That opened up a whole new world of stories. Beauty pageants, musicians, festivals, business, the workings of Dar es Salaam’s port and even motor reviews.

One particularly memorable article comparing Toyota and Nissan caused such a stir that people are apparently still arguing about it. I consider that a rather satisfactory result.

Of course, publishing two magazines wasn’t all glamorous travel and interesting people. There were deadlines, printing problems and the small matter of making the whole enterprise pay.

But I loved it. Every chaotic minute.

Neither magazine is published today, but some of the stories have survived. I’m hoping to share a selection of my favourites here.