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'''Tanzania''', officially the '''United Republic of Tanzania''', is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. Before its Independence, it was named '''[[Tanganyika]]'''. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest, Kenya to the northeast, the Indian Ocean to the east, Mozambique and Malawi to the south, Zambia to the southwest, and Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, is in northeastern Tanzania. According to the 2022 national census, Tanzania's population is around 62 million, making it the most populous country located entirely south of the equator. | '''Tanzania''', officially the '''United Republic of Tanzania''', is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. Before its Independence, it was named '''[[Tanganyika]]'''. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest, Kenya to the northeast, the Indian Ocean to the east, Mozambique and Malawi to the south, Zambia to the southwest, and Rwanda, [[Burundi]], and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, is in northeastern Tanzania. According to the 2022 national census, Tanzania's population is around 62 million, making it the most populous country located entirely south of the equator. | ||
Many important hominid fossils have been found in Tanzania, such as 6-million-year-old Pliocene hominid fossils. In the Stone and Bronze Age, prehistoric migrations into Tanzania included Southern Cushitic speakers who moved south from present-day Ethiopia; Eastern Cushitic people who moved into Tanzania from north of Lake Turkana about 2,000 and 4,000 years ago; and the Southern Nilotes, including the Datoog, who originated from the present-day South Sudan–Ethiopia border region between 2,900 and 2,400 years ago. These movements took place at about the same time as the settlement of the Mashariki Bantu from West Africa in the Lake Victoria and Lake Tanganyika areas. In the late 19th century, the mainland came under German rule as '''German East Africa''', and this was followed by British rule after World War I when it was governed as Tanganyika, with the Zanzibar Archipelago remaining a separate colonial jurisdiction. Following their respective independence in 1961 and 1963, the two entities merged in 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanzania. Tanganyika joined the British Commonwealth, and Tanzania remains a member of the Commonwealth as a unified republic. | Many important hominid fossils have been found in Tanzania, such as 6-million-year-old Pliocene hominid fossils. In the Stone and Bronze Age, prehistoric migrations into Tanzania included Southern Cushitic speakers who moved south from present-day Ethiopia; Eastern Cushitic people who moved into Tanzania from north of Lake Turkana about 2,000 and 4,000 years ago; and the Southern Nilotes, including the Datoog, who originated from the present-day South Sudan–Ethiopia border region between 2,900 and 2,400 years ago. These movements took place at about the same time as the settlement of the Mashariki Bantu from West Africa in the Lake Victoria and Lake Tanganyika areas. In the late 19th century, the mainland came under German rule as '''German East Africa''', and this was followed by British rule after World War I when it was governed as Tanganyika, with the Zanzibar Archipelago remaining a separate colonial jurisdiction. Following their respective independence in 1961 and 1963, the two entities merged in 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanzania. Tanganyika joined the British Commonwealth, and Tanzania remains a member of the Commonwealth as a unified republic. | ||
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Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. Before its Independence, it was named Tanganyika. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest, Kenya to the northeast, the Indian Ocean to the east, Mozambique and Malawi to the south, Zambia to the southwest, and Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, is in northeastern Tanzania. According to the 2022 national census, Tanzania's population is around 62 million, making it the most populous country located entirely south of the equator.
Many important hominid fossils have been found in Tanzania, such as 6-million-year-old Pliocene hominid fossils. In the Stone and Bronze Age, prehistoric migrations into Tanzania included Southern Cushitic speakers who moved south from present-day Ethiopia; Eastern Cushitic people who moved into Tanzania from north of Lake Turkana about 2,000 and 4,000 years ago; and the Southern Nilotes, including the Datoog, who originated from the present-day South Sudan–Ethiopia border region between 2,900 and 2,400 years ago. These movements took place at about the same time as the settlement of the Mashariki Bantu from West Africa in the Lake Victoria and Lake Tanganyika areas. In the late 19th century, the mainland came under German rule as German East Africa, and this was followed by British rule after World War I when it was governed as Tanganyika, with the Zanzibar Archipelago remaining a separate colonial jurisdiction. Following their respective independence in 1961 and 1963, the two entities merged in 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanzania. Tanganyika joined the British Commonwealth, and Tanzania remains a member of the Commonwealth as a unified republic.
