YOUR FREE PRECISION AIR MAGAZINE Issue 95, July - September 2019
Finding freedom THE WORK OF TANZANIAN PHOTOGRAPHER DANIEL MSIRIKALE / DJ KAMPIRE / YUSUF OLUWAFEMI / ARTS COLLECTIVES / LEONE L’AFRICANO / BEST CAMPSITES IN TANZANIA
Contents
Daniel Msirikale – Page 8
Issue 95, July - September 2019
7 THE WISH LIST Kit yourself out for the great outdoors
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4 NEWS Kilifair breaks records
8 A JOURNEY IN PHOTOGRAPHY
Photographer Daniel Msirikale on his wanderlust and the wonders of Tanzania
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12 BEST TECH FOR CHILDREN
Campus Next Top Model Yusuf Oluwafemi Qasim on what it takes to succeed
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Kampire breaking the beats of East Africa
23 IN SEARCH OF THE PANGOLIN
Fascinating facts about East Africa’s most elusive and endangered creature
25 ARTS COLLECTIVES IN NAIROBI
The organisations nurturing creative talent in the city
28 THE BEST CAMPSITES IN TANZANIA Escape the urban world with our top tips for a camping break 2
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32 PAA DINING Where to find the best pizza in Dodoma 34 PAA MOTORING In a tight spot – maybe small is beautiful…
16 UGANDAN DJ GOES GLOBAL
19 PAA STAY How design team have kept hotel looking its best for 20 years 22 COMPETITION Win a night's stay for two at The Sea Cliff Hotel
Tablet-free ideas to engage the kids
14 MODEL ON THE RISE
Regulars
Precision Air Info 5 Paa News 37 Paa Royal Benefits 38 Route Network 39 Paa Contacts 40 Welcome Aboard
Cover picture courtesy of: Daniel Msirikale
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Greetings! It’s my pleasure to welcome you on board this Precision Air flight and to the latest edition of Paa. Inside, you’ll find fun as well as thought-provoking features on the people and places across our network of destinations. This network continues to grow apace as Precision Air stays true to its goal of connecting Tanzania and ensuring its people can move easily, quickly and affordably within the country and beyond. Recent weeks have seen the return of flights to Tabora – which links western Tanzania and its trade routes into the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Burundi and Rwanda with the Precision Air network – and Kahama, which connects a region renowned for its gold mines with Tanzania’s commercial capital, Dar es Salaam. In addition, there are now an extra two flights a day between Dar and Kilimanjaro. The move strengthens Precision Air’s operations in the tourist hotspot of northern Tanzania. Kilimanjaro International Airport has become a minihub for Precision Air, which is now the biggest operator in and out of KIA with six flights a day. These efforts to help people fly where they want, when they want, are at the heart of our proudly Tanzanian, customer-driven service. Our aim is that you should always be happy with our services, so please let us know if your recent experience has been anything short of excellent by emailing customer-relations@precisionairtz.com Don’t forget to register with our frequent flyer programme, Paa Royal, and take advantage of discounts at the best restaurants and hotels in town. Do also visit our website at www.precisionairtz.com for more updates and the best offers. You can also connect with us on our social media pages: Facebook – Precision Air Tanzania Twitter – PrecisionAirTz Instagram – precisionairtz
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News
Latest from Tanzania’s leading airline
A welcome return to Kahama and Tabora Precision Air extends a warm welcome back to Kahama and Tabora as we resume our flights to the regions and continue our pledge to open up routes to serve the demands of the public. We will be flying to Kahama and Tabora three times a week – every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday – from Dar es Salaam.
Proud to be a part of record-breaking Kilifair Precision Air was among the hundreds of exhibitors who made their way to Arusha in June for what turned out to be a record-breaking Kilifair, the biggest tourism and industry fair in East Africa. The event, held at the Friedkin Recreation Centre, was the biggest in the festival’s six-year history, with 445 exhibitors, 523 travel agents and over 5,000 visitors across the event’s three days. It proved an ideal networking opportunity for Precision Air to promote its work in the region, learn more about local attractions and meet the community. Following this excellent and well-organised experience, Precision Air is already looking forward to next year’s event.
More royal treatment for frequent flyers Precision Air has long rewarded its loyal and faithful passengers through its Paa Royal frequent flyer programme, in which points are earned on all flights to be redeemed for benefits such as hotel stays, restaurant meals and car rentals. However, the airline has taken these rewards a step further with an exciting new initiative it’s calling the Royal Roof. Regular Precision Air passengers will get perks including free flight tickets and preferential treatment through the boarding procedure and during the flight. To find out more about Royal Roof, email paaroyal@precisionairtz.com, call + 255 684 202022 or visit precisionairtz.com
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The flights to Tabora open up the markets and attractions of Western Tanzania as well as well as adjacent parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Burundi and Rwanda to Precision Air passengers. Tabora is a key transport, industrial, commercial and educational hub for western Tanzania. Its investment opportunities have been buoyed by its recent involvement in the Millennium Cities Initiative and as a university city it has a skilled workforce ready to take on projects. The flights from Dar to Kahama link a region renowned for its gold mines with Tanzania’s business capital and help to unlock the great potential of the district to traders, investors and tourists. Speaking about the comeback, Precision Air’s marketing and corporate affairs manager, Hillary Mremi, said: “Precision Air recognises the importance of Kahama and Tabora in economic activities in the north-western region in Tanzania, therefore this strategic decision aims at supporting economic growth, especially in trade, agriculture and the mining sector in this region.” He added: “The movement of goods and people in the region will now be simplified and there will also be an easy connection to the dry port at Isaka, which serves also the neighbouring landlocked countries of Rwanda, Burundi and Congo DRC. “We would like to use this opportunity to encourage businesses, small and big, to take advantage of the flights to accomplish their businesses and trade deals.” To book flights, visit www.precisionairtz.com
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The wish list …the great outdoors
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Daniel Msirikale
Finding freedom in photography
All images courtesy of: Daniel Msirikale
The work of Tanzanian photographer Daniel Msirikale brings an almost magical beauty to some of the country’s most unexplored places. Paa talks to the Dar-born but well travelled creative, who shares his work under the name @that_tanzanianguy on Instagram, about his wanderlust, learning his skills online and why he likes to be a clown behind the camera. Q. Have you always had a love of
through hashtags of different places
travel and exploring new places?
on Instagram to see if I can find any
A. I have indeed. However, I had
images of unique spots in an area. I
not actually travelled much before
also ask the locals of an area on what
I started university in Turkey. In fact,
unique spots I can find. I get help
other than Dar, I had only ever been
from tour operators, cultural centres
to Kenya, where I went to school from
and local guides. Nowadays I also get
Grade 1 to 5.
a lot of recommendations from various people on my Instagram page
Q. You seem to uncover places off
and invitations from time to time. My
the beaten track in Tanzania that
favourite recent discoveries were in
many people may not be aware of.
Mbeya region. The first were these
What’s your secret – and can you
magnificent falls at Suma Malamba
tell us about your favourite recent
village, about 15 km from Tukuyu
discoveries?
town. I also discovered a number
A. Initially I used to uncover these
of unique crater lakes in the Tukuyu
Magic moments
The work of Daniel Msirikale
places so my friends and I could have a quieter and often cheaper alternative for us to spend our holidays. When photography became my career, however, I realised that it was images of places off the beaten track that were catching people’s attention the most. I now feel that I have a responsibility to uncover and share images of these places, particularly in Tanzania. There’s also a certain rush that comes only with uncovering such places. I use different ways to find out about these places. I search
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Muse
Model Prudence Zoe Glorious in a memorable shot
district – Kiungululu, Kingili, Ilamba, Ikapu and Kisiba lakes. Lastly, the Mpanga-Kipengere Game Reserve, which is relatively new. This place has such a rich history and is just incredible for walking safaris, camping, birdwatching and has probably the most unique falls in Tanzania: the Kimani Falls. Q. Are you always travelling? It seems if you’re not travelling for work, you’re heading off on trips for yourself or with friends. A. I try to travel as much as I can. I actively seek projects and assignments that allow me to do so and I also try to travel with friends whenever I can. I don’t have a studio at the moment and mostly work on my images during a trip. Travelling can be exhausting at times, so I use my time in Dar to relax and rejuvenate as I wait for the next project. Q. You appear to have a gift for putting your subjects at ease. You catch some very natural shots –
'I feel I have a responsibility to discover and share these places off the beaten track in Tanzania'
even the animals you photograph seem to be posing for you! How do you do this? A. I find the best way to get my photographic subjects to relax is to crack jokes constantly during the shoot. I’m a bit of a clown in person www.precisionairtz.com
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Daniel Msirikale
and laughter, I find, helps to release
walking on water on a beach in
the tension even when it’s for a seri-
Dar. Do you scout these loca-
ous shoot. I also like to show people
tions first and decide they would
the images in between shots to help
be great for images or is your
my own [Adobe image-editing
them get a sense of what I’m trying
decision-making more instinctive
software] Lightroom image presets
to capture and also to give them a
on the day of the shoot?
