Tag Archives: culture
Theft in Tanzania
Theft is Tanzania is taken very seriously by most ordinary people. Indeed, in a society without a lot of resources, people have taken to punishing theft very seriously (often by killing the thief), oftentimes outside the bounds of the law, … Continue reading
Mzungu
If there is anything that a white person one cannot forgot while living in Tanzania it is that he or she is a mzungu. This is word literally means a person who walks in circles, but practically is used by … Continue reading
A gracious welcome
I arrived in Ngara yesterday (07/09/1012), after a long and sometimes stressful bus ride. More may follow on that, but I want to begin by thinking a little about the warm welcome my fellow volunteers and I have received. As … Continue reading
This is Tanzania
Do you know that sinking feeling in your stomach when you realize that a plan you’ve made is just not fated to work out? That moment when you realize at you will have to revisit your expectations? Earlier today was … Continue reading
Culture and language, or, “What does that mean?”
The other day, as I was taking a Swahili lesson, one of the women who works at the place I am staying at had a brief conversation with my teacher, Jeremiah. “Did you understand what she said?” he asked. I … Continue reading