VALENTINE’S DAY IN TANZANIA: Love, inequality and the cost of expectations

VALENTINE’S DAY IN TANZANIA: Love, inequality and the cost of expectations

DAR ES SALAAM: IN Tanzania, Valentine’s Day is increasingly visible in streets, shopping malls, social media and entertainment spaces. While promoted as a celebration of love, the day has taken on a commercial and social pressure that exposes deep gender inequalities and, in some cases, fuels violence against women, children and even poor men. The modern Valentine’s celebration often equates love with money expensive gifts, hotel outings, alcoho…