for every location I go to. The base
chance to see if a particular pose is
A. Both, I’d say. Sometimes I scout
preset is almost always the same
working for them or not. Ironically,
for locations with a concept already
and I just tweak it to suit a particular
when I’m the one in front of the
in mind, but most of the time the
place or situation. This helps to give
camera I do not know how to relax
decision-making is more instinctive
my images a more or less similar look
myself. As for the animals, since I’m
on the day of the shoot. I love to
and feel to them. On the other hand,
such an animal lover I’d love to think
go with the flow and work with the
I also think my style keeps evolving
that they can somehow feel the
energy at that particular time. I love
from time to time, but not to the
energy, but in reality it’s probably just
that you mentioned the model in the
plain luck.
yellow and in the red dress as she’s one and the same person, Prudence
Q. Your shots are also fantastically
Zoe Gloriou, and without a doubt my
framed. I’m thinking of images
favourite muse. We work effortlessly
such as the one of the model in the
together and just feed off each
yellow dress in front of a waterfall
other’s ideas before the shoot and
and the model in red seemingly
energies on the day of the shoot.
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Playing with light
Daniel's travels caught on camera
Q. Do you think you have a signature style? A. I’d like to think I do. I make
'I love working and playing around with light and colours to make my images come to life in a distinctive way'
Sunset silhouette
Caught mid-dive in Zanzibar
point that the images are unrecog-
resource was, and still is, Digital
‘Pursuit of a memorable life’. In it, he
nisable. If I could use one word to
Photography School [digital-photog-
talked about his quest for the mean-
describe my images it would have to
raphy-school.com]. It’s a completely
ing of life and his mission against
be ‘vibrant’. I love working and play-
free online photography school with
monotony. This talk really hit home
ing around with light and colours
some incredible articles, photography
for me. Even when I had a full-time
to make my images come to life in a
tips, daily challenges and tutorials for
job as the Jameson Whiskey brand
distinctive way.
beginners and pros. YouTube is also
ambassador, I found a way to incor-
an incredible resource. I still try to
porate my photography in it just
Strike a pose
Q. You seem comfortable with
Animals seem at ease under Daniel's gaze
learn as much as I can whenever I can
so I could get the chance to travel
many different types of photog-
as I still want to improve my photog-
while still creating content for the
raphy. You capture people’s
raphy and not get complacent.
company. Now that I am a full-time
personality in portraits, your food
photographer I have even more
shots are mouth-watering, you can
Q. Your Instagram page says you
control over my working lifestyle. I
get almost magical-looking drone
are “pursuing a memorable life”.
have made it my mission to make
shots of landscapes. Has there
Was it always important to create
sure most of the assignments or
been a lot of study and training to
a working lifestyle that gave you
projects I do during the year allow
get to this stage?
this level of freedom?
me this freedom.
A. Thank you. Yes, there has been a
A. About five years ago, right
lot of studying and training to get to
around the time I got into photog-
this stage. Like many photographers
raphy, I watched a TEDx talk by
here, I’m self-taught. My biggest
innovation guru Dustin Garis titled
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Tech
BEST TECH FOR KIDS Finding the perfect gadget gifts for children – that engage the mind while also being fun enough to ensure they’re regularly returned to – is not as easy as it may seem. A lot of money can be spent on bits of tech that are destined to stay unloved and unused at the bottom of a child’s toy box. Here at Paa we have selected some tech toys that will get your kids thinking and will be so much fun to use you’ll end up wishing you were 10 years old again.
Littlebits Avengers Hero Inventor Kit LITTLEBITS
Meccano Meccanoid XL 2.0 personal robot MECCANO
Circuit Maze board game THINKFUN AGES EIGHT AND UP Price: US$ 30
AGES EIGHT TO 18 YEARS
AGES 10 AND UP
Price: US$ 150
Price: US$ 120
What kid doesn’t wish they were a super-
With 1,200 parts, including a brain, LED
consoles were the death knell for board
hero – and this kit enables them to unleash
eyes and eight motors, to assemble this is
games, but this one has a fun tech element
their inner Tony Stark by building their own
not for the faint of heart; but those who
as you try to arrange your tokens to create
wearable gauntlet, complete with sensors,
see it out will have a four-foot-high robot
a real electric circuit that will light up the
sound effects and flashing lights. There’s
of their own that can mimic their actions
coloured beacons. It’s a cute little introduc-
no need for the grown-ups to take over
and respond to instructions. The robot has
tion to electrical engineering and encour-
assembling the gauntlet. A companion
LIM programmable software that enables
ages lateral thinking. With more than 60
app has a series of progressively more
the user to programme a string of sophis-
challenges ranging over three difficulty
challenging superhero-themed lessons to
ticated movements. It can communicate
levels, this addictive game is great for kids
help kids assemble the building blocks and
with smart devices through Bluetooth and
and adults.
learn basic coding to add powers to their
has voice recognition facility. If you get
gauntlet such as night vision, speed track-
tired of its humanoid structure it can be
ing and light powers.
reconfigured into other creations such as a
You may have thought that tablets and
dinosaur or a pick-up truck. Image Credit: Littlebits / brandfolder.com /avengersherokit
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Image Credit: Meccano / amazon.co.uk
Image Credit: think fun / www.thinkfun.com/image-library/
Anki Cozmo Robot ANKI
KD Interactive Aura Drone with glove controller KD INTERACTIVE
AGES EIGHT TO 18 YEARS
AGES EIGHT AND UP
Price: US$ 180
Price: US$ 100
Reminiscent of the titular hero of Pixar film ‘Wall-E’, this tiny,
Drones have proved a hugely popular tech toy, but for young
super-cute robot is part tech-teaching robot, part family pet.
users they can be a challenge to pilot. Countless very expen-
Once it’s linked to your Android or iOS device via Wi-Fi, its
sive gifts barely out of their wrapping have been flown straight
advanced facial recognition software allows it to recognise faces
into the nearest and tallest tree, where they remain to this day.
and put a name to them. What it says and how it moves can also
The kid-friendly idea behind the Aura Drone is that it can be
be programmed so you can even compose a mini-play and have
controlled using a special glove controller. This makes for far more
Cozmo perform it. An internal camera means you can see foot-
instinctive and natural handling of the drone, which is easier to
age on your smartphone of the world from Cozmo’s perspective
grasp for younger pilots. It also has plenty of safety features built
and guide him past obstacles in the house. The programming is
in such as automatic takeoff, hover and landing as well as height
quite straightforward, but if you want an immediate way in, there
and distance limits. You can even do a flip trick and, as this drone
are some pre-programmed games you can enjoy with your new
is designed for indoor use, there’s no chance of hitting a tree. You
little friend.
may want to hide any ornaments your parents are particularly fond of before you start flying.
Image Credit: Anki / brandfolder.com
Image Credit: KD Interactive / amazon.co.uk
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Yusuf Tanzania model Striking
Next top model dreams big after ‘year to remember’ A portfolio built from catwalk shows and fashion shoots in Tanzania was instrumental in Yusuf Oluwafemi Qasim winning international modelling competition Campus Next Top Model after years of ‘hustling hard’.
M
odel Yusuf Oluwafemi
the number of his shoots, music video
Qasim has a look that is
and fashion show appearances in
in great demand across
Tanzania, that he must be Tanzanian
East Africa, but Tanzania seems especially taken with him.
himself. But Yusuf is Nigerian. He was born
The 26-year-old with a six-pack you
in Lagos, coming to Tanzania only
could grate cheese on and cheekbones
in the last few years for modelling
sharp enough to cut glass could be
work, with assignments across the
seen in recent months on the catwalk
country. “Both countries are my home
at the Paris in Dar (Le Posh) and Lady
because it’s Africa and I’m proud to
In Red fashion shows as well as on the
be made in Africa,” says Yusuf. “But
beach for a commercial shoot at the
Tanzania showed me the world and I
White Sands resort and conference
will forever appreciate that beautiful
centre in Dar es Salaam.
country.”
