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March 28, 2024, 04:59:04 pm
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Joey Silver / Si Zhouyi 義周司
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« on: June 04, 2017, 07:59:52 am »

Dear Tom,

    I thought the Chinese railroad workers were in the  period 1964 - 1975...
I read that the Germans in Tanganyika built rail lines in the period 1891 - 1914, but who did the work?
It seems a lot more plausible that Chinese merchants might have brought snuff, if such came to East Africa in that period.

   Re.National Geographic Specials of Africa and other 'primitive' areas; so funny.
Best,
Joey


Thanks for posting this one George.
This is an entirely new sphere of learning for me! I had no idea there was ever a 'powdered tobacco' culture in Tanzania.
The bottle's shape looks uncannily like the Chinese variety. The concept introduced by Chinese railroad workers in the late 1890s perhaps...?

Tom
PS: Joey, you are right - it DOES sound like a 1960s National Geographic story...!
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