Today, the country is a presidential constitutional republic with the federal capital in Government City, Dodoma; the former capital, Dar es Salaam, retains most government offices and is the country's largest city, principal port, and leading commercial center. Tanzania is a de facto one-party state with the democratic socialist Chama Cha Mapinduzi party in power. The country has not experienced major internal strife since independence and is considered one of the continent's safest and most politically stable. Tanzania comprises about 120 ethnic, linguistic, and religious groups. Christianity is the largest religion in Tanzania, with substantial Muslim and Animist minorities. Over 100 languages are spoken in Tanzania, making it the most linguistically diverse country in East Africa; the government does not have a de jure official language, although the national language is Swahili. English is used in foreign trade, diplomacy, and higher courts and as a medium of instruction in secondary and higher education, while Arabic is spoken in Zanzibar.
Tanzania is mountainous and densely forested in the northeast, where Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa and the highest single free-standing mountain above sea level, is located. Three of the African Great Lakes are partly within Tanzania. To the north and west lie Lake Victoria, Africa's largest lake, and Lake Tanganyika, the continent's deepest lake, known for its unique fish species. To the south lies Lake Malawi. The eastern shore is hot and humid, with the Zanzibar Archipelago just offshore. The Menai Bay Conservation Area is Zanzibar's largest marine protected area. The Kalambo Falls, located on the Kalambo River at the Zambian border, is the second-highest uninterrupted waterfall in Africa. Tanzania is one of the most visited tourist destinations for safaris.
Spanking and Spanking Art in Tanzania
In the 20th century, school corporal punishment fell out of fashion and was gradually banned in many countries, a trend that continues until the present day.
As of May 2008, Tanzania permits corporal punishment in schools.
( We have no further information from SAOTK as of Oct, 2024 )
TANZANIA: JCP from Corpun.com
This East African country inherited judicial corporal punishment from colonial times, both under German rule (from 1886, when it was called German East Africa) and, after World War I, under British rule (when it was called Tanganyika). The penalty is now applicable only to male offenders under 45.
According to Keefe (1991), corporal punishment was used extensively during the German era. The picture (right) is from either German East Africa or what is now Namibia, also under German control at the time, and shows that the German method was to apply a strap or whip to the bared buttocks. The British colonial power (1920 onwards) replaced the belt with the cane. After independence, says Keefe, flogging became a "paramount form of punishment" following the Minimum Sentences Act 1963, which made JCP mandatory for various crimes. This was replaced in 1972 by another Minimum Sentences Act, which repealed the mandatory aspect while retaining the penalty under judicial discretion.
The courts continue to use the cane to the present day, except in the autonomous island region of Zanzibar, where it was abolished in 2004.
When applied to adult men, caning is generally combined with imprisonment, as in these Jan 2008 cases. In that event, the custom is to deliver half the strokes at the beginning of the prison term and the other half at the end. Sometimes, this is spelled out in the report of the court's sentence, as in this Oct 2013 case, where the court ordered two robbers to receive six strokes on arrival at the prison and six more on the last day of their 15-year term.
Most of these sentences are for armed robbery, such as this case in Oct 2017 in which four "bandits" were each given 30 years in jail plus 12 strokes of the cane.
The punishment is administered privately in prison, "upon the bare buttocks with a light rattan cane which is free from knots." In truth, the implement is far from "light," being at least half an inch but not more than five-eighths of an inch in diameter and 42 inches (1 meter) in length -- a bit thicker even than the Singapore judicial cane, though not quite as long.
Boys under 18 may also be sentenced to caning, often on its own, without imprisonment. In this case, the offender may have to drop his pants then and there to be punished in the courtroom, as described in these Aug 2006 news items (two different reports on the same case). In such cases, the caning is "public" to the extent that the magistrates watch it, reporters, and whoever happens to be sitting in the public gallery.
A 2008 news report surprised many by announcing that a district court had ordered a 14-year-old girl to six strokes of the cane for stealing. The law on JCP for juveniles refers only to males, so either the report was mistaken, or the court exceeded its powers.
Prostitution in Tanzania
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