He is also one of the favourite models of Dar’s Makeke International,
Campus Next Top Model
working with the award-winning
The organisers of Campus Next Top
fashion designer to promote his ‘I Am
Model encouraged Yusef to enter the
Makeke’ collection. Yusuf’s intense
competition, applying online along
look proved a perfect match for the
with thousands of photogenic hope-
designer’s theatrical creations, which
fuls from around the world, and when
draw on pre-colonial African culture
he was announced as the winner,
and artefacts.
so began, in Yusuf’s words, “a dream
Last year, these striking images of Yusuf striking warrior-like poses caught
come true and a year to remember”. With the title came a host of prizes,
the attention of the team behind
among them international modelling
Campus Next Top Model, a global
and movie contracts, including work-
competition, now in its sixth year, for
ing in Paris with French stylists. I began
single men and women aged 18 to 28
talking to Yusuf as his year as Campus
– all of whom Yusuf beat to win it last
Next Top Model was drawing to a
year. They had been following Yusuf
close, but he indicated he was bowing
for a while and assumed, because of
out with a big event. Subsequent
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Ysuf modelling for Tanzanian fashion designer Makeke International
of six children, Yusuf showed early
Tanzania and with his profile spreading
promise as an actor – a talent encour-
globally thanks to his Campus Next
aged by his extended family, which
Top Model success, he has made great
includes an uncle who stars in Yoruba
strides in achieving his dream.
films in Nigeria – but his obsession
conversations revealed he was back
was football. He played the game well
Special relationship
enough to be offered a professional
Yusuf hopes Tanzania will continue to
contract with Union Bank FC – a Lagos
play a big part in his future modelling
team in the second tier of Nigerian
career. He still speaks warmly of the
football and his talents later took him
shoot with Makeke International, which
to teams in Benin, Ghana and Kenya.
did so much to raise awareness of his
Off the pitch, Yusuf’s passion was
work. The images, he says, evidence
in Lagos and would be competing in
fashion. “It started way back when I
a special relationship between the
the Mr Nigerian Republic pageant on
was young,” he says. “Whenever I saw
pair that brings the best out of each
27 July. Should he win that, too, he’ll
someone who dressed well, I loved
other. Yusuf hopes the chance to work
go on to represent Nigeria in this year’s
it. As I grew up, I started to work on it
together will come again.
Campus Next Top Model.
myself and tried to become a profes-
Years of hustle
sional model.” His efforts to become a model
“I enjoyed working with him. The dude is a good friend of mine. He’s creative and hard-working. I respect
Reaching such a level of success in the
and a pro footballer found common
him so much and am looking forward
competitive world of modelling has
ground in the gym. Workouts that
to do more with him. I love what he
not happened overnight for Yusuf. It
primed his body for the rigours of
does and I am ready to work with him
has taken “years of hustle” he says, but
the modern game also made him the
again, any time, any day. If he called
now, he is able make a good living as a
V-shaped frame on which designer
me now I would leave what I am doing
full-time model. He runs through a list
clothes hang so well.
and fly to him.”
of recent assignments – among them the Tanzanian fashion line Maridadi,
Training regime
the Justin Campos directed video for
Yusuf sees his footballing and
Navy Kezo song 'Fella' and a fashion
modelling talents as God-given, but
show at massive Mombasa mall the
he realised it was up to him to make
Nyali Centre – before stopping himself
the most of those gifts. His training
and laughingly complaining: “If I keep
and eating regime is strict – he knows
going we will be here till next week.”
his way so well around a gym now,
Having established himself in the
he has yet another revenue stream
fashion business, Yusuf finds himself
training others – to ensure he is always
an inspiration to others hoping to do
cover-shoot or big-match ready.
the same. On his Instagram page he’s
to me from up there,” he says, “but
offer advice to other budding models
seriously, it is not easy to stay in shape.
and fashion photographers. “My inter-
I am always watching what I eat and
est as a man is to become someone
eating healthily. even seven times a week sometimes.
beings,” he says.
No pain, no gain.” The regimented lifestyle is driven
counsel is that you “gat to hustle hard”.
with an eye on the ultimate prize. “I
This resolve to make something of his
want to become the best in the world,
life was forged early when Yusuf was
just like Naomi [Campbell].”
growing up in Lagos State. The eldest
Cover ready
Yusuf always stays in shape
"I go to the gym five times a week,
because my dream is to help human A running theme through his
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“Becoming a model was given
happy to share his experiences and
useful to me and my family and friends
To follow Yusuf’s latest modelling assignments and share in his career advice, follow him on Snapchat @femmypure and Instagram @I_am_femmy
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DJ Kampire
Beats to bring us all together Kampala DJ Kampire is at the forefront of Uganda’s underground dance movement and her unifying beats are now in demand worldwide on her second international tour.
N
yege Nyege, the Kampala-
Ugandan party people dance since
based record label
2015, when Kampire was encouraged
producing and releasing
to take up the decks while working
outsider music from around the
at Nyege Nyege. She was part of
region and beyond, gets its name
the organising team that helped
from a phrase in Luganda – the
put on the label’s game-changing
most widely spoken language in
annual festival, the Nyege Nyege
Uganda – meaning ‘the irresistible
International Music Festival, a four-
urge to dance’.
day party in Jinja featuring the best in
Among the most high-profile of the label’s acts satisfying that urge is Kampire, who has built a following
underground East African electronic music.
across the dance floors of East Africa
Global renown
and broken through onto the global
She’s a regular on stage at the festival,
scene with her irresistible, dance-till-
now in its fourth year, and was chosen
you-drop DJ sets.
to represent Nyege Nyege as part of
Weaving old and new sounds
the label’s first showcase in the United States. Her ambassadorial duties were
The DJ and writer Kampire Bahana
to be shared by labelmates Duke and
was born to Ugandan parents, raised
MCZO, leading lights of Tanzania’s
in Zambia and now lives in Kampala;
singeli dance scene, but they were
and the geographical span of her
denied visas for the trip.
heritage is reflected in the pan-
Along the way she was named one
African and beyond eclecticism of
of dance music bible Mixmag’s Top 10
the music she plays. Her DJ sets pluck
Breakthrough DJs of 2018 and played
from East and South African house,
to huge crowds at the Amani Festival,
Congolese music, Acholitronix (tradi-
in the Democratic Republic of Congo,
tional Ugandan music beefed up with
and Africa Bass Culture in Burkina Faso
electronic beats) and Brazilian baile
as well as opening for international
funk.
acts such Diplo and DJ Maphorisa for
The music also weaves new and
their Uganda shows.
old sounds. You can hear soukous
She is currently in the middle of
tracks that were a hugely popular
her second international tour, which
part of the African pop movement of
has taken her to China and Japan
the 1980s and 90s rubbing up against
as well as across Europe, including
the bass-heavy throb of the latest
her biggest-ever show playing to
Kampala underground artists.
thousands at the Sonar dance music
The results have been making
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festival in Barcelona.
Sound of the underground
DJ Kampire spins the tracks of a new force in Ugandan music
All images courtesy of: Kampire Bahana
Not bad for someone who only
as diverse and discerning as now. Her
club music and the older music that I
took up DJing just over three years
university years were spent in Ohio, in
really enjoyed. Bass and beats get me
ago and whose first gigs, playing to
the United States, where she admits
dancing. I’m really into these re-do’s
friends, made up for what they lacked
she was into the standard student fare
and edits of old Afro-Latin music that
in mixing skills with plenty of dance-
of Eminem and System of a Down.
a lot of contemporary DJs are doing
driving tunes. She has been quoted
However, her return to Kampala
as saying: “I truly believe [becoming
and involvement with Nyege Nyege
influenced by Congolese music. So it
brought her into contact with a cool
gives me a picture of what I could do
community of independent artists
with African music as well.”
a DJ] would not have happened for me anywhere else but Uganda, where
On the decks
DJ Kampire
because the music is similar to and
if you make people dance they will
in Uganda such as Otim Alpha and
forgive you most things.”
Authentically Plastic. She also began
crew receptive to her garnering
to reappraise the music collection of
of different strands of pan-African
her father – mostly 30 to 40-year-old
music from varying eras and genres.
Congolese soukus – and saw how it
They shared a striving to unite a vast
slotted in with more modern sounds.
community within club culture.
Her musical taste was not always
'My dad was really into soukous from the 60s and 70s. As I got older, I heard people remixing a lot of Afro tracks'
She says: “My dad was really into
Kampire found the Nyege Nyege
The DJ is also a writer – she blogs
soukous from the 60s and 70s. As I got
at vuga.wordpress.com – and has
older, I heard people remixing a lot of
proved an eloquent advocate of the
Afro tracks, and that was what opened
inclusivity of Nyege Nyege’s label and
my eyes to that connection between
festival, which has remained defiantly LGBT-friendly in the face of govern-
Festival favourite
DJ Kampire on stage
ment pressure.
