A Political Aside

Our guide, Joseph is just one generation away from tribal culture, and in his lifetime has lived through very profound changes in his country. Tanzania, after independence, became a very “pure” socialist country. It was an economic disaster, so in recent years they have slowly started to allow capitalism. Joseph hated socialism and welcomes capitalism. He also is very afraid of the United States going to war in Iraq. Everyone in Africa we talked to felt the same fear. The ripple effect on their countries will be terrible.
(Of course, subsequent events validated Joseph's concerns, as we now know.)