March 31, 2025 By John Noronha (Makerere University, 1968-71) I was born on April 20th, 1950, in Uganda, the youngest of four children. My parents, Joseph and Dorothy Noronha, were originally from Goa, India. My family’s story is deeply rooted in the history of East Africa, but it all starts with my grandparents. My paternal grandfather, John Manuel Noronha, migrated from Goa to Zanzibar in 1901. A respected veterinarian, he became known as “The Grand Old Man of Zanzibar.” After retiring from government service in 1928, he remained on the island until his death in 1943. John, with his wife, Gladys in 2021 My father, born in 1905, lost his mother early and was sent to boarding school in Goa. In 1940, he married my mother, Dorothy D’mello, in Goa. After relocating to Kampala in 1947, he worked as the chief accountant for the Uganda Transport Company before opening a dairy business in 1956, which he operated until 1971. His determination to provide a good education for us was ...