Kwaheri Professor Mukhululi

Head Priest Zekarias Gebre Michael of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church (centre) is accompanied by Ras Makonnen Tafari of the Priestly Order of Melchizedek (right) and one of his colleagues, as they prepare the coffin to receive the body of the late Professor Mkhululi, at his home in Njiro Hill, Arusha.

The Dean of the University of Dar es Salaam Business School (formerly the Faculty of Commerce and Management), Dr Marcellina Chijoriga, reads a speech on the work Professor Mkhululi did at the UDSM at his home in Njiro Hill.

The late professor’s daughter, Letsiwe Edwards, pays her last respects at the family home in Njiro Hill.

A section of hundreds of  mourners gather at the burial ground at Kijenge in Arusha

Professor Mkhululi laid to rest in Arusha 

Story and photos by IMAN MANI 

Professor Joshua Naphtali Mkhululi (formerly called Ken Edwards) was laid to rest in Kijenge, Arusha yesterday March 28, 2009. 

Hundreds of people from all walks of life paid their last  last respects  at his family home in Njiro Hill and  later on accompanied the casket to the burial grounds. 

Also  present was the Dean of the University of Dar es Salaam Business School (formerly the Faculty of Commerce and Management), Dr Marcellina Chijoriga. 

Dr. Chijoriga said that she could not miss such an opportunity to pay her respect to the person who was not only the first dean of the faculty but the brainchild behind its establishment.

On a more personal note in reference to the late Professor she added, “He was one of a special kind – putting everything in what he believed in.”

Being a member of the Rastafarian faith,  the  ceremony was conducted in accordance with the Ethiopian Orthodox Church’s principals, the the first time in Tanzania’s history for such proceedings. 

Head Priest Zekarias Gebre Michael, who came especially for this purpose from Nairobi, Kenya, the day before conducted the ceremony. 

Ras Makonnen Tafari of the Priestly Order of Melchizedek, based in Dar es Salaam, accompanied him together with two other colleagues. 

The late Professor Mkhululi, who died early this week in Dar es salaam,  has left behind six children and one grandchild. 

May Jah rest his soul in eternal peace

Amen