Help Tracing my Tz father who
studied in Glasgow in the 1960's.
Hi !
I was wondering if you were able to help me trace my father.
I was born in Glasgow in 1963, in Scotland, my mum is Scottish, and I found out last year my dad was Tanzanian Indian.
He is a Muslim, and was studying there in Glasgow, when he met my mother. His name (as he told my mother) is Hussein Suleiman. He was about 21 at the time, so he is about 67 or so now.
The family owned a sugar plantation and refinery near Arusha called KARANGAI. The plantation still exists, but smaller, and the refinery is there but dormant.. (so I am told)
I heard the family decided to leave it as they could not make it work under the regime that took over after the British left, and emigrated, but not sure if they went to the UK or Canada, or even somewhere else. Have been told first it was the UK... and that would make sense.
Not even sure of the year, but at a guess I would say in the mid to late 1960's.. .. or even early 1970's..at a push. I don't really know much more details, I think the degree was in Mechanical Engineering, as the reason he was here at Uni was so he could maintain the refinery equipment (according to my blood mother)
I heard he has brother's and sister's, and as I said on the phone, he wanted to marry my mum and take her back to Tz, but she would have to convert to Islam, and she did not want that, so she had me adopted instead, as she was not in a position to look after me on her own.
I have searched the web for the name Hussein Suleiman.. and found nothing that seems to help, plus I am not 100% sure of the spelling... and as it is a Muslim name it could be a lot longer than that, he might have "Anglophiled" it for ease of use back then..
Yours sincerely
Richard Collins
richard.collins@nl.verizonbusinesscom
http://www.verizonbusiness.nl
No! it sound like con artist who do like to invite Tanzanian inside the website!
ReplyDeleteunajua huyu jamaa ni kama wale matapeli wa kinaijeria sasa kwanini ? asiende ubalozini London,pia katika email na website aliayotoa ni ya (NL) ya Uholanzi,sio .co.uk na ata kama ingekuwa hivyo stori ya hapo juu inatia mashaka! wadau msikubali kabisa kutoa details zenu kwa kivuli msichokijua
ReplyDeleteewe!mtoa maoni hapo juu nakubaliana na wewe unajua hii blog yetu yajamii imekuwa maarufu mno na wanaijeria kinachowashinda ni kiswahili tu ,lakini kama hii blog ingekuwa ya ki ingilishi!!watu wengi wangelizwa na jinsi wabongo tunavyopenda kuwa wasamalia wema hata kwa tusiyemjua,
ReplyDeleteeti!tunafanya hivyo kwa itikadi za binadamu wote ni sawa
Mi siwapendi heikaz wanigeriana nchi zingine za west Afrika, lakini hapa kwa huyu jamaamtu unalizwaje?kama unamfaham huyo suleimani sijui nani aliyekuwa na mashamba hukoArusha si unatoa adress yake hapa hapa kwa blog thats it. anakupataje?
ReplyDeleteJamani kabla hamjaanza kuwa na hofu na waulizaji au wanaoomba msaada, fanyeni utafiti, Nimefungua link aliyotoa (verizon), ni company kubwa sana marekani na ina branches all over the world. Ni ngumu sana kwa tapeli kutumia email ya URL kama verizon, sawa na tapeli atoe email iwe fulani@microsoft.com,au fulani@bbc.co.uk Hao verizon ni Magiant ile mbaya katika maswala ya mawasiliano. I strongly believe that this Guy is working for Verizon.
ReplyDeleteKuna mdau katoa tahadhari kwa kutumia kigezo kwamba muulizaji katumia url ya .nl ni mzozo kwake, verizon.nl ni url iliyopo chini ya kampuni mama ya marekani na ina branch Hollah ndio maana url imekuwa na .nl mwisho kwasababu wanahost from hlnd.. sasa kwa taarifa tu na ufafanuo zaidi, sio kila site yenye .co.uk ni ya UK, naweza kuwa india nikahost site yangu kwa kiungo cha .co.uk, sizuiliwi na yeyote kwa geographical location. Kwani ikiwa .com utajua alipo? kifupi ingia hapa uone verizon ni kina nani kama hujawahi kuwasikia http://domains.whois.com/domain.php
Nakubaliana na wote kwamba kuna matapeli wengi Duniani mfano kutoka africa magharibi na russia na kungine kote duniani lakini To me this guy seems real and desperate knowing where his Dad is.