Artist and activist It was here that Kampire was encouraged to be a DJ in a country where females are vulnerable and gave her a safe stage to play on. As she has thrived as an artist, she has helped other similarly inclusive club nights continue and connected to others such as Kampala Women’s Day and Femme Electronic, a hub for female DJs and producers from East Africa. She is also part of Salooni, a pop-up hair salon and art installation. Kampire has become one of the most vital figures in the continent’s club cultural sphere, creating spaces to bring all kinds of people together and the sounds to get them all moving.
To find out about Kampire’s latest gigs in East Africa and across the world, visit her Facebook site.
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Images courtesy of: Laurent Kimbatu Mmassy - Tanzania
Design team bring the outside inside in suite makeover Interior designer Leigh Ann Thomas has returned to the Sea Cliff Hotel to install its exclusive Amani suite. The Dar hotel was the starting point for Thomas' 20-year journey designing for high profile projects in Tanzania, including the President's offices.
T
he Sea Cliff Hotel, on the
include local artwork and craft. This
Msasani Peninsula in Dar es
can be seen throughout the hotel.
Salaam, and interior design
“One of my favourite design details
consultant Leigh Ann Thomas
over the years is the exquisite carved
have a special relationship going
entrance doors to Sea Cliff Hotel.
back 20 years.
These doors and architraves were
When building works on the
detailed and carved in 1998 by a
luxury hotel were completed in 1998,
group of carvers on site over a four-
its management chose Thomas’s
month period. As one enters the Sea
company – then called The Creative
Cliff Hotel, the talent of local Tanzanian
Edge, but now rebranded as Leigh
craftsmanship is showcased. They are
Ann Thomas – Interior Design – to
there to stay!”
give the interiors of its 100º rooms,
The client was delighted with the
suites and public spaces an aesthetic
results and the huge project raised
befitting the five-star hotel’s level of
the profile of Thomas’s company,
world-class hospitality, the rich history
who have recently relocated to the
of Tanzania and the exquisite clifftop
Cape, South Africa, with a representa-
setting with ocean views.
tive office in Tanzania.
Signature style
hotel projects coming Thomas’s way,
Thomas says: “Our signature feel in our
including the massive refurbishment
overall designs is and always has been
of Mount Meru Hotel in Arusha
to keep and portray a sense of place
and new looks for the lodges and
Soon there were more amazing
of ‘Africa’. This has been achieved by incorporating an elegant contemporary African feel throughout by using a selection of furniture with clean lines, subtle ethnic patterns in fabrics and including tones of white, grey, taupe, black, olive green and viridian. A
A stay to savour
The Amani suite at Sea Cliff Hotel (left)
signature key of our design is to always
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Presidential lodge at the Mivumo River Lodge in the Selous Game Reserve. The year after the Sea Cliff project was completed the interior design consultants also caught the attention of local architect John Kelly of IPA
'We looked to capture a feeling of tranquility informed by the coloration of incredible sea views and nature'
Architects and formed a long stand-
original breakfast area and pool bar were converted into a new spa and gym area, but once the newbuild was nearing completion it was decided the view from the new structure was one in a million and the gym area was to become an exclusive executive suite.
ing design collaboration, with projects
Thomas and her team regularly return
including the refurbishment of The
to where the journey began, the Sea
soft refurbishment on the lobby
State House for the President’s Office
Cliff, to refine the hotel’s look across
area, the clients’ brief directed us to
between 1998 and 2002. This project
new on-site projects. These included,
achieve a flow and continuation of
included the Banquet Hall, state
in May, providing the installation
this look [throughout the suite]. This
rooms, Presidential private meeting
and completion of the Interior to the
included capturing a feeling of tran-
rooms, The Residential Wing, visiting
hotel’s new Amani Suite.
quillity informed by the coloration of
head of state accommodation and three blocks of presidential offices.
Distinguished clientele
“Having recently completed the
incredible sea views and the natural
Collaborative vision
vegetation within the interior space.
Thomas says that, as ever, the design
"[The results] almost create a
decisions were personalised and
sense of there being no boundary
As well as these assignments with
collaborative. “The addition to the
between the exterior, the exterior
distinguished clientele in Tanzania
existing hotel was the vision of the
and delivering a new look to a string
Sea Cliff managing director, Keven
of private residences in the country,
Stander, and the hotel owners. The
Room with a view
The Amani suite at The Sea Cliff Hotel
vista and the interior space. “In the featured Amani suite we chose to use the work of talented
Before and after
Building work (below) and (far right) the Amani suite
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photographer Laurent Mmassy to
design process. We focus on provid-
pinpoint our ‘sense of place’. These
ing clients with creative and innova-
scenes are fabulous and depict shots
tive design solutions to specific
of local fishermen and dhows. We
design requirements, ensuring the
chose to continue the soft hues by
end product is in line with the initial
printing in a monochrome format.”
brief and budget.
Such carefully curated touches
"Our objective is also to ensure a
are symptomatic of Thomas and
satisfied client who has been given
her team’s attention to detail and
the attention and commitment they
understanding of their clients.
deserve. We have been very proud to
Creative solution
Team effort
Leigh Ann with Sea Cliff Hotel operations director Nadine Atallah and hotel staff (first and second left) Katani and Saitoti and (first and second right) Jimmy and Geoffrey
have consulted on so many prestigious projects throughout Tanzania
Thomas, who has a degree in interior
over the past 20 years and continue
design from Durban University of
to do so.”
Technology and completed her final thesis on sustainable hospitality interior design, says: “Our approach to every project is a comprehensive turnkey design service which starts at the creative sketch design phase, design development and finally through to the construction and installation phases of the interior
For more information on the work of Leigh Ann Thomas – Interior Design in Tanzania, visit ltinteriordesign.com or email leigh@ltinteriordesign.com For more information on the Sea Cliff Hotel or to book a stay, visit hotelseacliff.com
Artisans
A hand-crafted door and (above) Laurent Mmassy's photos
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Paa Competition
Win a night’s stay at The Sea Cliff Hotel
T
he five-star Sea Cliff Hotel commands one of the most sought after spots in Dar es Salaam, perched on the lip of a cliff overlooking the Indian Ocean. A lucky Paa reader will be able to take in that majestic view from one of the hotel’s elegant executive rooms thanks to this issue’s competition. To be in with a chance of winning a night's stay for two at the Sea Cliff, answer this question below.
What does the pangolin do when it is threatened? Email your answer to: competition@landmarine.org along with a photograph of yourself holding the magazine. Best of luck! Terms and conditions: One entry per person. Entrants must be 18 years or over. The decision of the organisers will be final. The competition is not open to employees and their relatives of The Sea Cliff Hotel, Paa Tanzania, or Land & Marine Publications Ltd. Email : competition@landmarine.org by 24th September.
Last issue’s winner
Congratulations to Renee Ezra, who wins a meal for two and a bottle of wine at The Rock Restaurant, in Zanzibar. Well done Renee and thank you for flying Precision Air.
Pangolins
Ten facts about East Africa’s elusive pangolin
If you’re on safari in Tanzania, chances are even your guide hasn’t seen a pangolin, despite East Africa’s woodland and savannah areas being among the best locations to spot the Cape pangolin, one of eight species of the singular scaled anteater. Part of the reason is the elusive pangolin’s nocturnal nature, but it’s also because the creature has become one of the world’s most trafficked animals. Paa has put together 10 fascinating facts about this prehistoric-looking animal, including insight into the cruel trade that has decimated its numbers, why Hero Rats may be the answer to stopping the poachers and why the Sangu tribe of south-west Tanzania believes every pangolin fell to earth from the sky.
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The word ‘pangolin’ comes from the Malay word ‘penggulung’, meaning ‘roller’. This refers to the defensive stance – rolling into a ball – that the pangolin adopts to cover its face and armourless underbelly when startled or when protecting itself against potential predators. Its hard, sharp scales can deeply cut the flesh of lions, leopards and hyenas. However, such efforts do little to deter poachers, who simply pick pangolins up and drop them into a bag. More effective, one imagines, is the pangolin’s ability to emit a putrid fluid from its anal glands to ward off attackers.
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Pangolins have no teeth, so they dig out ants and termites using their claws and use their long, sticky tongues to grab them in huge numbers – up to 70 million a year. The tongue can reach up to 16 inches in length when extended. It’s attached at the pelvis and last pair of ribs and the rest is stored in the chest cavity. Along with the insects, the foraging tongue also slurps up sand and small stones, which the pangolin’s powerful stomach muscles are specially adapted to grind down.
