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Tanzania - “The Wild Shore”
Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania (Swahili: Jamhuri ya
Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in eastern Africa within the African
Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast;
Comoro Islands at the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to
the south; Zambia to the southwest; and Rwanda, Burundi, and the
Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's
highest mountain, is in north-eastern Tanzania.
The name "Tanzania" was created as a clipped compound of the names of the
two states that unified to create the country: Tanganyika and Zanzibar.
The name "Tanganyika" is derived from the Swahili words tanga ("sail") and nyika ("uninhabited
plain", "wilderness"), creating the phrase "sail in the wilderness". It is sometimes understood as a
reference to Lake Tanganyika.
The name of Zanzibar comes from "zenji", the name for a local people (said to mean "black"), and
the Arabic word "barr", which means coast or shore.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzania (accessed 5.1.2019)
Ifakara - “The Dead Land”
Ifakara is a small rural town in the Kilombero District, Morogoro Region, south central Tanzania. It
is the headquarters of the Kilombero District administration and the main trading centre for
Kilombero and Ulanga districts.
Etymologically, the name Ifakara is composed of two Ndamba words: “ufa” and “kara” which mean
“land is destructed” or “land is totally dead”. It was named during the invasions by Lipangalala’s
group in 1860s when the Ndamba were in great fear and were driven out of the Kilombero River
Located near the Tanzania-Zambia Railway (TAZARA) line, Ifakara largely occupies the central
position on the fertile alluvial fan of Kilombero valley land. It is an authentic savannah grassland
with natural grass fields that are green during the rainy season and brown in the dry season. Some
exceptions are the beautiful evergreen banks of the Kilombero River and cultivated lands.
The indigenous people are largely the Ndamba, Mbunga and Pogolo tribes and the population today
constitutes also the descendants of Lipangalala, Ndwangira and Mfalikuivahaa, who as leaders from
Zululand and Southern Africa. Other ethnic groups include Hehe, Sukuma, Bena, Gogo, Ruguru,
Kyurya, Pare, and Chagga. In terms of religion, Christians outnumber Moslems and pagans because
of early settlements of missionaries in the area.
Fishing has always been the main economic activity of the people living along the Kilombero River.
Other subsistence activities include hunting and cultivation. Today, people also farm. While rice is
the main food stuff, sugarcane, maize, millet and wheat are essentially grown for food and trade.
Daytime temperature in the region ranges from 32 degrees Celsius in June and 39 degrees Celsius in
December. Night temperatures are only 2-4 degrees lower than daytime temperature.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ifakara#History (accessed 5.1.2019)
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