Sewa Haji Paroo
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Sewa Haji Paroo
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Sewa Haji Paroo was a businessman of Indian Ismaili origin. He was the main trader for the Sultan of Zanzibar. He also founded and financed the Sewa Haji Hospital which today is part of the Muhimbili Hospital in Dar es Salaam. Sewa Haji is considered the first philanthropist of East Africa. For example, he financed the building of a school, a mosque and several wells in his native Bagamoyo. Also he equipped the famous expedition of Henry Morton Stanley.
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Tanzanian philanthropist (1851–1897)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewa_Haji_Paroo
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2023-10-22T20:55:03Z
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