MY UNFORGETTABLE MOMENT AT VILLAGE MUSEUM OF TANZANIA 

It cost me 12 ,000 of Tanzanian shillings to  enter this unique museum that showcases the ancient houses of various Bantu-Speaking groups of East and Southern Africa.

     I paid ten thousand shillings as entrance fees ,   and another two thousand shillings to a guide (not a professional tour guide) . However, the knowledge and experience that I have gained from this tour, are priceless.

        What makes this museum unique is that it contains only traditional houses , in their original architectural design, constructed using   traditional building materials such as clay,grass,wood, sticks and stones.

       All the houses in the museum belong to the Bantu-Speaking communities.For example,there are: Ngoni House(They are Bantu speakers who left from Southern Africa for  Southern Tanzania), Sukuma House,Gogo House ,Nyambo House, Swahili House,etc . Each of these house is unique,and its design, reflects the distinct custom of each group. And there is reason why it is designed in such way 

        I also saw some specialized buildings like ,Ngumbwe, which is a cave or an underground house where children are sheltered during war or harmattan season. Saka (Girls ' House) : Based on their culture in those days;when a girl reached puberty,she was separated from her parents and kept in a separate house until she was married. I also saw Kibana. This is a store or a silo where they kept their food, especially, cereals.

      In Village Museum of Tanzania, I saw  pure African civilization. Africa that was natural, green, clean and original.

Comrade Bishir Dauda Sabuwar Unguwa Katsina.