Hajaomba Info zozote binafsi, kama unamjua baba yake, Muandikie umpe taarifa zaidi, ukiwa na mashaka naye kwa mtondo wowote ataokujibu, achana naye na report his email as a spam.
Back to you Richard, Africa is not as developed as Europe, so processes of looking for missing people could take longer time than that expected, All the best and Good luck. May God reunite you with your Dad.
Hii ni sanaa.Halafu naona kama ya nchi jirani hivi.Nikisema nchi jirani nafikiri wadau mnatambua kwa sababu kile kiingereza cha wale matapeli wa Kinigeria kinakuwaga cha ki-professional zaidi.
ReplyDeleteNashawishika kwamba ni sanaa ya "nchi jirani".
mdau
Mzee Husseni Selemani yupo kwetu Magomeni Mapipa...Nasaha: yakhe ukitaka kutuchuja basi mie nipo hapo Gongo la mboto!!!
ReplyDeleteJamaa hasemi kuwa anakaa U.K. Hasemi anakaa wapi huenda kweli anakaa Netherlands. Anasema kuwa aligundua kuwa baba yake ni mhindi nafamilia yao ilihamia U.K. au Canada.
ReplyDeleteMr. Collins, good luck in finding your father because there are a lot of Tanzanian Indians with that name. I would suggest that you go to the Tanzanian Counsulate in U.K. for help. They can check the records and see exactly who he was. Also, do not be suprised if he has already passed away.
My question to him...is as to why he doesn't think they might moved back to India? Why would make sense to him if only they emigrated to uk or canada?
ReplyDeleteHe sounds too fishy to me....He is too old to play dumb though...if it matters that much to search for his so called father he should take a plane and come here to look for him. it would have been so much easier.
Mimi nashangaa mtu wa mbali kutumia shortcut ya "Tz". Kwa mtu yoyote ambae haijui bongo vizuri lazma ata tumia neno Tanzania. Vile vile kutoa hio URL nikujaribu kuwavutia watao liwa waingie laini. Wizi mtupu waki-naija huu.
ReplyDeleteTo qoute your words Mr Richards Collins 'I heard he has brother's and sister's'.
ReplyDeleteThis seems really unheard of for a scottish/english man to make such a double error- 'I heard he has brother's and sister's'.
Mdau
Kimbiji.
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ReplyDeleteHUYU ATAKUWA NI MTAKATIFU YOHANNA MASHAKA, NABII WA UWONGO WA SIKU ZA MWISHO.
ILA KIINGLISHI CHAKE KIBOVU KIDOGO KULINGANISHA NA YA MTAKATIFU YOHANNA MASHAKA
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Richard Collins,
ReplyDeleteYou need to do your homework first before you come and ask for help here.
Your father was studying at a University in Glascow, have you tried to contact the university to inquire about his actual name and what course he studied? That could be a starting point.
Next, you can contact the Tanzania High Commission there for assistance, they could contact the Ministry of Home Affairs Tz for you.
If he travelled to the UK using a Tanzanian passport, there surely will be some particulars at the Home Office in Dar Es Salaam.
I would have thought posting on the blog would have been a last resort if all the above fails!
Anyway if you are genuine ... good luck.