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Pangolins are bipedal, walking on their hind legs with the front limbs and tail held off the ground and used for counter-balance.
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Pangolins in human fingernails. Still, the scales are worth nearly their weight in silver on the black market; and with the demand for pangolins rising and the animal’s population shrinking, the price will only go up. As well as the dubious health properties of the scales, the unfortunate animal’s meat
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The four African species — whitebellied pangolin, giant ground pangolin, Temminck’s ground pangolin and black-bellied pangolin — are classified as ‘vulnerable’ in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List. The white-bellied pangolin is the commonest of the African pangolins, but IUCN predicts a 40 per cent decline over the next decade based on current trends.
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The protection status of pangolins was upgraded in 2016 when they were finally given the highest level of protection under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites), moving from Appendix II to Appendix I. On 2 January 2017 the listing came into effect, banning the commercial trade of all eight pangolin species and their parts. However, fewer than half of the 48 pangolin-range states have enacted legislation that meets Cites requirements.
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Poachers kill almost 2.7 million African pangolins every year and they are generally believed to be the most trafficked mammal in the world. One of the main reasons the pangolin is such a magnet for poachers is the high demand for its use in traditional medicine in Africa and China. In China, pangolin scales are said to cure illnesses including cancer and arthritis and even to enhance male virility. Such claims have no scientific backing and seem a bit of a stretch when the scales are made of keratin – the same material found
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pangolin, the chief and the rest of his tribe. These include dances, in which the pangolin is said to take part. Should the pangolin be seen to shed tears during any of this, it’s regarded as an omen of good rains for the coming year. Despite its heavenly origins – and this
is regarded as a middle-class delicacy in
seems to be becoming a theme for the
China and Vietnam and has become the
unfortunate animal – things don’t end well
dish of choice when celebrating a business
for the pangolin. The final ritual involves
deal. In Taiwan, people will drink a mixture of
it being buried alive along with a newly
pangolin blood and wine for the supposed
slaughtered sheep in a sacrifice to the gods.
health benefits.
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Though many think of them as reptiles, pangolins are actually the only mammals covered in scales. They are solitary except during a short mating season and usually give birth to a single offspring.
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The Sangu tribe, which makes its home in the Usanga Plains in Tanzania’s eastern Rift Valley, holds a special belief in the pangolin as part of its cosmology. All pangolin are believed to have fallen to earth from the sky, where the Sangu’s ancestors reside. The discovery of a pangolin sets in motion a series of ceremonies involving the founder of the Predators
Lion cubs play with a curled up pangolin
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It's not short of predators, but the pangolin may have found a new friend in the animal world in the form of the African giant pouched rat. These large rodents, nicknamed Hero Rats, have for the past 20 years been trained by the AntiPersonnel Landmines Removal Product Development Organisation to detect land mines. Currently, around a dozen of these rodents are being trained at a research centre in central Tanzania to detect the smell of poached pangolin parts in shipments heading from Africa to Asia. The rats have proven themselves able to detect the keratin contained in pangolin scales.
Art collectives harness creative talent in Nairobi
Credit: Maasai mbili / Johan B Lofquist
Nairobi has one of the fastest-rising art scenes in Africa. Playing a key role in nurturing this growing community of talented artists are the city’s many art collectives. As well as providing studio space, these collectives do much to connect artists with the public, arranging exhibitions, concerts and get-togethers. Paa looks at some of the Kenyan capital’s best examples.
Brush Tu
The Nest Collective
Brush Tu began in 2013 when three
around. The name Brush Tu, which
artists, Michael Musyoka, David
translates as ‘Brush Only’ or ‘Just Brush’,
Thuku and Maina Boniface, who had
is derived from the founding artists’
This coterie of artists, set up in 2012,
bonded during a job painting theatre
favoured instrument of expression, but
has created award-winning works in
backdrops, moved into a home in
the roster of new artists – including
film, music, fashion, the visual arts and
sculptor Boniface Kimani, photogra-
literature. Among them is ‘Stories of
pher Emmaus Kimani and one-time
Our Lives’, a groundbreaking film based
tattooist turned abstract urban artist
on the true stories of people identify-
Elias Mung’ora– has broadened the
ing as LGBT in Kenya, which has so far
collective’s output.
screened in more than 80 countries
the Buruburu neighbourhood they intended to use as studio space and to display their works to potential customers. The venture soon grew, necessitat-
Fun time
Brush Tu artists Kipruto Rop and Peteros Ndunde
Credit; Kipruto Rop and Peteros Ndunde. Brush Tu / facebook. com
ing a move to larger premises nearby, with the founding trio taking on some of the most promising young artists
Credit: Brush Tu / facebook.com
Credit: Kuona Arts Collective / Facebook
Credit: Maasai mbili / Johan B Lofquist
Painting by numbers…
Credit: The Nest Collective / thisisthenest.com
Nairobi art collectives
The quality of every artist’s work At work
Brush Tu artists in the studio
and been garlanded by seven film
seemed to benefit from the opportuni-
festivals, including Berlin and Toronto.
ties for collaborating and ideas sharing.
It has also produced some of Kenya’s
Brush Tu collective’s paintings now
best African TV series, including the
sell for thousands of dollars apiece
hard-hitting ‘Tuko Macho’ – in which
and are often exhibited abroad.
a vigilante gang kidnaps criminals in
Talent from beyond Kenya’s borders
Nairobi and asks viewers to vote on
comes to the collective, too, with the
their execution or release – and ‘We
recent introduction of Air Brush, an
Need Prayers’, a mini-series of archly
artists-in-residence scheme funded
humorous vignettes that explore some
by the Danish Embassy in Nairobi. The
of the complexities and challenges of
programme has hosted artists from
modern Kenya.
Uganda, Tanzania, Benin, Rwanda and Nigeria. Visit brushtu.co.ke
Last year the collective released its first album of music, ‘Sweet and Sawa’,
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the trust used to be – a home in affluent Hurlingham owned by author, publisher and human rights activist Credit: The Nest Collective / thisisthenest.com
Muthoni Likimani – but there’s a new
Credit: Maasai mbili / facebook.com
artist-led committee in charge. The
Talented teams
committee, which includes sculptors Gakunju Kaigwa and Kevin Oduor, painter Alex Njoroge and printmakers Dennis Muraguri and Ngene Mwaura, has brought in a series of new features. Chief among the innovations are the First Sato (‘First Saturdays’) events. These open studio get-togethers, held on the first Saturday of each month,
written and performed by members;
as well as a number of apprentices. It
and every two weeks its in-house disc
has become a pioneering art space in
jockeys, Ca$hy, Mars, Noel and Ziggie,
poverty-ridden Kibera, attracting artists
release mixtapes on The Nest’s
and inspiring them to create works
Mixcloud channel. The DJs are also on
worthy of international exhibition as
built quite a renown, with recent
the decks for the regular ‘for women,
well as running outreach projects to
guests including two of Kenya’s most
by women’ club nights, Strictly Silk.
involve the community, including
respected contemporary artists, Justus
The Nest Collective also founded
the Art4Peace Healing Project and
Kyalo and Michael Soi, plus representa-
workshops with Kiberan children.
tives from Maasai Mbili studios and
fund of its kind, to strengthen the
These projects are funded by the
livelihoods of East Africa’s creative
20 per cent commission the collective
entrepreneurs.
receives on all work sold by its artists.
Visit thisisthenest.com
Maasai Mbili This collective of painters, musicians,
services for years to come. Visit Maasai-Mbili-Art-Centre on
filmmakers is located in the huge informal settlement of Kibera and is always
Kuona Artists Collective
there – it never closes – as a place
This collective was born out of the
to work, socialise or find respite for
ashes of the Kuona Trust, which had
the community. Maasai Mbili, which
been dedicated to supporting innova-
translates as ‘Two Maasai’, was founded
tive contemporary visual arts practice
in 2001 by artists Otieno Gomba
in Kenya since 1995, but collapsed two
and Otieno Kota, neither of whom is
years ago amid allegations of misap-
Maasai, which gives you an idea of
propriated funds and missing millions. The 30 artists who had studios
collective and the work it has gone
in the building looked like being
on to produce at its M2 art centre, a
the innocent victims in all this, but
two-storey former pub in Kibera.
they have organised themselves.
Today, the centre serves as a studio
The collective of painters, artisans
and gallery for eight active members
and sculptors is still located where
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for adults and children and plenty of food and drink. They have already
in Dar es Salaam. Visit @Kuonaartscollective on Facebook
Mbili to buy its premises and secure its
Facebook.
