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Almost without exception, African governments have allowed a crucial part of their colonial inheritance-the infrastructure of roads, railways, cities and towns built by Europeans-to deteriorate. In Dar es Salaam, the once attractive capital of Tanzania, years of post-colonial neglect have left their ravages. Pavements are cracked and unrepaired. Manhole covers have disappeared and not been replaced. Buildings are unpainted and grimy. In many areas, garbage is no longer collected; thin wisps of pungent smoke curl up through the palm trees from burning piles of refuse...
...apart. Escalators do not work; electronic flight-schedule boards have been replaced by blackboards; automatic sliding glass doors have to be operated manually. In Uganda and Angola, some high-rises lack glass panes and running water. In 1975 Canada built a $2.5 million semi-automated bakery in Dar es Salaam, but often there is no flour to make bread. Moscow's aid efforts have fared no better. A Soviet-built cement factory at Diamou, Mali, was designed for a capacity of 50,000 tons a year...
...Opening address to Nationalist Organizations of the Portuguese Colonies in Dar-Es-Salaam...
...collection he has rebuilt. "People around here commonly call me the Comic Czar," he says, nodding at his private collection which he estimates at more than $1500. "You know--'Hello Czar' or 'Good morning, Czar.'" As he speaks, a Quincy House neighbor walks by, bows deeply, and intones, "Salaam, Czar, salaam...
Paschal Mihyo, a law professor and associate dean at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, said last night that socialism offers "the best possible solution" to Africa's developmental problems...