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Shimbo Pastory

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Tanzania
As seen in: The Citizen (Tanzania), MSN, AllAfrica, HT Syndication
Covers:  Education, human empowerment, politics, cultures, histories, climate issues, human rights, social emancipation, gender in Africa, inclusion, special groups, and advocacy for special groups
Doesn't Cover: One-sided propagandas
Shimbo Pastory is a Tanzania journalist and social develoment columnist for The Citizen newspaper, Tanzania.

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Shimbo Pastory’s Biography

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Shimbo Pastory is a Tanzanian Writer, Journalist, Editor and Poet who has worked and published with renowned local (Tanzanian) and international publications. For over two years he has been a Social Development columnist and correspondent for The Citizen Newspaper published in Tanzania.

Drawing from his diverse experience around the world, he writes widely about social issues like education, human empowerment, cultures and histories, climate issues, human rights, social emancipation, gender is…

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Your kidney could be the next target in the seemingly clean criminal organ markets

Your kidney could be the next target in the seemingly clean criminal organ markets

In the case of kidney transplants there has been a high need for functioning kidneys as weighed against the f…

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Is the vulnerable child of today the offender of tomorrow?

Is the vulnerable child of today the offender of tomorrow?

The link between childhood vulnerability and propensity to crime in adult life has been established beyond do…

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Building trust in family helps children disclose harms done to them

Building trust in family helps children disclose harms done to them

If a child does not develop a strong sense of trust with their parents and close family members, they will ra…

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'A child is a free mind': Author Corona Kimaro Cermak on storytelling, identity, and Tanzanian ch...

'A child is a free mind': Author Corona Kimaro Cermak on storytelling, identity, and Tanzanian ch...

African children's literature is rich with potential, as it draws from a deep cultural heritage. For too long…

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Lessons a century after the racist zoo caging of Congolese 'Ota Benga' in America

Lessons a century after the racist zoo caging of Congolese 'Ota Benga' in America

The case of Mbye Otabenga (c. 1883-1916), now popular as “Ota Benga,” a Congolese young man from the Mbuti in…

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Do we abuse the internet and blame it?

Do we abuse the internet and blame it?

While the digital facility enabled by the internet has been of great impact in social and life dynamics globa…

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Poor, carefree, clueless young people are ‘market’ for power-drunk despots

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By Shimbo Pastory Verified
| The Citizen (Tanzania) Verified
Growing up two decades ago, I overheard numerous political debates and speeches and read quite a lot of articles on political issues in newspapers, both local and from across the African continent. I found them to be very intelligible and understandable, even to what I now adjudge was my young mind at the time. I understood the arguments and proposals because they made sense, though I picked no side. I looked at politics as an affair of adults who knew what they were doing.
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What’s in store if young people inherit the heartlessness of the oppressors?

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By Shimbo Pastory Verified
| The Citizen (Tanzania) Verified
When acts of extreme cruelty and oppression happen, most people get concerned with the side of those on the receiving end. This is a typically normal and logical human response, to focus on those who are affected before giving a thought to the perpetrators.
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Torture of black ‘Natasha dolls’ in China shows globalisation doesn’t eliminate prejudice

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By Shimbo Pastory Verified
| The Citizen (Tanzania) Verified
In a surprising turn of events, there have been numerous circulating videos that have emerged from the trend within Chinese social networks, where dolls that look like a black human baby are being mutilated, stretched, hit, boiled, burnt, stepped on, etc., in the name of stress relief. There are certainly more questions than answers, especially for black people who can readily be identified with the appearance of the dolls, and even worse, black children.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Proofreader

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No

How is social media changing news?

It goes both ways: making news circulate faster. But also often present wrong perspectives and lack professionalism.