Tanzanian Writer Wins Nobel Prize for Literature - Abdulrazak Gurnah

Abdulrazak Gurnah

 Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) -  Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. The Swedish Academy said the award was in recognition of his "uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism." Born in Zanzibar in 1948 and based in England, Gurnah is a professor at the University of Kent. He wrote 10 novels, including "Paradise," which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1994. The prestigious award comes with a gold medal and 10 million Swedish kronor (over $1.14 million). Gurnah was lauded for characters who "find themselves in the gulf between cultures ... confronting racism and prejudice, but also compelling themselves to silence the truth or reinventing a biography to avoid conflict with reality."

Tanzia - Mama Wangari Maathai (Mama Miti)

Mama Wangari Maathai (1940-2011)

Mama  Prof. Wangari  Muta Maathai, raia wa Kenya aliyepata Tuzo ya Amani ya Nobel, na Tuzo kibao kwa kazi na jitihada zake za kuhifadhi ardhi na miti amefariki nchini Kenya. Habari zinasema kuwa alifariki mjini Nairobi siku ya jumapili kutokana na ugonjwa wa kansa.  Chama chake cha Green Belt Movement kitendeleza kazi aliyoanza.

Mama Maathai alipigania haki za akina mama na maskini nchini Kenya. Alitunga vitabu kadhaa. Alikuwa mwanamke wa kwanza Afrika Mashariki kupata Ph.D katika sayansi za biolojia. Alipoona jangwa inazidi kukuwa nchini Kenya alianzisha mradi wa kupanda miti ili kuepuka janga hilo na hasa kuanzishwa kwa Green Belt Movement. Aliwahi kuwa Mbunge Kenya na pia alifungwa mara kadhaa kutokana na msimamo wake mkaliw wa kutunza ardhi ambayo mara nyingi ilipingana na serikali ya Kenya.

Mungu ailaze roho yake mahala pema mbinguni. Amen.     

Kwa habari zaidi BOFYA HAPA:  

Rais Obama Ashinda Tuzo ya Nobel (Amani)

Rais Barack Obama ameshinda tuzo ya Amani ya Nobel (Nobel Peace Prize). Hiyo ni tuzo enye heshima kubwa sana duniani. Watu wengi hapa Marekani wamepigwa butwaa maana wanasema kuwa hasthili kupewa. Wengine wanatania kuwa eti kapewa shauri ya kusuluhisha ugomvi kati ya Prof. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. na polisi Sgt. Jim Crowley hapa Cambridge, MA.

Wanakamati wa Nobel wanasema kuwa Rais Obama alichaguliwa shauri ya bidii yake ya kupoza chuki kati ya Marekani na nchi za KiIslamu.

Wengine waliowahi kushinda ni: Al Gore, Jimmy Carter, na Martin Luther Jr.

Kwa habari zaidi someni:

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/09/obama.nobel.international.reaction/

http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/a-little-soon-for-the-nobel-peace-prize/

Prof. Pius Yanda wa UDSM apata Nobel Prize

Prof. Pius Yanda wa UDSM

Asante mdau Vicensia Shule, kwa kunidokeza hii habari muhimu. Maana kelele zimepigwa sana kuhusu akina Al Gore.

Vicensia anasema: " Naomba mnisaidie kuwapa taarifa waTz wenzetu kuwa mshindi mwenza wa tuzo ya Amani ya Nobel mwaka huu ametoka Tanzania na anaitwa Prof. Pius Yanda wa chuo kikuu cha Dre es Salaam. Hii nondo ni kubwa ila imepita kimya kimya sana jamani. US AlGore amekaribishwa ikulu kwa Bush, tunakumbuka mapokezi wa Prof. Wangare Mathaai Kenya. Tanzania tunawaza nini jamani? Huyu rais wetu vipi uwiii, na huyu waziri Prof.Msolla wala sijamsikia, nimesikitika sana.Huyu si Bongo Celebrity pia? Ni wazo tu"

Nakubaliana naye maana huko Tanzania, kelele zimepigwa sana kuhusu ushindi wa Richard (Big Brother) na Richa (Miss Tanzania) lakini hii habari inaelekea kupita kimya kimya. Je, atafanyiwa party kubwa kubwa za kumpongeza na kumtambua ndani ya Tanzania? Hizi ndo ushindi zinazotoa heshima kwa nchi yetu Tanzania.

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UDSM don becomes a joint recipient of Nobel Peace Prize

from ippmedia.com

2007-12-01

The University of Dar es Salaam has announced that one of its dons, Prof Pius Yanda, was among co-authors who on October 12 this year jointly received the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize. In a statement released in Dar es Salaam on Thursday, the university's public relations office said Yanda was a joint recipient of the world`s top prize with former US vice-president Al Gore for co-authoring the Inter-Government Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) report.

Yanda, according to the statement, is a professor of Physical Geography specialising in natural resources management and environment and is currently engaged in a research project that provides high resolution information on predicted future climate change and associated impact on natural and social systems in various parts of Tanzania.

The project is conducted in collaboration with Michigan State University of the US and the Livestock Research Institute of Nairobi. However, in the IPCC report, the statement said, Prof Yanda participated in the project, entitled `Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability,` with specific focus on Africa.

Findings presented in the report include that of vulnerability of Africa to climate change and climate variability, a situation aggravated by the interaction of multiple stresses occurring at various levels and law adaptive capacity, noted the statement.

Another finding states that climate change could result in low-lying lands being inundated, with resultant impacts on coastal settlements. The report also notes that human health, already compromised by a range of factors, could further be impacted by climate change and climate vulnerability.