DJ Luke Joe's Heroism Home Away From Home

By Julius Katanga

Many researchers come to an almost philosophical agreement that it is a human nature to

consistently criticize each other, especially when some of our actions are perceived in negative

connotations. On the other hand, some of us enjoy the exuberance of finger pointing and rarely credit

ordinary people who perform extraordinary actions.

Probably, some of you have started questioning the chemistry behind the premises of my

segment. I have been living in Washington DC metro for quit some time. As we all still remember,

our city and her surrounding suburbs were recently clouded by sadness of traumatic back-to-back

losses of our two loving sisters and brother (RIP). We were all shocked and traumatized by the terrible

grief and sorrow. The moment of discombobulation tested the cornerstone of our brotherhood. While

trying to comprehend the incomprehensible, I became skeptical on our financial ability to either

transport our two fallen sisters back home, or cover funeral expenses for our brother whose loved ones,

voluntarily, chose to bury his body in Maryland.(your decision is honored). May be I was naive before

my skepticism was proven wrong.

I commend all Tanzanians residing in Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) for your

moral and material support that made all things possible. No one will ever forget the kindness,

emotions, generosity, and spirit of solidarity you have demonstrated. I also like to extend my sincere

gratitude to the Tanzanian ambassador to the US, her excellence Mwanaidi Maajar. We are so thankful

for having you, and we are looking forward to advancing the Tanzanian community in DMV to the next

level.

We can all agree, in regular basis, that there are key players who deserve more credit than the

rest of us in our community, so I would like to highlight DJ Luke Joe's name as a good example of

people who have stood behind what they believe in assisting others since the middle stone age of text

messaging to the new era of Vijimambo blog. To my opinion, he is a hero of our generation who

deserve public recognition. As some of us know, this “dude” is a full time employee, an entertainer, and

blogger. He is so brilliant to spend most of his overnight time working tirelessly uploading our

pictures and videos to his blog, free of charge. We have been enjoying using his blog to convey our

messages to our friends and families for free on so many occasions without any objection, nagging, or

complaining.

As that was not enough, in the forefront and behind the scene, DJ Luke Joe is someone who can

only play his magical music that touches everyone to dance even some of us, including myself, who

sometimes need to be jump-started. Ironically, he is the true community organizer and an inborn leader

to rely on.

DJ Luke Joe is an individual resilient to a modern mans' stumbling blocks, while all while,

never failing to stop and reach out to those who stumble. To my opinion, that is nothing, but HEROISM

God bless Tanzania.