Analysis and Commentary

A window back in time, Twende Pamoja local newspaper, 1956-1957

Introducing the Twende Pamoja local newspaper website, and sharing some first impressions:

How's this for transparency? (from July 1957) Details of how much has been collected as tax and how much has been spent by each "Baraza" (a subdivision of the district), in the three months between January and April 1957. 
The driving force (from July 1956) Take a look at the picture and accompanying description at the bottom of this page: "This is Mr Daniel D.S.M. Mello, District Councils Secretary, Editor, Community Centres Organizer, who has worked for the African Council for the last 6 years. Mr Mello is the originator of the idea to set up "Twende Pamoja" newspaper." 
Racial tensions, (self-)censorship, or an honest re-appraisal? (From October 1956) Take a look at the letter in the centre of this page, under the headline "Ulisikitika?" (Were you upset?). The letter starts by explaining how the writer, a J.W. Yohanne Nyagava, was initially upset at the "white people" who has dispossessed his community of their land in Usovi for a Wattle plantation. But more recently he has changed his mind, particularly appreciating the support the plantation offers to community members growing their own Wattle trees. I'm suspicious. Could his change of heart have anything to do with his apparent source of employment? His address is given as CDC Njombe, the owners of the Wattle plantation.