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artists along with live music, art classes
guest artists from the Nafasi Art Space
The funding has also enabled Maasai
writers, poets, performing artists and
the playfulness that runs through the
showcase the work of the collective’s
'The open studio First Sato events showcase the work of the collective's artists along with live music' First Sato
Live music at Kuona Arts Collective Credit: Kuona Arts Collective / Facebook
HEVA, Africa’s first creative business
Maasai Mbili artist Davis Kabala and (far left) a scene from Tuko Macho by the Nest Collective
Camping in Tanzania
Best campsites in Tanzania
Best for wildlife lovers Udzungwa Forest Camp udzungwaforestcamp.com
Located in a natural clearing at the edge of the forest south-east of Dodoma, this site offers easy access to the wildlife-rich Udzungwa Mountains. The rainforest-draped mountains hold more than half of Tanzania’s animal and plant life. Among them are three species
Lilac Lake Manyara Budget and Luxury Campsite lakemanyaralilac.weebly.com
Shaded by acacia trees near the entrance to Lake Manyara National Park and about 90 minutes’ drive from Arusha is this secluded yet spacious site. There’s room for about 50 pitches in the campsite or you can stay in one of the bandas (thatched huts), which have heated showers and beds with sprung mattresses. The acacia bowers play host to a huge variety of birds, including the gorgeous lilac-breasted roller, which gives the campsite its name. Bird-lovers will also appreciate the site’s proximity to Lake Manyara, known for the thousands of flamingos that feed along its edge from March to May. For evening entertainment there is the singularly designed Watering Hole, with its bar top made from the chaswsis of a Land Rover.
of hornbill, which give the camp its nickname, Hondo Hondo (the
Activities: Ideal base for safaris to Ngorongoro and
Swahili name for these beaky birds), and guests will also be sure to
Lake Manyara National Park.
see a variety of primates, including the endemic Iringa Red colobus monkeys, bouncing around the site. Accommodation is made up of six en-suite tented rooms with solar-powered showers, five thatched huts and a campsite for guests to pitch their own tent. Desk chairs allow for guests to relax in the late afternoon, entertained by the primates, with a view of the mountain. There is a restaurant on-site providing breakfast, lunch and dinner. Activities: Hiking to beautiful waterfalls, many of which cascade into swimmable pools; mountain biking; traditional dugout canoe trips and tours to nearby sugar and rubber plantations as well as the now gazetted Magombera Monkey Forest and mountain biking.
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Lilac Campsite & Tented Camp / lakemanyaralilac.weebly.com
Udzungwa Forest Camp / udzungwaforestcamp.com
Tanzania is blessed with expanses of wild and wonderful unspoilt nature. Camping provides a great way to immerse yourself in the wilderness and attune to its natural rhythms far away from civilisation. There’s nothing to beat sleeping under a star-spangled sky to a chorus of animal calls and then rising with the sun. It’s an intense experience – or should that be an ‘in-tents’ experience? – and it can cost as little as US$ 12 a night. Paa has selected some of the country’s best spots for camping (or glamping for those to whom ‘roughing it’ means a bed without silk sheets). We also list some of the best tents on the market to make you stand out on site as well as some tips for camping novices.
Best for budget stay in Arusha Snake Park Campsite meseranisnakepark.com
Admittedly, the name might suggest this is not the smartest place to pitch a tent, but don’t worry – all the venomous inhabitants are safely behind glass at the nearby Meserani Snake Park. What is here is a lush, peaceful and well-maintained spot, just a few miles from the centre of Arusha, to camp or stay at one of its basic villas. There’s a kitchen on site and a bar, which appears to be decorated with the T-shirts of travellers who have passed through. Activities: The nearby snake park holds a wealth of East African reptiles such as black mambas, cobras, crocodiles and monitor lizards. You can also go on a camel ride and visit the Maasai Cultural Village to see the traditional living quarters and lifestyle of the Maasai. The camp is also an ideal stop-off before trips into the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and the Serengeti.
Best for getting away from it all Lua Cheia, Mafia Island mafiaislandtourism.com/hotel/lua-chei
A stay at the campsite on Lua Cheia beach on the north coast of Mafia Island is a real castaway experience. There are just six spacious two-person huts here on the edge of the island’s pristine white sands, with exclusive access to sapphireblue waters and protected coral reefs teeming with marine life. The huts all have patios for enjoying the ocean views and unforgettable sunsets. That sun powers the lighting at night and heats the water for each hut’s en-suite shower. The Robinson Crusoe vibe is only taken so far, however; guests’ nutrition is well catered for by a beachfront restaurant and bar serving delicious meals accompanied by fine wines and other alcoholic drinks. Activities: Diving, snorkelling, whale shark and humpback whale watching trips (during the migratory season), birdwatching.
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Simbamwenni Lodge & Camping/ simbamwenni.com
Camping in Tanzania
Best to escape the city
TOP OF THE TENTS Camping for kids Teepee CIRCU www.circu.net
Festival ready Lightweight weekender bell tent
Simbamwenni, Morogoro
BOUTIQUE CAMPING boutiquecamping.com US$ 259
simbamwenni.com
Located just 10 minutes from the centre of the market town of Mogoro and just over 180 km from Dar, this tranquil site offers easily reachable solace away from the urban zeal. Within its six acres of tropical gardens are deluxe chalets with their own private bathrooms and tented lodges
Romantic getaway Two-person tent
with double or twin beds as well as a serviced campsite to pitch your own tent. The grounds are home to plenty of wildlife – with even the
KSL LIVING ksl-living.fr US$ 279
occasional Nile crocodile sighting – but there is plenty more flora and fauna spotting to be done in the nearby Mikumi National Park, the birdlife-rich Uluguru Mountains and the Udzungwa Mountains National Park, renowned for its colobus monkeys. The site also features coconut palms, banana and citrus trees and a kitchen garden, used by staff at the on-site restaurant to create deliciously fresh dishes for guests. Activities: Table tennis, swimming pool, hiking and birdwatching in the Uluguru Mountains, trips to Sanje Falls, day trips to Mikumi
Glamping getaway 6m Sandstone bell tent with double door BOUTIQUE CAMPING boutiquecamping.com US$ 845
National Park.
Camping tips for beginners Planning and preparation are essential to a good camping trip. Here is a checklist to ensure you are ready for your adventure.
Before you leave Test your gear. Set up your tent at home before you go, especially if it’s new or newly borrowed.
Research your campsite Check what facilities are available.
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Are there showers, barbecues, shade options and access to clean and safe drinking water?
a book. Hang a head-lamp or torch from your tent ceiling to illuminate the whole tent.
Read up on potential dangers
Essentials
Are there poisonous plants, animals or insects in the area? Pack your first aid kit accordingly.
Matches in a waterproof container, hand sanitiser, wet wipes and a bottle opener.
Take good lighting
Setting up camp
Being guided by moonlight is romantic until you want to find the toilet or read
Start early. Always pitch your tent and set up camp before nightfall.
Kipepeo Beach & Village / kipepeobeach.com
The Lakeshore Lodge and Campsite, Rukwa lakeshoretz.com
This idyllic lodge on the shore of Lake Tanganyika offers guests quality cuisine, spa services and a host of activities that make
Best to catch wildebeest migration
the most of the world’s longest freshwater lake. Accommodation ranges from plush chalets with their own slice of private beach
Ikoma Bush Camp, Serengeti
to budget bandas with shared bathrooms
ikomasafaricamp.com
and lake views and there’s plenty of room to pitch your own tent on lawns shaded by
This traditional bush camp on the western bor-
80-year-old mango trees. Lodge facilities and
der of the Serengeti National Park provides easy
activities – including diving expeditions in
access to one of the main crossing points of
the lake, which holds more than 250 species
the annual wildebeest migration from June to
of cichlids – are open to all guests.
November. The unfenced site means you’ll also
Best for a beach break Chawaba Camping Village kipepeobeach.com
Activities: Scuba diving, kayaking, yoga,
get close encounters with wandering animals
quad bikes, mountain biking, tailor-made
such as giraffe and zebra for a truly wild camp-
safaris to nearby Katavi National Park.
ing experience. There are more than 30 Meru-
This fun site overlooks the powdery white sands of Dar es Salaam’s South Beach. As well
style huts to stay in, all with their own veranda,
as the aquamarine waters of the Indian Ocean
shower and toilet as well as a thatched roof
to enjoy there is a swimming pool, a volleyball
to shade against the heat of the day. There’s a restaurant for meals and each evening sees the lighting of a large communal bonfire for guests to gather around and share their safari stories. There’s an airstrip nearby if you don’t fancy the long road journey from Arusha. Activities: Game drives, bush breakfasts, sundowners, night safaris, walking safaris, local Maasai village visits and balloon rides.
