Wazanaki and WaIkoma Land

This is the present day view, taken from where our hut used to stand, out toward the southeast and the Serengeti. Far in the distance stands Chamliho, a mountain on which the Germans (pre WWI) had built a light signal station to send military information from the Lake Victoria region to the coast, about 900 miles away. Signals were relayed along from station to station. Fort Ikoma, also built by the Germans, lies not far away. There is a persistant rumor that a hoard of gold, which was used to pay the German soldiers, was buried and left behind when the British finally chased von Lettow out of the fort. The Tanganyikans who dug for them were supposedly shot to keep the secret. von Lettow was never captured but finally chased into Mozambique after keeping vast numbers of Brits engaged in trying to capture him and his Tanganyika "askaris". There is a well-known statue, the Askari Monument in Dar es Salaam, to honor his Tanganyikan soldiers.