Stories: Tanzania

Stories connected to Tanzania.

• A laughter outbreak closed schools.An outbreak of laughter and other symptoms spread among students in Tanganyika in 1962. It disrupted schoolin…
• He asked for his grandfather's remains. A treaty had already promised their return.Tanganyikan chief Adam Sapi Mkwawa began seeking the return of his grandfather's skull from Germany in 1948.…
• An antelope rises on its hind legs to browseThe gerenuk stands upright on its hind legs and extends its long neck to reach foliage. It can browse more th…
• The fighting lasted less than an hourBritain and Zanzibar fought on 27 August 1896 amid a dispute over the sultan’s succession. British forces bom…
• This guinea fowl’s appearance disguises a ground-foraging lifeEast Africa’s vulturine guinea fowl has a bare head and long neck resembling a vulture. Below them sit a coba…