Joseph Merinyo

Joseph Merinyo (1878 – 19 April 1973), also known as Joseph Merinyo Maro and Joseph Kimaro, was a Tanzanian political activist and pioneer of East African coffee growing. He was a leading figure in the Kilimanjaro Native Planters' Association.[1][2][3]

Joseph Merinyo
Born1878 (1878)
Old Moshi, Kilimanjaro, Tanganyika
Died19 April 1973(1973-04-19) (aged 94–95)
Old Moshi, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
EducationKidia Lutheran Mission
Spouses
Yohana Masochi
(m. 1909)
    Idda Makei Mandara
    (m. 1913)
      Makomu
      (m. 1915)
        Ndawonyi
        (m. 1917)
        Children20

        References

        1. Winter, J. C.; Wimmelbücker, Ludger (2012). "Merinyo, Joseph". In Gates, Henry Louis; Akyeampong, Emmanuel; Niven, Steven J. (eds.). Dictionary of African Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195382075.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.
        2. Hunter, Emma (27 April 2015). "Patriotic Citizenship and the Case of the Kilimanjaro Chagga Citizens Union". Political Thought and the Public Sphere in Tanzania: Freedom, Democracy and Citizenship in the Era of Decolonization (1st ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 117–121. doi:10.1017/cbo9781316104620.006. ISBN 978-1-316-10462-0.
        3. Maanga, Godson S. (2014). "Joseph Merinyo: A Patriotic Chagga Nationalist and Adamant Champion for Justice and Human Rights" (PDF). Global Journal of Human-Social Science. 14 (3): 49–69. ISSN 2249-460X.
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