The late Hamza K.B. Mwapachu
50 years ago, on 17th September, 1962, Hamza Kibwana Bakari Mwapachu, father to Harith Bakari Mwapachu, Rahma Mark Bomani, Juma Volter Mwapachu, Wendo Mtega Mwapachu, Tunu Mwapachu and Jabe Jabir Mwapachu died in Dar-es-Salaam at the early age of 49. He was at the time a Principal Assistant Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Born in Tanga, the late Hamza attended primary and secondary schools in Tanga. On completing standard 10, at that time the highest secondary school education standard in Tanganyika, he pursued medical studies at the Sewa Haji Hospital Medical School in Dar-es-Salaam qualifying in 1935 as a Medical Assistant. In 1937, he was posted as a Tutor to the Mwanza Medical School which trained medical support staff. In Mwanza, Hamza met Juliana Volter whom he married in 1938.
I got say this is a very good story to read. Very rare we ever get a full account of our babu's as this family has managed to do..
ReplyDeleteIf I could ask a personal question to whoever posted this(hoping this doesn't strike your nerve).. Was Juliana Volter a foreign born Tanzanian, somehow alot of ur middle names sounds european?
Just curious, nothing major...
otherwise, ni historia nzuri kwa sisi wadogo
Je, Juliana Volter, mkewe Hamza Mwapachu, alikuwa mzungu au chotara? naona wakina Harith Mwapachu na Juma Mwapachu ni weupe sana na hapa baba yao anaonekana alikuwa Mwafrika ambaye hakuchanganya damu.
ReplyDeleteHii inaonesha jinsi vijana wa kiislamu kama Hamza walivyokuwa wajasiri hata mbele ya mkoloni na ndio walioongoza harakati za Uhuru pamoja na akina Abdulwahid Sykes. Walipofanya hivyo waliwakaribisha wenzao bila ya kujali, kumbe sasa wao wamesahaulika kabisa. Hongereni sana akina Mwapachu kwa kuweka Historia iliyochakachuliwa sawa. Haya waosha vinywa, mna la kusema. Huyu mtoto wa mji wa waja leo waondoka leo mtoto wa pwani kapigana mpaka tone lake la mwisho la damu kuigomboa nchi yake katika makucha ya wakoloni.
ReplyDeleteWith the best narrative concerning the awesome freedom fighter the land ever known, all you guys could question is a color of a skin of a person's wife? Anyway, kudos to Mwapachu's family for an excellent excerpt of their elder.
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Aisee this is a very nice history. Hongereni the Mwapachu's kwa kuihifadhi historia yenu.
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