“Mmboze kahle, mfake isigqoko namagilavu!” Umama wangiyala lapho ngiphuma esibhedlela sokubeletha eNairobi. Cishe kunzima ukukukholwa, kodwa amaKenya ayasaba… amakhaza. Yebo, siphila ezweni elishisayo, kodwa amazinga okushisa angaphansi kuka-15 ° C ayabanda kithi. Lokhu kwenzeka ngoJuni, July no-August, izinyanga lapho abantu baseKenya abancane begqokiswa izembatho, kuhlanganise nezigqoko, kusukela bezalwa. Lapho omalume nomalumekazi bezwa enye yezingane zami ikhala, bakhathazeka: “Kumelwe ukuba uyagodola! “.
Ukuze uqonde lokhu, kufanele wazi ukuthi amakhaya ethu awashisi, ngakho-ke "ebusika" kungase kuphole ngempela ngaphakathi. Izwe lakithi alikude nenkabazwe.
Ilanga liphuma unyaka wonke cishe ngo-6 ekuseni futhi lishona ngabo-18:30 ntambama Izingane zivame ukuvuka ngo-5 noma 6 ekuseni, lapho ukuphila kuqala kuwo wonke umuntu.
I-Zena isho ukuthi "muhle" ngesiSwahili, kanti i-Vusei isho "ukuvuselela". EKenya, abaningi
sinamagama amathathu: igama lokubhabhadiswa (ngesiNgisi), igama lesizwe kanye nesibongo. Nakuba izizwe eziningi zizoqamba izingane ngokwenkathi yonyaka (imvula, ilanga, njll.), amaKikuyu, okuyisizwe engiphuma kuso, ziqamba izingane zazo ngamagama aseduze omndeni. NaseKenya kuvamile ukubanika amagama osaziwayo. Ngo-2015, owayengumongameli waseMelika wavakashela eKenya (yena engowokudabuka eKenya), futhi kusukela lapho, sino-Obama, uMichelle ngisho ... AirForceOne (igama lendiza abahamba ngayo omongameli baseMelika)! Ekugcineni, igama likababa ngokuvamile alinakwa futhi lisetshenziselwa imibhalo esemthethweni kuphela.
Siphinde sibe nesiko elihlekisayo lokubiza omama. “Umama Zena” isiteketiso engisinikwa ngabangane bendodakazi yami baseKenya. Kithina kuwuphawu lwenhlonipho. Ngikuthola kulula komama abajwayele ukwazi amagama okuqala abangane bezingane zabo, kodwa hhayi awabazali babo.
Kithina, ukuzalwa komntwana kuyinjabulo yomndeni wonke. Ngahlala eduze
owami izinyanga ezine. Umama wayephana kakhulu futhi wangisiza ngokugcwele. Uchithe sonke isikhathi sakhe ekhishini elungisa izitsha ezimnandi zokwamukela izivakashi. Umkhaya, eduze nakude, abangani nozakwethu beza bevela ezweni lonke, bephethe izikhali zendodakazi yami izipho. Umama wayevame ukungiphekela ukudla kwethu kwesintu, okuqukethe zonke izakhamzimba ezidingwa ngumama osemncane. Isibonelo, “uji”, iphalishi lamabele elinobisi noshukela, elidliwa usuku lonke, noma “njahi”, umsila wenkomo nesitshulu sikabhontshisi omnyama. Ngokumelene nokuqunjelwa, okuvamile ngemva kwesigaba sokuhlinzwa, ngangiphuza ama-smoothies ezithelo ezixutshwe nemifino kathathu ngosuku: i-kiwi, isanqante, i-apula eluhlaza, isilimo esidliwayo esinamagatsha anamanzi, njll.
Amakhambi namasiko
“Omama baseKenya bahlakaniphile. Ngokwesibonelo, bonke babeletha izingane zabo emhlane nge-kanga, indwangu yendabuko, ehlotshiswe ngezaga zesiSwahili. Ngenxa yalokhu, bangakwazi "ukwenza izinto eziningi": ukulalisa ingane yabo nokulungisa ukudla ngesikhathi esisodwa. “
“EKenya asazit hhayi i-colic. Lapho umntwana ekhala, kungaba nezizathu ezintathu: uyagodola, ulambile noma ulele. Siyammboza, simncelise noma simgone ukuze simnyakazise amahora. “
Ukuthatheka kwethu wukudla. Ngokomndeni wami, izingane kufanele zondliwe
usuku lonke. Omama bonke bancelisa ibele futhi bangaphansi kwengcindezi enkulu. Sincelisa yonke indawo, ngaphezu kwalokho, lapho ingane yethu ikhala, ngisho nomuntu esingamazi angasondela kithi athi: “Mama, mnike inyonyo lo omncane, ulambile!” Siphinde sibe nesiko
ukuhlafuna ukudla kuqala. Kungazelelwe, kusukela ezinyangeni eziyisi-6, banikezwa cishe konke ukudla okusetafuleni. Nathi asiwusebenzisi ummese noma imfologo, sisebenzisa izandla nezingane futhi.
Engikuhalela omama baseKenya amapaki emvelo. Izingane ziyayithanda i-safaris futhi lezo ezisemaphandleni zazi kahle kakhulu izilwane: izindlulamithi, obhejane, amadube, izinsephe, amabhubesi, izingwe….. Esacathula, kakade sezifundiswa indlela yokuziphatha nazo futhi ziyachazelwa ubungozi. Kubo, izilwane "ezingavamile" ziyizimpisi, izimpungushe noma izingwejeje! ”