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Choose your site carefully
Get your bearings
Pick a spot with flat ground. Avoid camping under trees. Don’t camp where there’s a possibility of branches falling on your tent.
Pitch your tent so that the door is facing away from the wind. Always peg your tent fly tightly to keep rain away from tent walls. Try not to touch the walls of the tent if it rains.
Clear the ground Remove all sticks and rocks from where you plan to set up your tent and make sure there are no insect nests.
Manage your fire Build all campfires well away from trees and root systems – roots can
court and an enormous hot tub. Guests can hire portable barbecues for an evening’s braai and there is a restaurant and bar with a resident DJ onsite. There are 50 pitches for tents as well as a number of huts thatched with matted coconut leaves, all with a double bed and electricity. Activities: Jet skis, snorkelling, canoeing, kitesurfing
catch fire. Never, ever leave your fire unattended. When you’ve finished, cover the dying embers and ashes with dirt or sand.
Store food securely You don’t want to attract nocturnal visitors to your campsite – and definitely not inside your tent.
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Images courtesy of: Leone L'Africano:
Dodoma pizzeria offers a slice of Italian cuisine The Italian owners of Pizzeria Leone L’Africano try to give customers an authentic flavour of their homeland – with a few grudging compromises
C
ouple Giovanna Moretti Mbeleje and Nino Evangelista Tragni are proud
Vegetarian friendly Pizza Rucola
and rather than Italian cheese and mozzarella we use ones which are produced by Tanzanian farmers. You
to add cheese to fish,” she says.
can get genuine Parmigiano from Italy
Nino agreed to add ‘Hawaii Pizza’,
here in Dodoma, though.”
with pineapple and ham, to the menu,
The Italian owners have trained
Italians and consider their country’s
but this is an insult to Italian cuisine.
the restaurant’s Tanzanian staff in the
cuisine as beyond compare.
“I would never have put it on the
art of pizza making, ensuring each
“Italian cuisine is the best in the
menu, but I have to recognize it is one
pizza comes out of the wood-fired
world,” says Giovanna. “Sorry if I can
of our most popular pizzas among the
oven – imported from Italy – with a
seem arrogant, but this is the reality.
Indian community here in Dodoma.”
beautifully charred, blistered smoky
We like to taste different cuisine, but
Concessions also have to be made
we can’t deny that the Italian is the
concerning the ingredients for the
best one.”
dishes, but efforts are made to be as
While the belief on this point is absolute, bringing Italian cuisine to Tanzania has required the pair to allow for an element of compromise. Giovanna along with Nino and
crust and with a mess of tomato sauce, mozzarella and other ingredients.
authentic as possible and give diners a
Best pizzas in Dodoma
taste of Italy in the Tanzanian capital.
The pizzas here are considered the
Giovanna says: “The base of our
best in Dodoma, with favourites
cuisine is Italian, but we are living in
including Pizza Leone L’Africano,
Dodoma and we have to struggle
topped with minced beef and egg;
his business partner – the pair also
to get Italian products. We don’t use
Pizza Pollo, which is chicken breast;
behind the six-acre Bahari Pori Resort
Italian gorgonzola, but we use blue
Pizza Masai, topped with chops of
in Pangani –opened Leone L’Africano,
cheese and we don’t use Italian olives
beef; and, much to Giovanna’s chagrin,
a pizzeria and Italian restaurant in
or capers but the Spanish ones which
Dodoma, in 2009. It has proved very
are imported in Tanzania and available
successful, but the menu does, by
also in Dodoma.
necessity, cater for the quirks of appe-
Seafood topping
Pizza 'frutti di mare'
“We can’t get anchovies, so when
Pizza Hawaii. The restaurant’s range of mishkaki – skewered cubes of beef grilled slowly over hot charcoal – is also very
tite of its largely Tanzanian and expat
we travel to Italy we buy them there,
popular with diners, who, on top of
clientele, with a few dishes that send a
or when some friends come to visit
the culinary delights, have a crazy golf
shiver through pizza purist Giovanna.
us, we ask them to buy them for us.
course here to enjoy.
“I cannot understand how it is possible to put pineapple on a pizza or
We don’t use Italian ham but the one which is produced in Tanzania;
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The restaurant has built quite a renown in the town – its Facebook
site says that any cab or boda boda
where education is often seen as
number of return visits, decided to live
driver just needs the instruction
prohibitively expensive, by covering
there. The village was where she met
“Pizzeria” to find the eaterie on Arusha
all the school costs. Other projects
Nino and started to pursue the philan-
Road in Dodoma’s Area C – and has
include running a children’s home
thropic work of Kisedet two years later.
attracted some high-profile clientele.
in Dodoma Town and setting up a
Her immersion in the community here
A recent visitor was Princess Sarah
care home in Chigonwe Village for
is such that she has been given the
Zeid of Jordan, who was in Dodoma in
Dodoma’s vulnerable ‘street kids’ who
her capacity as special adviser to the
are exposed to a life of drugs, drink
World Food Programme.
and the threat of violence. Giovanna first came to Kigwe, a
Community projects
village 18 km west of Dodoma, on
The programme’s work in Dodoma
holiday in 1996 and, after making a
Gogo name of ‘Mbeleje’. Love pizza
A Valentine's Day-inspired dish
She says: “People here know Nino and I as ‘Mbeleje’ and Masima. They also used to call us ‘Mama na Baba Alice’.” Her name may be now part-
involves collaboration with Kisedet,
Tanzanian, but when it comes to pizza,
a non-governmental organisation
she’s still resolutely Italian.
set up by, among others, Giovanna and the chief of Kigwe Village, Mzee Hamisi Nkopano, in 1998 to support underprivileged children in the region. Kisedet encourages school learning for children of the poorest families,
Leone L’Africano Dodoma Pizza Leone L’Africano is open Tuesday to Friday from 5 pm to 10 pm and from 12 pm to 3 pm on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.
By Gary Gimson
In a tight spot – maybe small is beautiful…
W
e all know that East
Sadly, and on the flipside, until
other zero-emission vehicles
African cities like Dar
now most quadricycles on sale
such as the Zoe, Renault rents the
and Nairobi – even
worldwide have not exactly been
batteries to the user on a monthly
Mwanza and Mombasa – have seri-
works of beauty. India’s Bajaj
basis. This removes any concern
ous traffic problems and high levels
petrol-driven Qute quadricycle
that would-be electric vehicle (EV)
of air pollution. Various measures
springs to mind here. Cute it isn’t.
owners might have about expen-
are being taken to ease the
But, look out: the company says it
sive battery replacement costs.
gridlock and improve city-centre
plans to export the toytown Qute
What’s more, it keeps the up-front
air quality and, hopefully, some of
to East Africa.
price of the Twizy ultra-affordable.
Specialist
are no public charging points in
one idea that doesn’t seem to
French microcar specialist Aixam
East Africa and there are unlikely
be under consideration. Could
also makes a range of reasonably
to be any for some time. Luckily,
quadricycles be a part-answer
attractive two-cylinder diesel
the batteries for these EV quadri-
to East Africa’s chronic traffic
quadricycles with a top speed
cycles can be easily charged from
congestion?
of just 45 kph. But sales of these
a domestic power source. And, in
these will have a positive impact. But in the meantime, here’s
For those unfamiliar with the
As things currently stand, there
cars are, in effect, restricted to
the case of the Minimó, it will be
term, quadricycles are a clever
European buyers. They’re not
possible to have two batteries, so
hybrid of motor car and motor-
cheap, either: the company’s
that one is always charged and
cycle, offering the advantages of
Coupé GTi retails for a hefty
ready to drop in as the other is
both and the disadvantages of
€19,449 in its home market. A lot
taken out.
neither. So, quadricycle buyers
of money for such a vehicle.
get four-wheel stability, total
Thankfully, two much better,
Build quality
protection from the elements and
zero-emission, battery-powered
Once on sale in 2021, the Minimó
a modest level of security – all at a
options are on offer – or soon will
looks set to take quadricycles
budget price. They’re also easy to
be – from established European
to a new level of build quality,
park, extremely cheap to run and
car makers. Already on the market
practicality and desirability.
tremendous fun to drive.
is the class-leading Renault Twizy.
