SHIDA ... in remembrance of Shida Salum, Mbunge la Katiba, TZ

She was called Shida, not on purpose, just a name
Her mother may not have known
Though fate might have shown
That she was bound to follow her name

She came from a country which was not a country
For the question of Zanzibar has not been answered
And we know it’s not a question
For it is Tanzania

And when she was selected to join the Constitution making team
Little did she know that she would die
And she will be dead long before the vote
In June it was that she died

Yet when the vote came in September
She voted “YES” as was destined
For she was thus inclined
As the doyens of the Party so determined

And she was thus be consigned
To make a constitution for her country
A true hero
Of her shida country