Ben Taylor
@benmtega.bsky.social
Nature-lover, music-lover, Tanzania-lover. Politics by necessity
Tanzania After October 29, 2025: Reclaiming the Island of Peace, by my #Twaweza colleague, Baruani Mshale
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Tanzania After October 29, 2025: Reclaiming the Island of Peace - The Chanzo
If we truly want to prevent another crisis like October 29, we must start not with more police, but with conscience. Peace is not enforced by guns; it is cultivated through fairness.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Tanzania After October 29, 2025: Reclaiming the Island of Peace, by my #Twaweza colleague, Baruani Mshale
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In Tanzania, the Gen Z uprising meets a state whose old bargains have collapsed.
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After the coronation
In Tanzania, the Gen Z uprising meets a state whose old bargains have collapsed.
africasacountry.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:52 AM
In Tanzania, the Gen Z uprising meets a state whose old bargains have collapsed.
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What Went Wrong in Tanzania?
How the “island of stability” in a turbulent region descended into chaos - and where it goes from here.
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How the “island of stability” in a turbulent region descended into chaos - and where it goes from here.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/06/t...
What Went Wrong in Tanzania?
How the “island of stability” in a turbulent region descended into chaos—and where it goes from here.
foreignpolicy.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:06 AM
What Went Wrong in Tanzania?
How the “island of stability” in a turbulent region descended into chaos - and where it goes from here.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/06/t...
How the “island of stability” in a turbulent region descended into chaos - and where it goes from here.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/06/t...
That fella Powers is more than a little bit of genius
October 12, 2025 at 9:51 AM
That fella Powers is more than a little bit of genius
What I found on my walks around #NewMills this week: badger up close, fox cubs at a distance, many many rabbits (not shown), and some distant glimpses of Manchester
June 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM
What I found on my walks around #NewMills this week: badger up close, fox cubs at a distance, many many rabbits (not shown), and some distant glimpses of Manchester
The Arrow and the Song.
I SHOT an arrow into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For, so swiftly it flew, the sight
Could not follow it in its flight.
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I SHOT an arrow into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For, so swiftly it flew, the sight
Could not follow it in its flight.
1/3
February 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The Arrow and the Song.
I SHOT an arrow into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For, so swiftly it flew, the sight
Could not follow it in its flight.
1/3
I SHOT an arrow into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For, so swiftly it flew, the sight
Could not follow it in its flight.
1/3
I can't wait to read this: In the name of the President, by my friend Erick Kabendera. All about Tanzania's late strongman leader, President Magufuli, under whom Erick was jailed on dubious charges. My copy is on its way. www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
IN THE NAME of the PRESIDENT: MEMOIRS of a JAILED JOURN…
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January 3, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I can't wait to read this: In the name of the President, by my friend Erick Kabendera. All about Tanzania's late strongman leader, President Magufuli, under whom Erick was jailed on dubious charges. My copy is on its way. www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
Now reading: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Stolen skulls and colonial trauma: the Tanzanians searching for ancestral remains
Documentary about families’ mission to return relatives’ remains reveals how pain passes through generations
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January 3, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Now reading: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
It's hard to argue with Tundu Lissu's line that President Samia "has done with a smile what Magufuli did with a snarl." #Tanzania
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Tanzania opposition laments its ‘naivety’ over president as repression intensifies
Recent killings and arrests of government critics suggest end of reformist approach under Samia Suluhu Hassan, say political rivals
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December 9, 2024 at 8:25 AM
It's hard to argue with Tundu Lissu's line that President Samia "has done with a smile what Magufuli did with a snarl." #Tanzania
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
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Loving the exterior decor at Torr Vale Mill, New Mills.
December 1, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Loving the exterior decor at Torr Vale Mill, New Mills.
I haven't posted much of my music online before, but here's my setting of the wonderful poem Red Fox by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C_0...
Ben Taylor - The red fox (Cover)
YouTube video by Semitone Studios
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November 18, 2024 at 12:48 PM
I haven't posted much of my music online before, but here's my setting of the wonderful poem Red Fox by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C_0...
Reintroduce yourself with four records
November 18, 2024 at 12:09 PM
Reintroduce yourself with four records
