The late Francis Kanyasu’s landlady, Ms Fatuma Said, outside the shack in Buguruni, Dar es Salaam,where the man said to have created the coat of arms spent his final years in grinding poverty. PHOTO | ERICK BONIFACE
What you need to know:
He passed away at the Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) on Tuesday, May 30 and was buried yesterday at Nange Village in Mwanza.
In his twilight years he was visibly frail, impoverished; and with no guaranteed access to healthcare—it is only his neighbours who would later come to his instant rescue when his health had acutely deteriorated.
