The next day, I was to meet the Administrator of the Aga Khan Schools, Al Noor Kassam, a barrister by profession. [Incidentally, he was to venture into politics later, become a member of the TANU, an acronym for the Tanganyika African National Union, with the now legendary Julius Nyerere as its founder, and rise to be a minister in the government some eight years or so after the territory had achieved independence.] I turned up at his office bright and early to see him. In the event, I did not get beyond his secretary’s office. Peerwani, that was his name, briefed me on what the job entailed and handed over a train ticket for my journey from Dar es Salaam to Morogoro where I was to be for the next three years.
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About: Joseph John Easaw: Born on the 9th of September 1929, to John Easaw, an Indian father, and Najeebah Weibber, an Iraqi mother, in the oil town of Kirkuk in Iraq, he was brought to, brought up and educated in India. After obtaining a Master’s degree in English Language and Literature from the University of Travancore in 1954, he did a stint teaching English at St. Thomas College, Kozhencherry, before he left the shores of India, towards the end of 1955, to take up a teaching position in Tanganyika, then part of British East Africa.
Interesting. Would really like to read more about other’Expatriates” who came to East Africa during Colonial times and entered various services. Thanks .
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