Jamani msiiombe mtu uwe na hamu ya kumuuona baba yako halafu unakuwa huwezi inachanganya sana.Baraka obama na yeye si yalimkuta hayo. Mimi mama yangu alinizaa kabla hajaolewa ,akaja kuolewa na sikumuona tena baba yangu. Kwa sababu mama yangu anajiweza akawa ananifichaficha mara anipeleke uk mara marekani . Basi siku moja nika google jina la baba yangu ambalo nililipata Kwa auntie yangu ,mara ikatokea number ya simu pale nikapiga . Niliogopa sana,yule aliepokea simu nikamuuliza unamjua huyu ? Akanijibu mimi mke wake huyo baba alifariki.Nililia kwa uchungu sana sana .Nikampigia mama yangu simu mama akanijibu alishaachana na baba yangu siku nyingi na hataki kuyasikia hayo.Kwa hiyo mkiona mtu anamtafuta baba yake ni damu inatembea.Hapa nilipo niko marekani baba yangu simfahamu na aliumwa sana ukute ningeweza kumsaidia .
ReplyDeleteI share the frustration that Mr. Collins is going through. I believe with the access of this blog you will be able to get even the starting point.
ReplyDeleteOne thing that i will advice you is to go to that University where he graduated and ask to see his high school records. That will be a good starting point to know the high school name that he went. Then it will be easy to search for Alumni of that school.
Then you can take a journey from there....
GoodLuck! Go get your Dad.
Mchumi wa Texas
I agree with Mchumi wa Texas, the university should be the best place to start searching. I highly doubt our Embassy in London has any records. We have just started keeping records just few years back.
ReplyDeleteCollins, if you give the University proper documentation about your case, they will open the files for you. He has to have his High School name and address there (chances are he probably lived near the school) and you can easily find out about the ex-employees of his company, they might help you to direct you to him.
I have personally found long lost friends through my university website. There are also many websites in Canada and the UK which helps people like you.
Don't get offended by some of the negative commments here. In Tanzania, we have internet access in every corner of the country now, so expect some idiots to doubt your story. Only a nutcase will assume you wanna cheat someone by asking for your dad's information.
Good luck.
MMMMH UTATA MKUBWA,NI KWELI HUYU JAMAA ANAWEZA KUWA TAPELI NA VILE VILE ANAWEZA KUWA MKWELI,TUJARIBU KU SOLVE TATIZO LA HUYU JAMAA KAMA KUNA YEYOTE MWENYE KUJUA BABA WA HUYU JAMAA YUPO WAPI....HALAFU NA WEWE MASHAKA ACHA KUTUBADILISHIA MAJINA NA KUANZA KUJISIFIA SFIA KISENGE,WEWE HUNA ENGLISH YEYOTE,HALAFU UNAJUA TUNAKUCHEKEA WEWE MASHAKA TUTAKUUMBUA SASA HV,KWANZA SIO MTANZANIA TUNAJUA,WACHA UTAPELI WAKO KAMA WADOGO ZAKO.AU UNATAKA TUTOE INFO ZAKO ZA HUKU SEGEREA?ACHA UJINGA,UNABADILISHA MAJINA NA KUANZA MJADALA THEN UNAUJIBU MWENYEWE,WATANZANIA SIO MAFALA KAMA UNAVYOFIKIRI MJINGA WEWE,NDIO HAYO TU ILA KAMA UNAMJUA BABA WA HUYU JAMAA MSAIDIA MKIMBIZI MWENZAKO HUYO MASHAKA KAMA WEWE TU,BABA YAKO ALIKULETA BONGO HATA KISWAHILI HUJUI.
ReplyDeletekwa nini mijitu mingi imeruka na kumpakazia huyu mtu kama ni con artist? kuna kitu gani cha yeye kupata hapo zaidi ya kumjuwa huyo baba yake? grow up you guys! kama hamna la kusema msiwe mnaruka ruka tu.
ReplyDeleteMichuzi tuthibitishie hapa: amesema ameongea kwa simu, natumai aliongea nawe, whats your opinion on him?
kama mnamtafuta sulemani yupo. Huyu mzee yupo kabisa yupo sana tuuuu
ReplyDeletesasa sijui mnamtafutia nini?
eti kaka michuzi tusaidie kwa kiswahili.
Mr. Collin's; you claim that your father's family owned a (still-existing) Sugar plantation and refinery in Arusha callled KARANGAI? Well man, what more could you ask for?! If you truly are authentic and REALLY wish to trace your dad, then you already have the perfect point of departure right there!
