Joseph Merinyo

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
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(m. 1909)​
Idda Makei Mandara
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(m. 1913)​
Makomu
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(m. 1915)​
Ndawonyi
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(m. 1917)​
Children20

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.

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.