Fact: In Tanzania people take the name of their first born and call themselves Mama/Baba (dad) then the name. So Mama Musa's eldest is called Musa, my name is Mama Selemani!!
Mama Musa and I are great friends and I am beginning to know her family too. Today she invited Dad, the kids and I round for lunch. We had a lovely time and it was a lovely meal, chicken, chips, rice, veg, Tanzanian cabbage dish and watermelon and of course lots of beer :-)
At lunch today there was Mama Musa, her two nephews (more like sons to her) Frank and Freddie, Frank's family, partner Mama Julianna and daughter of 17 months Julianna. Also Frank and Freddie's half brother Alan who is almost three years and of course Dad, the kids and I. I went round early to help prepare, as Mama Musa always does for me, then dad joined with the kids later. After lunch we sat chatting and for a little while 5 month old Elisha (a boy) joined us. We had a wonderful day :-)
Asante Sana Mama Musa!*!
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| Mama Musa & I |
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| Mama Musa & I |
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| Julianna, Frank, Mama Musa & Dad |
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| Frank holding Julianna, Mama Musa holding Alan & Me holding Selemani |
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| Selemani, Helen & Julianna |
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| 5 month old Elisha with 10 month old Helen |
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| Selemani & Alan |
Mama Musa had an Elmo toy which moved and talked, Selemani was quite literally PETRIFIED of it, wide eyed screaming in terror, so what did his very sympathetic mother do...?? Wind him up and keep making loud noises when he approached it and making him stand next to it when I turned it on. I know so mean yet SO funny haha!!! x
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