ReplyDeleteDon't be such a wuss man, you need only take a single flight to Arusha and I bet your quest for your dad will be solved overnight!
Hey folks, I just found out that this particular request for assistance from one "Richard Collins" from Verizon is most likely a phony inquiry from one of them Nigerian scammers (see here: http://www.419baiter.com/_scam_emails/loan_scams/richard-collins-international-loan-scam.html )
ReplyDeleteAma kweli TZ imekwisha. Badala ya watu kuiangalia wito wa Richard, tunaanza kulumbana na maneno kibao.
ReplyDeleteMimi ninaweza thibitisha kwamba hili ombi ni "Genuine" nimeongea na Richard kwa simu na anaishi Roterdam, nje kidogo ya Amsterdam. Kuna email yake kaweka hapo, feel free kumuandikia.
Tusirukie majibu kabla hatujafanya utafiti.
Jamani huyu ni mpopo..shauri zenu anawalengesha kwenye webiste muingie na anachukua information zetu. Mambo ya recession haya shauri zenu, uchumi umekaa vibaya ila tunaukalia kama mzee Ruksa alivyokuwa anawapasha kina mama.
ReplyDeleteHakuna cha baba wala mama hapo. Kwanini asiende shuleni aliposoma na Ubalozi wa Tanzania?
Mimi hapa mzee husein...samahani kwa kupoteana mwanangu...naomba unitumimie dola za kimarekani kama 700 au pandi 500 ili nije tukutanane. niandikie
ReplyDeletebabako
Mwosha@gmail.com
huyu jamaa anayejiita Richard collins ni mbabaishaji tu.kuna sehemu kibao anajifunga mwenyewe,mara oh karangai,oh walienda canada au UK.sasa kama anajua yote hayo ni nini kinamleta hapa kwa michuzi. bro michu tunaomba hii post iondolewe maana ni ya kizushi.
ReplyDeleteWana jamii tusidanganyane hiyo ni damu inatembea kama alivyosema mmojawetu. Hii ishu ni kweli. Watanzania wengi wametupatupa mayai katika ujana wao na sasa wanaanza kushangaa. Hii sio mara ya kwanza ni juzijuzi tuu mwanangu alikua ana blogu kwenye facebook akakutana na ndugu yake aliyezaliwa huko paragwai. Huyo binti alivyotuma picha wenyéwe tuliona aibu jinsi alivyofanana na ndugu zake huku japo yeye ni nusunusu. Na mpaka sasa hivi nipo njiani kumkutanisha na baba yake mzazi. Hivyo msaidieni huyo Mr Collin. Suala la ubalozi sio watanzania wote wanaripoti ubalozi wanapotoka nje. Hivyo sio rahisi kumpata mzazi wake kupitia ubalozi. Mimi mwenyewe nina miaka kumi na tano hata huo ubalozi siujui na wala mpango wa kwenda sina blaa blaa kibao. Kwataarifa ndogo alizotoa huyo Bwana Suleiman anaweza kupatikana wakidhaniwa watatu waliokwenda soma huko kati ya miaka mmoja lazima atakua ni yeye. TUSITANGULIZE UGUMU KABLA YA KUTATUA TATIZO
ReplyDeleteThankyou for all the comments, some helpful, some not.
ReplyDeleteI am not a scammer.. as someone attempted to say I was, there are many people with the name Hussein Sulieman, there are also many people with the same name as me, richard collins.I have already tried the Uni's and got nowhere. All the info I have on my father is from my birth mother.. and she was one one who told me his name, the name of the plantation, what he was doing in Scotland, and that he had brothers and sisters. So again, I say to you all, I am for real, and trying to trace my father, and his family so I can pass these "roots" and history on to my son.. if you dont like that, then I am sorry, but stop leaving ditasteful remarks about me.
hi plz email me at hass234@live.co.uk iv gt sum information that u might want about ur dad hussein suleiman
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