On my fifth day of my visit to Germany, I was in Leipzig with Benjamin Leers with whom I will be climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro in December 2011 during which he, with co-filmmaker Maurice Housni, will film a documentary to mark 50 years of Tanzania's independence.
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| With Benjamin Leers, left, Maurice Housni, second from left, and Benjamin's parents to my left, at Bach's statue in Leipzig. |
We visited downtown Leipzig and stopped at a church where Johann Sebastian Bach, recognized as the greatest composer of classical music of all time, was the Director of Music and where he taught and mentored a children's choir. He lived and worked in Leipzig between 1723 until his death in 1750.
Later I, Benjamin, and his colleague Maurice Housni, were interviewed by Daniel Heinze of Radio
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| My turn on the mike, with Daniel Heinze of Radio PSR. |
PSR for a program to publicize the forthcoming Mt. Kilimanjaro climb in December.
Post related to this one:
http://madarakanyerere.blogspot.com/2012/10/yes-mt-kilimanjaro-is-in-tanzania-and.html
Other posts in this 2011 review series:
http://madarakanyerere.blogspot.com/2012/08/my-version-of-year-2011-in-review-12.html
http://madarakanyerere.blogspot.com/2012/09/my-version-of-year-2011-in-review-14.html
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