CULTURE

In Tanzania, They Called Me Muzungu - but I’m a Person of Color

Why I internalized the term

Lola Rosario
6 min readDec 9, 2021

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beautiful African woman with headwrap
Selfie moment with my beautiful sister, Leah — Unguja (Zanzibar Island)

When we say muzungu we mean both a foreigner, and a white person who is not from Tanzania. But, now I understand, Lola — you are not muzungu.

-Micky Millian,
Program Manager at New Chapter Development for Youth

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Lola Rosario

Poet, Journalist & Translator 🇵🇷. Prefer being barefoot. Available for hire, let's connect. https://lolaslines.com