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  1. Tanzania -- Dar Es Salaam
    Once arriving in Tanzania, students will spend the first half of the term in Dar es Salaam, the capital situated on the east coast of Tanzania. With a history of peaceful coexistence and a deep ethos of unity, the students will be warmly received and adopted into their Tanzanian host families.
  2. Mira Nair -- Salaam Bombay
    The influence of Mira Nair's sociology background is easy to perceive in this film. Her first narrative film details the lives of the unfortunate children who live in the streets of Bombay. The main character Krishna/Chaipau spends his time as a runner for a tea shop in a neighborhood replete with prostitution and the drug trade. It is in the teeming environment of the streets that Krishna must save 500 rupees before he returns to his village. At the same time several episodes serve to demonstrate the hopelessness of everyone's condition.
  3. Mira Nair -- India Cabaret
    At their core, the films of Mira Nair are humanist in nature. They spotlight the inequities of traditional, patriarchal Indian society, the manner in which individuals are trapped and victimized because of economic status and gender, and the problems Indians face as they assimilate into foreign cultures.
  4. Tanzania -- Mount Kilimanjaro
    Tanzania is a land of enormous variety and stunning beauty, from the teeming savannah plains of the Serengeti to the Great Rift Valley, from the beautiful snow-capped peaks of the Kilimanjaro to warm, azure seas. Not forgetting the fresh and saltwater lakes, extinct volcanoes and coral reefs. It is almost impossible to imagine how beautiful Tanzania is until you’ve lived through the breath taking Tanzanian Experience.
  5. Djibouti -- East Africa
    The Honourary Consulate of Djibouti to South Africa, was opened in 2001 comprising the Honourary Consul, Mr Ivor Ichikowitz. South Africa gave agrément to Djiboutian Ambassador, Mr Ahmed Issa Gabobe as Djiboutian non-resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to South Africa in 1998, but he has not yet presented his credentials.
  6. Roald Dahl -- Royal Air Force
    After school, Roald Dahl didn't go to university, but applied for a job at the Shell company, because he was sure they would send him abroad. He was sent to East Africa, where he got the adventure he wanted: great heat, crocodiles, snakes and safaries. He lived in the jungle, learned to speak Swahili and suffered from malaria. When the second World War broke out, he went to Nairobi to join the Royal Air Force. He was a fighter pilot and shot down German planes and got shot down himself. After 6 months in hospital he flew again.
  7. Rani Mukherjee -- Salman Khan
    After playing the archetypal whore with a heart of gold in her last two films Rani Mukherjee is all set to do a moral about-turn. In her new under-production Yashraj film directed by Kunal Kohli Rani plays an angel who descends down to look after business-executive Saif Ali Khan’s children Quite a leap of fate.
  8. John Abraham -- Movie
    Apart from his movie commitments, John is ... the brand ambassador for Castrol Power 1 - a high-end performance lubricant for two-wheelers, manufactured by Castrol India Limited. Being a known biking enthusiast, he is also the brand ambassador for the Yamaha Marque.
  9. Tanga -- Tanga Region
    Tanga has a natural harbour and the town here is a major feature of the North East corner of Tanzania. Heavily influenced by its past Germanic history, the town layout is neat and ordered and is the focus of trade in this region. More especially the town serves as an access point to the Umba River Game Reserve to its North, the Usumbaras to the West and the unspolit beaches of Pangani to the south.
  10. Mira Nair -- Mississippi Masala
    Mira Nair (Mississippi Masala, Salaam Bombay) presents a charming, funny and touching look at the conflict between modern relationships and family traditions. The scattered members of an Indian family gather in New Delhi for an arranged marriage ceremony--an event complicated by past relationships, family secrets, cross-cultural lifestyles, and the weather. Nair fuses the loose, ensemble feel of an Altman film with a touch of Bollywood spectacle. "...one of those joyous films that leaps over national boundaries and celebrates universal human nature" (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times). DVD in English, Punjabi and Hindi, with English subtitles; India/USA, 2001, 114 mins.
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