I am Tanzanian national, born in Dar es salaam the year 1966, September 16, at Sangara, Mbagala Kuu area in Temeke District. This date is equivalent to islamic calender, Friday 1, Jumaada Thaany 1386 A.H. My name is Yahya, son of Ali Bin Madenge and Zainab Bint Abdallah Mvogogo.

This generation tree has its roots from four main roots namely Wampendu originated from Kola - Kisarawe in Coast Region, Wanyani from Nyakibati, Kisarawe - Coast region, Wamtonga from Banda, Kisarawe - Coast Region and Wawinde from Bagamoyo in Coast Region. The root of Lwinde (Winde) is formed by inter-marriage between the root of Malamula in Bagamoyo and arabs who invaded Bagamoyo during the colonial rule. Thus, our grand-grand-mother who was known as Mlalwinde Binti Malamula was the origin of arab caste in our generation tree prio to my grand father, Madenge Bin Mwinyigoha.

Madenge Bin Mwinyigoha is a father of four sons and four daughters. The sons of Madenge are Ali, Seif, Mohammed and Thabit. While daughters are Mtumwa, Asha, Mayasa and Mwajabu.

Madenge Bin Mwinyigoha passed away in 1939 after full participation in the Second World War in Comoro and got injured. He was returned home and admitted at Sewa Haji (Now Muhimbili National Hospital) then he died few days later.

I am a first born, son of Ali Madenge, a son of Prominent Zaramo Mwinyi Madenge bin Mwinyigoha, son of Mwinyimkuu, son of Kawambwa, son of Samata, son of Ulangawela, son of Kibamanduka, son of Hadhara min Muhamila Nembo Kuluwala. This is a generation tree as my father, Ali Bin Madenge used to narrate daily to me and my brothers.

I come from the family of Ali Bin Madenge of four brothers namely Yahya (myself), Zahoro, Abdallah and Twahir, my father Ali Madenge and my mother Zainabu Binti Abdallah Bin Mvogogo.

My father was a peasant from Zaramo tribe a son of prominent Islam Sheikh and slave trade owner Madenge Bin Mwinyigoha.

I started life very healthy, as the first born. In the year 1974, my father sent me for registration at Mbagala Kizuiani Muslim school known as Madrasat Nnajjah belongs to Alhaj Sheikh Maulid Bin Mzee Bin Kinega. The Madrasa is now known as Madrasa Salamatu al-islamiya, just near to the Masjid Salama, Mbagala Kizuiani near Government Primary Court.

Mbagala Kizuiani is about 5 kilometres from my home village of Mbagala Kuu (Sangara kwa Madenge). That means, I had roughly a daily working distance of some 10 kilometres to and from my Muslim school. It is very interesting in those days that when you go to school, your father/mother or guardians have to take some bites such as maandazi or vitumbua or kalimati with you to school to be used as lunch during afternoon break.

In this year, my father started eyes problems. In two years later i.e. 1976, he was completely blind. He did not recover until his death. He was to work hard by establishing poultry, coconuts, cashew nuts, cassava and mangoes farms so as to make his family feel no changes of life and continuing with schools. I should thank God for assisting his efforts becoming fruitful.

In the year 1977, I was registered at Mbagala Kizuiyani Nursery School the then known as TAPA i.e Tanzania Parents Association, in the CCM building. CCM stands for "Chama Cha Mapinduzi" which means a political party which was found after the joining of two political parties of Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) of the then Tanganyika and Afro Shirazi Party (ASP) of Zanzibar. These are two parties which gave birth of independence of people of Tanganyika and Zanzibar. Then, since Tanganyika and Zanzibar have united and formed Tanzania, there was a need also to strengthen the unity for uniting the two parties of TANU and ASP. Therefore, after joining of these two parties, we now have CCM as rulling part.

I studied at CCM to the year 1978 where, I was registered at Mbagala Primary School for seven year of primary school routine. I was later joined Madenge Primary School at Temeke to continue with my primary education to 1984.

Madenge Primary school is in Temeke District one of the three constituent districts of Dar es salaam City namely Temeke, Ilala and Kinondoni. The school is in Madenge Street. Temeke is about 10 kilometres away from my home village of Mbagala Kuu, where in Madenge School, I completed my primary school education in 1984. I used to match daily on foot to school and back home. This was because of transport problems in those days.

I was selected among 18 students from Madenge Primary school to join Secondary school in the year 1985. I joined Kibasila Secondary School in Temeke District for four years course to 1988.