Shimbo Pastory
Writer at The Citizen (Tanzania)
Shimbo Pastory is a Tanzania journalist and social develoment columnist for The Citizen newspaper, Tanzania.
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1 week ago |
thecitizen.co.tz | Shimbo Pastory
Mental health is almost a taboo topic among most people, especially across sub-Saharan Africa. Why? It is shunned because most people do not know anything about it, and is identified with unsolvable extremes such as “madness.” Most people avoid at all cost voicing out their mental health plights due to fear of shame and segregation. But mental health issues exist in a wide spectrum and are so common.
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1 month ago |
thecitizen.co.tz | Victoria Lyimo |Shimbo Pastory |Godwin Mongi
By Victoria Lyimo, Godwin Mongi and Shimbo Pastory The period from birth to age eight is crucial to a child’s development, as it has a holistic impact on cognitive, emotional, social and physical growth that extends into adulthood.
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1 month ago |
thecitizen.co.tz | Shimbo Pastory
For most people, the most important elements of our cultures are language, rituals, and material expressions. However, we often overlook the wealth of knowledge embedded in our cultures; this knowledge, although rich, can only be accessed through slow and persistent discernment. Cultural philosophy cannot simply be compiled into a book. Moreover, such philosophies often lack definitive boundaries, as they share elements across cultural families and continuously evolve through global interaction.
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1 month ago |
thecitizen.co.tz | Shimbo Pastory
As Africans, when we live in our mother continent, the awareness of being African as an identity is not so overwhelming. We are, of course, aware that we are Africans, rooted in the ontological reality of our historical and socio-cultural roots, but we do not engage with that reality of being African as a regular or normative part of who we are.
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2 months ago |
thecitizen.co.tz | Shimbo Pastory
One of the most troubling realities of our time is organised crime. Numerous criminal web networks have spread internationally, hiding under facades of clean businesses and charity projects, yet carrying out cruel, gruesome, ugly, and unimaginable things. The expansion of knowledge in medicine has widened the possibilities of living, as there are work-in-progress solutions even for the most difficult health cases, thanks to untiring researchers.
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In The Citizen Newspaper @TheCitizenTz today, 11 March, 2025 - "Child Neglect." To read on web: https://t.co/Wyi3l3KyHW #malezi #parenting https://t.co/ee0cT8AQpY
Happy International Women's Day to all our mothers, sisters and friends. You are the heart of our families, the pillars of our communities, and the inspiration that lights up the world. 📷 #WomensDay #WomensDay2025
In The Citizen Newspaper @TheCitizenTz 18th Feb. 2025. To read on web: https://t.co/7fe1Y6kENp #art #traditionalart #modernart https://t.co/RP3xyn39Nc