Like the Twizy, the Minimó
An even more appealing prospect,
offers motorcycle-type features
however, is the exciting-looking
such as a single headlight and
Licence What’s more, in some European
Minimó from Seat, the Spanish
countries these quadricycles or
arm of Germany’s VAG (that’s VW,
microcars can be driven on a
Audi, Porsche and Škoda). Both of
moped licence from the tender
these have a range of around 100
age of 16 – even though some of
km on one battery charge.
these vehicles have a top speed of 80 km per hour (50 mph).
A key advantage of the Twizy is that, in common with the maker’s
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'Could quadricycles be a part-answer to East Africa’s chronic traffic congestion?'
almost SUV-like driving position. The Minim贸 comes with exposed
Renault SAS - Jean-Brice LEMAL / Planimonteur
tandem-style seating but with an
17 inch wheels and asymmetrical doors that make it easier to squeeze into tight parking spaces. Clearly, quadricycles score in terms of easing city-centre traffic congestion and reducing air and noise pollution. Their time may well be coming. And, in the case of the Minim贸, it will be well worth waiting for. The remarkable Minim贸 Smart and cute
Renault's Twizy
Not exactly a load lugger
Minim贸 battery
Easily charged
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Paa Royal Benefits
Benefits that will make you feel like royalty Precision Air is always looking to give its customers an exclusive and memorable service experience; and the Paa Royal benefits programme is part of that mission. The membership categories* are as follows:
Jade Member benefits
Silver Member benefits
Upon enrolment, members will be given their unique Paa Royal number, which they must always show whenever they buy tickets as well as during check-in at the airport. After flying three times or more, members will be given a Jade membership card. With the card, they will be recognised as members of the Paa Royal Programme.
After attaining Silver membership level, the member will be issued with a Silver membership card which he (or she) must show at all Precision Air point of sales in order to receive the recognition that he deserves. Should a member book online by logging into Paa Royal Pages, he will automatically receive points earned to his account.
Other benefits of Jade membership:
Members will be entitled to special treatment and priority treatment whenever they travel.
• Priority membership baggage tags to ensure tagged bags will be handled with special care and delivered first on the conveyor belt at the passenger’s arrival destination • An opportunity to get a free ticket within the Precision Air’s network after accumulating enough points in their account. *Please note that, in each membership category, if a member is unable to maintain the required number of flights in a year, he or she will be downgraded to their tier level achieved in that current year.
Other benefits of Silver membership: • Free 5 kg baggage every time member travels on a PW operated flight • Priority membership baggage tags to ensure tagged bags will be handled with special care and delivered first on the conveyor belt at member’s arrival destination • Opportunity to obtain a free ticket within the Precision Air network after accumulating enough points in your account • Priority telephone reservation in those times when you want to make your reservation and cannot visit our office or travel agent. Booking is a call away through our Paa Royal helpdesk line.
Gold Member benefits
Tanzanite Member benefits
After attaining the Gold membership, members will begin to experience royal and exclusive treatment whenever they fly. Members will be opened up to a new world of opportunities and experiences and, of course, receive more rewards. Should a member book online by logging into Paa Royal Pages, he (or she) would automatically receive points earned to his account. Other benefits of Gold: • Free 10 kg baggage every time member travels on a PW operated flight
When members reach Tanzanite member they attain ultimate royalty. We will always strive to give these royal members an exclusive and memorable flight experience. At this level, members will already be used to royal treatment; royalty will be their way of life. Other benefits of Tanzanite: • Free 15 kg excess baggage every time the member travels on a PW-operated flight • Opportunity to obtain a free ticket within the Precision Air network after accumulating enough points in your account
• Priority membership baggage tags to ensure tagged bags will be handled with special care and delivered first on the conveyor belt at member’s arrival destination
• Confirmation on any flight if a member is prepared to pay Y class fare, regardless of the flight booking status • Priority waitlist/airport standby whenever you want to travel and your selected flight is full
• Opportunity to obtain a free ticket within the Precision Air network after accumulating enough points in your account
• Priority telephone reservation at times when you want to make your reservation and cannot visit our office or travel agent. Booking is a call away through our Paa Royal helpdesk line.
• Priority telephone reservation at times when you want to make your reservation and cannot visit our office or travel agent. Booking is a call away through our Paa Royal helpdesk line • Priority waitlist/airport standby each time you want to travel and your selected flight is full.
• Priority membership baggage tags to ensure tagged bags will be handled with special care and delivered first on the conveyor belt at member’s destination.
• Silver,Gold and Tanzanite members also get discounts of up to 20 per cent when visiting GSM shopping malls Msasani and Pugu, Southern Sun Hotel, Akemi restaurant, East Point Restaurant and the Colosseum hotel and sports club - all in Dar es Salaam.
Contact Us For more details, email paaroyal@precisionairtz.com or call +255684202022
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Paa Puzzles
Test your brain power with our fun puzzles and games!
Spot the difference
Can you find eight differences between the two pictures?
Fruit search
Can you find the fruit names hidden in the wordsearch?
Did you know 55 An avocado is a berry 55 Strawberries are the only fruit with seeds on the outside 55 Tomatoes are not a vegetable but a fruit 55 Apples stay afloat in water as they are 25 per cent air 55 Unlike bananas, grapes can no longer ripen once picked.
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Dot to dot
Match the fruit parts
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Welcome Aboard
Safety and well-being on board PASSENGER SAFETY Precision Air takes passenger safety very seriously. Aviation safety isn’t just the pilot’s or the cabin crew’s job – it takes all of us. It is easy for our natural sense of caution to be dulled in our modern environment, where things don’t go wrong very often. Whether in the air or on the ground, your life and the lives of your family members could some day be saved if you make it a point, in every situation, to create a mental plan of action in case of emergency. Here are some important tips to help you enjoy your travel experience with Precision Air – in flight and around the airport.
EXIT ROW SEAT A passenger who is allocated an emergency exit seat: A. Must be both willing and physically able to open the exit doors in an emergency B. Must completely understand the printed emergency evacuation techniques C. Must be 16 years old and above.
PAY ATTENTION TO PRE-FLIGHT BRIEFING Although the information seems repetitious, the locations of the closest emergency exits may be different depending on the aircraft that you fly on and the seat you are in.
CARRY ON BAGGAGE There are strict rules about what you can bring on board an aircraft. Because:
Carry-on bags must be small enough to fit under the seat in front of you or in the overhead bins. Please confirm with Precision Air rules before your travel to avoid delays. *Remember: All carry-on baggage must be left behind in an evacuation.
SAFETY ONBOARD Boarding and leaving an aircraft requires your full attention. As you move to and from the aircraft, you may be in a busy area with many other passengers and cargo, moving vehicles, other aircraft, slippery walkways and/or stairs.
RESPECT YOUR CREW AND FELLOW PASSENGERS Everyone has the right to safe and secure travel. That is why Precision Air employees and the aviation authority will not tolerate any behaviour that interferes with the flight or puts the safety of passengers and crew at risk.
SEATBELTS Seatbelts must be fastened during take-off, landing, during turbulence and any time the crew deem it necessary. Keeping the belt on when you are seated provides that extra protection you might need in case of emergency. If you are responsible for an infant or a child, you must first ensure that your own seatbelt is properly fastened, then secure the child and, if it is an infant, secure the child’s or the infant’s restraints.
A. Not all aircraft have space to store your carry-on baggage.
Important note: There are a number of events involving air turbulence that highlight the importance of keeping seatbelts fastened throughout the flight.
B. In an accident, baggage in the aisles makes it harder to get out of the aircraft quickly.
Though rare, in-flight turbulence is the leading cause of injuries to both passengers and crew.
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It’s a good idea to keep your seatbelt fastened even when the seatbelt signs are not on.
MEDICAL CONDITIONS AND PREGNANCIES If you have a medical condition and may need assistance during your travel, kindly ask the Precision Air offices or agents about procedures before your flight. If you are pregnant, you will need to fill a Precision Air medical form, to be signed by your doctor, to confirm that you are OK for travel. For further details, kindly ask while booking your ticket from our sales offices and/or customer services.
PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES Use of portable electronic devices such as mobile phones, laptops, tablets, MP4 players, iPads, etc are not allowed during take-off, landing, taxiing, descent and climb. Precision Air prohibits the use of some electronic devices during flight because they emit signals that can interfere with the aircraft's instrumentation. Some of the items prohibited include cellphones, radios, remote-controlled games/toys, laser pointers, iPads or tablets that transmits frequencies, portable printers, walkie-talkies, scanners and laptops. These items need to be stowed away for these phases of the flight to avoid injuries in case of an emergency.
