From as early as the 1990s, young Tanzanians would envision what life is like in Europe and America; the Hollywood movies had brainwashed many into thinking it was all milk and honey.
The biggest hurdle was the hefty ticket prices to fly across the ocean and the rigorous visa application process that included proof of financial stability in the tune of millions of shillings, but then stories of prosperity and promises of a ‘western’ lifestyle were spread by those who travelled to South Africa; by then, the country was barely coming out of the clutches of apartheid.
