with a map of Tanganyika. Other scenes include mine plants/shafts, rock outcrops, locust swarms, gold prospecting/panning and wildlife. A note on the film can reads: 'Tanganyika (Teale). Mines (?Geita), lake, etc'. For additional information see see the Royal Commonwealth Society Collections cataloguing notes at http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0115%2FRCMS%2020%2F3%2F14 Related collections: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Tymms collection on civil aviation, RCMS 20. See also Tymms Paper collection - 'Travel journal' (RCMS 20/1/6/8).

Mheshimiwa Kleist Sykes, ambae ni mtoto wa marehemu Abdulwahid Sykes anaongelea mchango wa familia ya Sykes kwenye uhuru wa Tanganyika na kitabu cha Mohamed Said. Je nini maoni yake juu ya kitabu cha The Life and Times of Abdulwahid Sykes? Je alimpa ushauri gani Mohamed Said? Je kuna ukweli wowote kuwa waislam ndio peke yako waliongoza harakati za uhuru? Je atapenda watanzania wamkumbuke vipi Mzee Abdul Sykes?

Katika kitabu chake cha "The life and Times of Abdulwahid Sykes (1924-1968): The untold story of the Muslim Struggle against British Colonialism in Tanganyika" mwandishi Mohamed Said anaangalia mchango wa waislam katika harakati za kuleta uhuru wa Tanganyika. Je waislam ndio walioanzisha TAA na TANU? Je ni kweli Mwalimu Nyerere alinyakua TANU toka kwa waislam na kukifanya kuwa chombo cha kanisa? Nani alisaidia sana kuleta uhuru wa Tanganyika kati ya Mwalimu Nyerere na Abdul Sykes? Sikiliza zaidi.