Ben Taylor
@benmtega.bsky.social
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Nature-lover, music-lover, Tanzania-lover. Politics by necessity
I've just been interviewed on the BBC World Service about the situation in Tanzania. I think anyone who is interested can listen back with this link, from 26 mins 52 seconds
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Weekend - Deadly Russian drone strike hits Kyiv as peace talks loom - BBC Sounds
Russian drone strike hits Kyiv as negotiators head to Washington amid Yermak's exit
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172zw8g86s2hxx
16 days ago
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Tanzania After October 29, 2025: Reclaiming the Island of Peace, by my
#Twaweza
colleague, Baruani Mshale
thechanzo.com/2025/11/10/t...
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Tanzania After October 29, 2025: Reclaiming the Island of Peace - The Chanzo
If we truly want to prevent another crisis like October 29, we must start not with more police, but with conscience. Peace is not enforced by guns; it is cultivated through fairness.
https://thechanzo.com/2025/11/10/tanzania-after-october-29-2025-reclaiming-the-island-of-peace/
about 1 month ago
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In Tanzania, the Gen Z uprising meets a state whose old bargains have collapsed.
africasacountry.com/2025/11/afte...
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After the coronation
In Tanzania, the Gen Z uprising meets a state whose old bargains have collapsed.
https://africasacountry.com/2025/11/after-the-coronation
about 1 month ago
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What Went Wrong in Tanzania? How the âisland of stabilityâ in a turbulent region descended into chaos - and where it goes from here.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/06/t...
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What Went Wrong in Tanzania?
How the âisland of stabilityâ in a turbulent region descended into chaosâand where it goes from here.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/06/tanzania-unrest-election-protest-hassan/
about 1 month ago
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My two cents on the mess in Tanzania:
foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/06/t...
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What Went Wrong in Tanzania?
How the âisland of stabilityâ in a turbulent region descended into chaosâand where it goes from here.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/06/tanzania-unrest-election-protest-hassan/?utm_content=gifting&tpcc=gifting_article&gifting_article=dGFuemFuaWEtdW5yZXN0LWVsZWN0aW9uLXByb3Rlc3QtaGFzc2Fu&pid=PNINzQGOyq8waqm
about 1 month ago
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That fella Powers is more than a little bit of genius
2 months ago
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2 months ago
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More from
#NewMills
. It's quite pretty round here.
7 months ago
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What I found on my walks around
#NewMills
this week: badger up close, fox cubs at a distance, many many rabbits (not shown), and some distant glimpses of Manchester
7 months ago
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The Arrow and the Song. I SHOT an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. 1/3
10 months ago
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Stunning here this week
#NewMills
11 months ago
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The world exists in black and white and green this morning
#NewMills
11 months ago
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I can't wait to read this: In the name of the President, by my friend Erick Kabendera. All about Tanzania's late strongman leader, President Magufuli, under whom Erick was jailed on dubious charges. My copy is on its way.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
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IN THE NAME of the PRESIDENT: MEMOIRS of a JAILED JOURNâŠ
Discover and share books you love on Goodreads.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222856890-in-the-name-of-the-president
12 months ago
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Now reading:
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Stolen skulls and colonial trauma: the Tanzanians searching for ancestral remains
Documentary about familiesâ mission to return relativesâ remains reveals how pain passes through generations
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/03/stolen-skulls-and-colonial-trauma-the-tanzanians-searching-for-ancestral-remains?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
12 months ago
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My plan for 2025: seek and take joy in the small beauties of nature that surround us
#NewMills
12 months ago
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Some highlights of today's walk.
#Eskdale
12 months ago
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It's hard to argue with Tundu Lissu's line that President Samia "has done with a smile what Magufuli did with a snarl."
#Tanzania
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
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Tanzania opposition laments its ânaivetyâ over president as repression intensifies
Recent killings and arrests of government critics suggest end of reformist approach under Samia Suluhu Hassan, say political rivals
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/09/tanzania-opposition-laments-its-naivety-over-president-as-repression-intensifies?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
about 1 year ago
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Loving the exterior decor at Torr Vale Mill, New Mills.
about 1 year ago
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I haven't posted much of my music online before, but here's my setting of the wonderful poem Red Fox by
@robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C_0...
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Ben Taylor - The red fox (Cover)
YouTube video by Semitone Studios
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C_0khbObik
about 1 year ago
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Reintroduce yourself with four records
about 1 year ago
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