I am a black Tanzanian and I am very proud of her for representing our rainbow nation.

Tanzania is one of the very few countries not only in Africa but in the entire world where racism and tribalism are not major problems; and they have never been.

Remarks by some people saying she is not a Tanzanian like the rest of us are unacceptable in a multiracial society like ours.

I even look forward to the day when we are going to have a president of Asian, Arab or European origin.

The late Amir H. Jamal was one of the best presidents Tanzania never had even though he never ran for president. And he was a true patriot. I knew him. Had he sought the presidency, I definitely would have campaigned for him and I would have voted for him.

Acheni ubaguzi – stop discrimination.

Remember what Mwalimu Nyerere taught us about tolerance and accepting fellow human beings as our brothers and sisters and as fellow Africans and as Tanzanians if they are citizens of Tanzania.

He said blacks who discriminate against non-blacks are like Hitler. Read those remarks which he made in Parliament in October 1960 not long before we won independence when members of parliament were debating the citizenship bill.

Tanzania is NOT Kenya, a country so riddled with tribalism and racism that I would have been ashamed to say I am a Kenyan had I been a citizen of that country.

It’s a shame that even some young people in Tanzania today harbour and express racist views no different from what white racists in South Africa used to say about black people. They are just as wicked and evil. Thank God they are a minority, a very small minority.

There is no room for racism in Tanzania. Why do you think Tanzanians of Asian origin are safe in Tanzania if there was racism in this country as in Kenya?

Just remember when many Kenyans of Asian origin fled to Tanzania during the ethnic clashes in Kenya after Mwai Kibaki stole the election, plunging the country into chaos. They feared for their lives and I didn’t blame them. I was proud our country welcomed them with open arms and I wish all had stayed and became Tanzanians.

Stop this racist nonsense.

Richa Adhia is our child, our sister and our fellow Tanzanian.

You can even send me a private email and I will tell you exactly who and what I am. I will even talk to you on the phone.

Mungu Ibariki Tanzania – God Bless Tanzania.

I’m here in Germany, the elder sister of Melchor Apur. I had
scanned all your activities and made me a lot of fun to see it. Keep going and enjoy the blessed life. I pray for all the
good works and successful business that you have.

Cheers!

Agnes Puhl

I totally agree.

You will always find foreigners whereever black people are. They like making money off us and they like to be in positions of power over us, but they don’t like mixing with us.

They should all just go and leave us alone.

She is not african, not black and not a true Tanzanian.

No black person born in INDIA would ever be considered anything but an animal, and a foriegn one.

All you who say how ‘beautiful’ she is are just obsessed with european ideas of beauty.

She only won because the judges were paid off, but that is only my personal belief.

When will black people stop worshiping those who look nothing like us?