Wednesday 10 October 2007

TWANGA PEPETA -AFRICAN BAND,Tanzania's cultural ambassadors in london recently Cultural Diplomacy, … would imply the use of the art of diplomacy in promoting culture, which if we consider as a way of life of a group of people would amount to projecting a particular group to another, resulting in creating awareness of one another. Such awareness leads to interaction among various players, states and individuals

The impact of culture on the conduct of modern diplomacy is unquestionable.



Photo: Ayoub mzee
[Jessy malongo, Manager club afrique london] .
In modern societies,Cultural prestige has always followed troops and trade as a measure of a nation's influence and Twanga pepeta is leading on that front


Culture is a powerful instrument in the hands of diplomats to pursue national interest in an unintrusive, intelligent, convincing and cost-effective manner.

Culture is utilised actively in bilateral and multilateral diplomacy to foster intercultural understanding and meaningful dialogue between nations.


great conversation of mankind’ is now to be encouraged where wider groups of ordinary people have to be engaged in the process of the freer flow of ideas and knowledge throughout the world

Twanga pepeta has now become a kind of dialogue-facilitator, a vehicle of communication of values and traditions between public audiences, which in turn will stimulate true social development.



Former Prime Minister of Tanzania Hon. Fredrick Sumaye on Duty in london then


Do former Leaders have a role to play in our societies or they shoud be left alone to retire peacefully